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Newswise: Pandemic Education Disruptions Likely Had Little Impact on Anxiety Levels of Autistic Teenagers
Released: 27-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Pandemic Education Disruptions Likely Had Little Impact on Anxiety Levels of Autistic Teenagers
Southern Methodist University

Study finds autistic teens' anxiety levels remained consistent amid COVID-19 disruptions to education, whether in-person, remote or homeschooled.

   
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Newswise: Despite dwindling resources, many older adult Israelis exhibited impressive resilience during the initial period of the Israel-Hamas war, Bar-Ilan University study finds
Released: 27-Mar-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Despite dwindling resources, many older adult Israelis exhibited impressive resilience during the initial period of the Israel-Hamas war, Bar-Ilan University study finds
Bar-Ilan University

Following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Bar-Ilan University Prof. Amit Shrira led a study measuring acute stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among Israelis between November-December 2023, shedding light on the impact of the conflict on mental health across generations.

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Released: 26-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Depression in Black people goes unnoticed by AI models analyzing language in Social Media posts
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Analysis found that models developed to detect depression using language in Facebook posts did not work when applied to Black people's accounts

Newswise: Frank Ghinassi Named Chair of the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare Board of Trustees
Released: 26-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Frank Ghinassi Named Chair of the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare Board of Trustees
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Frank A. Ghinassi, president and chief executive of Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care and senior vice president of Behavioral Health Services at RWJBarnabas Health, has been named the 2024 chair of the board of trustees for the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH).

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Study Shows Negative Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Minority Mental Health
Released: 26-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Study Shows Negative Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Minority Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Recent historical, political and public health events, most notably the COVID-19 pandemic, have collectively contributed to increased stress and mental health challenges among many groups of people — including adolescents in racial and ethnic minorities.

Released: 26-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Young Black men are dying by suicide at alarming rates
University of Georgia

One in three rural Black men reported they experienced suicidal ideation or thoughts of death in the past two weeks, reports a new study from the University of Georgia. Childhood adversity and racism may hold much of the blame.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Research Identifies Characteristics of Cities That Would Support Young People’s Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

As cities around the world continue to draw young people for work, education, and social opportunities, a new study identifies characteristics that would support young urban dwellers’ mental health.

Newswise: High neighborhood eviction rate may harm Black moms’ mental health
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
High neighborhood eviction rate may harm Black moms’ mental health
Ohio State University

Living in a neighborhood with high eviction rates over time is associated with higher rates of psychological distress among pregnant Black women compared to those who live in areas with lower eviction rates, a new study has found.

Newswise: 2 in 3 parents say their adolescent or teen worries about how sick days may impact grades
19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
2 in 3 parents say their adolescent or teen worries about how sick days may impact grades
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Many parents recognize increasing mental health concerns among children, reflected by the 1 in 5 who say they’re open to allowing a child to take a mental health day.

   
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Rutgers Health Professor Chosen as President-Elect of American Psychiatric Association
Released: 20-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Health Professor Chosen as President-Elect of American Psychiatric Association
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Theresa Miskimen, clinical professor of psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been named president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association.

Newswise: Treating anxiety, depression significantly impacts heart disease outcomes
Released: 20-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Treating anxiety, depression significantly impacts heart disease outcomes
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Treating anxiety and depression significantly reduced emergency room visits and rehospitalizations among people with heart disease, according to a study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Newswise: Rural prisons: the focus for new mental health research
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Rural prisons: the focus for new mental health research
University of South Australia

Prison nurses are receiving specialist psychosocial training as part of a new University of South Australia research project to support the mental health needs of people in custody in rural South Australia.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Report finds California's mental health crisis programs need consistent funding, community engagement
UC Davis Health

UC Davis health researchers evaluated California’s mental health crisis management and prevention programs. Their report identified gaps in the system and called for more sustainable programs and community collaborations to support people with mental illness.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Awards Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation $10 Million Grant to Expand Adolescent Behavioral Health Services in New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health

Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Awards Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation $10 Million Grant to Expand Adolescent Behavioral Health Services in New Jersey

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
“Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline:” a Discussion Presented by the Stony Brook School of Communication and Journalism on March 25 at 3pm, ET, in New York City
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) presents, “Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline,” which will address the efforts of reporters, mental health and resilience started by the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) over a year ago.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study shows middle-aged Americans are lonelier than European peers, suggests loneliness in middle age is endemic
Arizona State University (ASU)

New research has shown that not only are middle-aged Americans lonelier than their same-age peers in Europe, but levels of loneliness are also increasing across generations in the U.S. and Europe.

13-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Middle-aged Americans lonelier than European counterparts
American Psychological Association (APA)

Middle-aged adults in the U.S. tend to report significantly higher levels of loneliness than their European counterparts, possibly due in part to weaker family ties and greater income inequality, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

   
Newswise: Sylvester Researchers, Collaborators Call for Greater Investment in Bereavement Care
Released: 15-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Sylvester Researchers, Collaborators Call for Greater Investment in Bereavement Care
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Bereaved persons are at greater risk for many adverse outcomes, including mental health challenges, health care neglect, cancer, heart disease, suicide, and death.

Newswise: New study reveals breakthrough in understanding brain stimulation therapies
Released: 15-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
New study reveals breakthrough in understanding brain stimulation therapies
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities showed that non-invasive brain stimulation can change a specific brain mechanism that is directly related to human behavior.

Newswise: Lessons from the pandemic: the trouble with working from home
Released: 13-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Lessons from the pandemic: the trouble with working from home
Universite de Montreal

Remember when COVID-19 hit, and suddenly everyone was working from home? Well, a team of researchers in Montreal and Paris decided to dig deeper into how this shift affected office workers during the pandemic.

Newswise: Long COVID patients report improvements following self-regulation therapy, study finds
Released: 13-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Long COVID patients report improvements following self-regulation therapy, study finds
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new UCLA-led study suggests that some people living with long COVID may be able to alleviate certain symptoms by using short-term, self-regulating therapies.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Lower-Class Background Contributes to Imposter Syndrome in Academia: New Study
American Sociological Association (ASA)

New sociological research looks into the relationship between a lower-class background and the experience of imposter syndrome in academia, examining it as something borne of sociological processes as opposed to how it is typically understood—as the result of individual shortcomings.

 
8-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EST
Permitless Open Carry Laws May Lead to More Firearm-Related Suicides
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

In states that relaxed firearm laws to allow openly carrying a loaded firearm in public without a permit, significantly more people died by firearms and suicide than in states without permitless open carry laws, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Newswise: ‘Study drugs’ set the stage for other drug use and mental health decline
Released: 11-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
‘Study drugs’ set the stage for other drug use and mental health decline
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Taking “study drugs” like Adderall without a diagnosis is not only dangerous in itself, but can lead to other drug use and a decline in mental health, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Happiness can be learnt, but you have to work at it – study finds
University of Bristol

We can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practising, a first-of-its-kind study has revealed.

Newswise: ECHO Project Uncovers How the Environment Shapes Kids’ Health
Released: 8-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EST
ECHO Project Uncovers How the Environment Shapes Kids’ Health
University of Utah Health

The study has led to more than a hundred scientific papers and recently received $14M in grant funding.

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Released: 8-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
Study Reveals How Sports Programmes for Young Children Can Combat Future Youth Violence
Loughborough University

A study conducted by Loughborough University has examined how sporting interventions aimed at young children can reduce youth crime and violence in London.

   
Released: 7-Mar-2024 3:20 PM EST
Best Practices Suggested for Psychiatric Care of Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

In caring for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people, psychiatrists should focus on alleviating the sequelae of gender minority stress, with the goal of promoting resilience, according to a review published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry, part of the Lippincott portfolio from Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 7-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EST
Youth enrichment activities could harm mental health
University of Georgia

In a new study from the University of Georgia, researchers found that the time high schoolers spend on so-called enrichment activities—including tutoring, sports, school clubs and even homework—is negatively affecting their mental health. The study also found that any additional enrichment activities are unlikely to benefit students academically. While the ideal number of study hours will vary student by student, researchers found that adding more enrichment activities is unlikely to benefit students. Many people think additional study time or tutoring will lead to better test scores and grades, but this research shows that students are already at their limit. Any more “enrichment” will have negative returns.

   
Newswise: MSU study: Key mental health services could reduce jail time
Released: 4-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EST
MSU study: Key mental health services could reduce jail time
Michigan State University

Counties could save money and keep more people out of jail by improving access to community-based mental health and substance use disorder services, according to a study led by a Michigan State University College of Human Medicine professor.

   

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Released: 4-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EST
Who Military Service Members See as Credible to Discuss Secure Firearm Storage for Suicide Prevention
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Overall, the most credible sources are law enforcement officers, military service members and veterans, Rutgers Health researchers find

Released: 4-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EST
It’s Not Just You: Young People Look, Feel Older When They’re Stressed
North Carolina State University

A new study finds younger adults look and feel older on stressful days – but only on days when they also feel they have relatively less control over their own lives.

Released: 1-Mar-2024 10:15 AM EST
SLU Professor Studies Link Between Adversity, Psychiatric and Cognitive Decline
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Saint Louis University associate professor of health management and policy in the College for Public Health and Social Justice, SangNam Ahn, Ph.D., recently published a paper in Journal of Clinical Psychology that examines the relationship between childhood adversity, and psychiatric decline as well as adult adversity and psychiatric and cognitive decline.

   
Released: 29-Feb-2024 11:50 AM EST
Does trying to look younger reduce how much ageism older adults face?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

How do ageism and positive age-related experiences differ for people who have tried to look younger, or feel they look younger, than they actually are? A new study examines this and the relationship with health.

Newswise: Clearing the air reduces suicide rates
Released: 28-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Clearing the air reduces suicide rates
University of California, Santa Barbara

China’s efforts to reduce air pollution have prevented 46,000 suicide deaths in the country over just five years, researchers estimate.

   
Released: 28-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Improving children’s access to care could mitigate the health consequences of exposure to neighborhood violence
Boston Medical Center

A new collaborative study between Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia finds exposure to neighborhood violence among children was associated with unmet health needs and increased acute care utilization.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Heart, mind – a profound connection
Released: 28-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
The Medical Minute: Heart, mind – a profound connection
Penn State Health

Heart problems can make you worry, and worry can ultimately lead to heart problems. A Penn State Health expert discusses the link between heart and mind.

Released: 27-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Poor sleep health associated with muscle dysmorphia in Canadian young adults
University of Toronto

Getting enough sleep is crucial for our body to maintain vital health functions and is especially important for the growth and development of adolescents and young adults. But a new study from the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work found an association between poor sleep and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia, the pathological pursuit of muscularity that is increasing in prevalence among young people.

Released: 27-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Smartphone app uses AI to detect depression from facial cues
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth researchers report they have developed the first smartphone application that uses artificial intelligence paired with facial-image processing software to reliably detect the onset of depression before the user even knows something is wrong.

   
Released: 27-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Teens benefit from "forest bathing" – even in cities
University of Waterloo

Youth mental health in urban environments is significantly better when more nature is incorporated into city design.



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