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20 Aug
People who quickly swipe through online videos end up more bored and less satisfied than those who concentrate on the content, new study finds.
22 Sep
New research finds suppressing negative thoughts and fears helps make them less vivid and reduces depression, anxiety, and worry.
Many young adults are experimenting with “bed rotting” and other sleep trends that have gone viral on TikTok and other social media platforms, a new poll shows.
Sleep experts say these trends likely won’t do any immediate harm, but they add that people would do b...
“Red flag” laws are an effective means of preventing suicide, a new study finds.
About one life was saved for every 17 times that an extreme risk protection order (ERPO) kept firearms out of the hands of a troubled individual, researchers repo...
THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- There's a strong association between a state's policies and laws around the rights of transgender people and the mental health of transgender residents, a new study shows.
"Trans individuals who were worried about having their rights taken away had significantly higher odds of experiencing depression and anxiety symptoms," the study authors repor...
People stricken with a severe case of COVID-19 have a higher risk of mental illness in the year following their infection, a new study warns.
However, vaccination appears to ward off these effects on mental health, researchers reported Aug. 21 in the journal
It's not a replacement for actual psychotherapy, but a newly designed app could help young adults with mental health issues lower their anxiety, researchers report.
The app, dubbed Maya, "can be an accessible and impactful tool for those looking for support around anxiety. It is in...
Bored?
Zipping through online videos isn’t going to help you, a new study shows.
Watching short snippets of videos or fast-forwarding through them makes people more bored rather than less, according to the results of seven experiments involving more than 1,200 Americans and Canadians.
Such “digital switching” is less edifying than sticking with one video and ...
Painting, woodworking, writing: Whatever you turn to creatively, it could equal or exceed work in terms of maintaining mental health, new research shows.
“Crafting and other artistic activities showed a meaningful effect in predicting people’s sense that their life is worthwhile,” said study lead author Dr. Helen Keyes
Back-to-school can feel like a rushed jumble, as kids leave behind summer fun for the next step in their education.
But there are specific ways parents can help students show up sharper, get young athletes ready to compete, and have anxious kids settled down and ready to learn, experts say.
Prioritize sleep
Kids will have a good start to the school year if the...
Black employees in a toxic workplace are more susceptible to depression and sleep loss than whites are, according to new research.
Black workers being mistreated by employers got an estimated 100 fewer minutes of sleep per night than white workers or Black people not enduring mistreatmen...
Kids more often get the psychiatric care they need if they live in states that mandate insurance coverage for child mental health care, a new study confirms.
Parents and caregivers were 20% less likely to say they'd had trouble getting mental health services for a child if they lived in states with comprehensive laws around mental and behavioral health insurance coverage, reported a team ...
As Americans sweat through another scorching summer, one expert warns that while extreme heat can cause physical harm it can also wreak havoc with your mental health.
Sizzling temperatures can make anyone irritable, but it can be far worse for some, especially those with mental health conditions, said Dr. Asim Shah, executive v...
Women exposed to TikTok videos that make eating disorders look cool and glamorous tend to have worse body image, a new study finds.
These videos include what researchers call "pro-anorexia" clips, as well as other videos focused on weight loss.
“Our study showed that less than 10 minutes of exposure to implicit and explicit pro-anorexia TikTok content had immediate negative co...
Remember your besties from high school? Sure, they made a lasting impression, but science suggests they influenced the trajectory of your health, too.
It's not that far-fetched: Your friends carry genes that may or may nor predispose them to mental health issues ranging from addiction to anxiety and depression...
There's a hint of good news for parents concerned about teen mental health: After 57% of U.S. teen girls surveyed in 2021 said they felt "persistent sadness," that number declined somewhat by 2023, to 53%, new government data shows.
In the latest biennial poll of over 20,000 high school students nationwide, called the
Three out of four police officers have experienced at least one concussion, increasing their risk of mental health issues, a new study suggests.
About 74% of Ohio law enforcement officers had suffered one or more head injuries during their life...
Folks who rub their forehead and complain that a complex problem is making their brain hurt aren’t overstating things, a new review suggests.
Mental exertion appears to be associated with unpleasant feelings in many situations, researchers reported Aug. 5 in the journal Psychological Bulletin.
<...Depression can lower a woman’s chances of surviving breast cancer, a new study reports.
Women with breast cancer and depression are more than three times as likely to die as women without either condition, researchers found.
By comparison, breast cancer patients who arenâ...
Mass shootings and other traumatic events hit community members hard, with those closest to the incident often experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) even years later, new research shows.
"Outcomes of mass violence incidents in communities extend beyond direct survivors, including persistent PTSD in many adults" who live in those communities, concluded a team led by
Hospitalization for a heart-related emergency can have profound effects on a person’s mental health, a new study finds.
People hospitalized for heart attack, stroke or other heart-related illnesses were 83% more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder withi...
Celebrity suicides seem to be contagious, prompting everyday folks to consider the same, a new study suggests.
The 2014 suicide death of comedian Robin Williams caused a thousand-fold increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts, reflected in a spike in calls to what was then the equivalent of the current
In findings that suggest more young Americans struggling with mental health issues are getting the help they need, a new poll shows that nearly a third of American adolescents and teens received some sort of mental health treatment in 2023.
That translates to over 8 million young people between the ages of 12 and 17 getting counseling, medication or another treatment, the
Loneliness has been a major concern in America, particularly in the wake of the social isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But friendships are not in decline in the United States, a new study has found.
An American adult has an average of four to five friends, similar to numbers reporte...
Three out of five young people who die by suicide don’t have any prior mental health diagnosis, a new study finds.
People are missing the telltale signs that children, teens and young adults are troubled in ways that put them at risk for suicide, researchers said.
“Our findin...
Doctors might be authority figures, but a new review suggests hospital patients feel more comfortable when their physician comes across as less imposing.
Getting to a patient’s eye level while talking about their diagnosis or care makes a huge difference, researchers found.
Sitting or crouching next to a patient’s bedside prompted more feelings of trust and satisfactio...
Losing someone close to you can make you age faster, a new study finds.
People who lost a parent, partner, sibling or child showed signs of older biological age compared with those who hadn’t experienced such a loss, researchers reported July 29 in the journal JAMA Network Open.
“Our study shows strong links between losing loved ones across the life course fro...
A new test gauging levels of key proteins in the blood was far more accurate than doctor assessments in spotting Alzheimer's disease in people with early-stage illness.
The test, called APS2 (the amyloid probability score 2), was 91% accurate in diagno...
Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds.
Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness as they grow up, researchers reported July 20 in the
Folks with depression who got therapy via text or voice messages fared just as well as those who got weekly video-based telemedicine sessions with a therapist, a new trial has found.
The findings "suggest that psychotherapy delivered via text messages may be a viable alternativ...
City dwellers are less likely to be healthy, happy and well-off than people living outside urban areas, a new study reports.
Instead, there’s a suburban “Goldilocks zone†between cities and rural areas where people are happiest, researchers report.
“Areas near cities but beyond their boundaries… show the highest and most equal levels of psychological s...
Medical debt is significantly more common among people with a mood disorder, and these money woes can keep them from getting the help they need, a new study says.
Among people with depression or anxiety, those with medical debt were twice as likely to delay or forego
Spending time in nature can provide a boost for people with mental illness, a new review finds.
Even as little as 10 minutes spent in a city park can improve a person’s symptoms, researchers found.
The positive effects of nature approved part...
Folks need to have their meals at regular intervals or risk slipping into anxiety or depression, a new study of airline personnel has found.
Delaying breakfast or dinner appears to increase a person’s risk of developing a mood disorder, researchers report.
The study also found that confining meals to a 12-hour “eating window†every day helps sustain an even mood -...
Telemedicine could be a better way to get opioid addicts to seek out and stick with treatment, a new study suggests.
People referred to an addiction treatment clinic following a telemedicine evaluation were more likely to show up to their first appointment than those whose referral resulted from an ER visit, researchers reported recently in the
Children born with type 1 diabetes are much more likely to develop certain mental health issues than those without the condition, a new study warns.
Kids with type 1 diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop a mood disorder and 50% more likely to suffer from anxiety ...
Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
Introduced in July 2022 to simplify emergency ...
It's a little known health condition that can become a nightmare: Regular and sudden episodes of intense nausea and vomiting.
Now, new clinical guidance urges people to take notes and speak...
Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up to 16% of boys and 9% of girls.
Now, research is revealing real differences in the brain structure of children and...
When it comes to health worries, cancer leads the way, a new poll shows.
The University of Cambridge poll included 2,000 adults who said their biggest concern is getting diagnosed with cancer when it's too late to treat it. Seven in 10 respondents have that fear, while 52% fret about the impact of a cancer diagnosis on loved ones.
"Cancer affects one in two of us and unde...
The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel has left children and parents with significant psychological scars, a new study shows.
But families with a child who has autism have been especially hard hit, according to researchers from the Autism Center at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"Parenting a child during wartime is a universal c...
Your schoolmate who acted like he was better than everyone else has probably shed some of that narcissistic behavior an adult.
New research shows people tend to be less narcissistic as they age. Still, those who were more narcissistic as kids tended to be narcissists as adults.
"One theory suggests that the social roles we take on in adulthood, for example as a partner, a parent, a...
Loneliness strikes more than a fifth of people worldwide, a new survey warns.
In the Gallup survey published Wednesday, 23% of people said they felt lonely "a lot of the previous day." Those experiencing feelings of loneliness often felt physical pain, worry, sadness, stress and anger, as well.
B...
Cannabis use during pregnancy might affect the way a child's brain develops after birth, a new study says.
Brain imaging of children exposed to cannabis in the womb has revealed patterns consistent with reductions in brain inflammation, researchers reported July 4 in the journal Nature Mental Health.
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If you and your partner fall silent when vexing money issues arise, new research suggests you are not alone.
A team from Cornell University found that the more stressed people were about their finances, the less likely they were to discuss those concerns with their romantic partners.
The findings were published recently in the
It may sound far-fetched, but new research suggests that living in dangerous neighborhoods could trigger an unintended health harm: higher smoking rates among residents.
"High levels of neighborhood threat shape perceptions of powerlessness among residents, amplifying a general sense of mistrust, that can promote maladaptive coping behavior like smoking,"said researcher
People who are grateful for what they have tend to live longer, a new study reports.
Older women who scored highest on a questionnaire measuring gratitude had a 9% lower risk of premature death from any cause, compared to those with the least gratitude, according to findings published July 3 in the journal J...
Benzodiazepines do not appear to increase dementia risk, but could have subtle long-term effects on brain structure, a new study reports.
Researchers found no link between use of the sedative drug and a higher risk of dementia in a group of more than 5,400 adults in the Netherlands, according to findings published July 2 in the journal
As psilocybin mushrooms become the most popular psychedelic in the United States, some states have started to ease regulations on its recreational use.
Now, a new report warns that the federal government will have to decide whether to follow suit.
RAND, a nonprofit research group, stresses in the report that if efforts t...
Anxiety could be an early warning sign of Parkinson's disease, a new study finds.
People with anxiety have at least double the risk of developing Parkinson's compared to those without the mood disorder, results show.
Further, specific Parkinson's symptoms serve as warning signs of the ...
A new slow-release pill form of ketamine can quell hard-to-treat depression without producing psychedelic side effects normally associated with the drug, early research suggests.
Patients on the strongest dose of ketamine tablets saw significant improvement in their depression compa...
The rate of self-reported mental distress and depression among American adults who identify as transgender or gender-diverse (TGD) has more than doubled between 2014 and 2022, an analysis of federal health data reveals.
During that time, "a record number of enacted laws has threatened the rights and protections of TGD people, including restricting access to gender-affirming care and permi...