PSYREFLECT

Issue #44

June 4, 2026

#1Research

Self-Injury in Epilepsy: Not the Severe Subgroup Clinicians Assume

Comorbid epilepsy did not make self-injurers sicker — it pointed to a different road to the same behavior.

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#2Research

When fullness fails to quiet the brain: a reward-feedback signature of food addiction

Fullness silenced the healthy brain's pursuit of food; in food addiction, it amplified it — the off-switch did not fire.

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#3Research

Two Fears, Two Brains: Why "Fear of Fear" and "Fear of the Unknown" Drive Avoidance Through Separate Circuits

"Fear of fear" and "fear of the unknown" are not two dials on the same anxious brain — they drive avoidance through separate circuits, at separate moments of decision.

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#4Research

How Cohesion Builds in an Online Therapy Group: A Word-Level Map of Process

Cohesion is not a switch the group flips; it is the yield on relational investment made weeks earlier — and in an online group, that runway may simply be longer.

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#5Tool

How Should We Score the Self-Compassion Scale? A Meta-Analytic Verdict

Self-compassion behaves like a single dial turned from cold to warm — not two switches — and the scale should be read accordingly.

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#6Industry

OECD Puts a Price on Inaction: €76bn a Year and 1.7% of GDP Lost to Mental Ill Health

Two-thirds of Europeans who need mental health care receive none — and the OECD now estimates the resulting drag at 1.7% of GDP every year through 2050.

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