VR Headsets Help Ukrainian Children Heal from War Trauma
A Finnish company, Atapley Europe of Tampere, has supplied virtual-reality headsets to the Unbroken children's hospital in Lviv, where therapists use them to treat war-related trauma in children and adolescents. About 500 young patients receive counseling there each month — many dealing with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress after bombardments. Staff use the headsets for trauma-focused therapy and controlled exposure, which previously meant visiting bombed sites around Lviv but can now be recreated safely in the clinic, along with calming nature and sea scenes that help children mourn lost homes and practice guided breathing. Similar VR tools are already in use in Finnish child psychiatric departments.
Source: Tampere Today Anxiety's Genetic Roots Look Different in Men and Women
In a massive analysis of genetic and health data from 455,487 people, researchers found that the genetic variants linked to anxiety differ almost entirely between the sexes: 21 variants in women, 5 in men, with only one shared. The genes implicated in women were involved in how DNA is packaged and expressed and in the sense of smell — closely tied to threat detection — while those in men related to how the body handles fats during the fight-or-flight response. Because earlier studies pooled men and women together, these sex-specific signals had been hidden. The sample was of European ancestry only, so the findings may not generalize everywhere.
Source: PsyPost (study in Psychological Medicine, 2026) Unhealthy Daily Habits Cluster Together — and Predict Teen Anxiety and Depression
Researchers in China followed 6,656 adolescents around age 14 for a year and found that unhealthy behaviors rarely appear alone: poor diet, too little sleep, late bedtimes, heavy screen time, and low physical activity grouped into distinct patterns. Teens in the sedentary/screen-heavy group and those with many unhealthy habits at once were substantially more likely to develop combined anxiety and depression; those reporting seven or more unhealthy habits had nearly triple the odds of those with three or fewer. The study is observational and can't prove the habits cause the conditions, but it suggests school and community programs might do better by addressing clusters of habits together rather than one at a time.
Source: PsyPost (study in BMC Psychiatry, 2026)
A Finnish company, Atapley Europe of Tampere, has supplied virtual-reality headsets to the Unbroken children's hospital in Lviv, where therapists use them to treat war-related trauma in children and adolescents. About 500 young patients receive counseling there each month — many dealing with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress after bombardments. Staff use the headsets for trauma-focused therapy and controlled exposure, which previously meant visiting bombed sites around Lviv but can now be recreated safely in the clinic, along with calming nature and sea scenes that help children mourn lost homes and practice guided breathing. Similar VR tools are already in use in Finnish child psychiatric departments.
Source: Tampere Today Anxiety's Genetic Roots Look Different in Men and Women
In a massive analysis of genetic and health data from 455,487 people, researchers found that the genetic variants linked to anxiety differ almost entirely between the sexes: 21 variants in women, 5 in men, with only one shared. The genes implicated in women were involved in how DNA is packaged and expressed and in the sense of smell — closely tied to threat detection — while those in men related to how the body handles fats during the fight-or-flight response. Because earlier studies pooled men and women together, these sex-specific signals had been hidden. The sample was of European ancestry only, so the findings may not generalize everywhere.
Source: PsyPost (study in Psychological Medicine, 2026) Unhealthy Daily Habits Cluster Together — and Predict Teen Anxiety and Depression
Researchers in China followed 6,656 adolescents around age 14 for a year and found that unhealthy behaviors rarely appear alone: poor diet, too little sleep, late bedtimes, heavy screen time, and low physical activity grouped into distinct patterns. Teens in the sedentary/screen-heavy group and those with many unhealthy habits at once were substantially more likely to develop combined anxiety and depression; those reporting seven or more unhealthy habits had nearly triple the odds of those with three or fewer. The study is observational and can't prove the habits cause the conditions, but it suggests school and community programs might do better by addressing clusters of habits together rather than one at a time.
Source: PsyPost (study in BMC Psychiatry, 2026)