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Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
For beginning nontraditional farmers, stress is a constant
Ohio State University

Farming is already a stressful occupation, but the stress is compounded for nontraditional beginning farmers, a small study in the Midwest suggests. Results showed that 58% of survey respondents reported mild to severe symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation
University of Plymouth

Poetry can help people cope with loneliness, isolation, anxiety, and depression.

 
Released: 7-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Guilt not as persuasive if directly tied to personal responsibility
Washington State University

Guilt appeals can be effective, but they should be used implicitly and focus on broader issues rather than specific problems.

   
Released: 6-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
High biological age may increase the risk of dementia and stroke
Karolinska Institute

People who have a higher biological age than their actual chronological age have an increased risk of stroke and dementia. The findings suggest that by slowing down the body's aging processes, it may be possible to reduce or delay the onset of disease.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Novel approach promises significant advance in treating autoimmune brain inflammation
DZNE -- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Researchers at DZNE and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have pioneered a novel treatment for the most common autoimmune encephalitis.

Newswise: Revolutionary Brain Study Uncovers New Insights into Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents
Released: 3-Nov-2023 7:55 AM EDT
Revolutionary Brain Study Uncovers New Insights into Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) impacts millions across the globe, with its emergence during adolescence posing profound implications for long-term mental health and overall well-being. While a substantial amount of research has investigated the structural and functional alterations in the brain linked to MDD, our recent study breaks new ground. It offers a comprehensive exploration of topological changes in brain networks associated with this disorder.

1-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Penn Medicine Researchers Develop Gene Editing Approaches for Phenylketonuria Treatment
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare newborn genetic disease that impacts between 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000 people, depending on the individuals’ genetic ancestry. PKU causes an amino acid—called phenylalanine (Phe)—to build up in the bloodstream.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Teenagers are most likely to seek help for anxiety or depression at the start of the school year, says new study
University of Nottingham

Teenagers in England are more likely to visit their GPs for depression and anxiety in the autumn, according to a new study. The research suggests that support for adolescents around mental health issues should be focused during this time of year.

 
Released: 1-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EDT
UArizona researchers examine the relationship between loneliness and being alone
University of Arizona

In a world filled with endless connections and constant communication, the relationship between loneliness and aloneness is not always clear.

Released: 1-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Contraceptive pill users less likely to report depression - study
Anglia Ruskin University

New research examined data collected from 6,239 women in the United States

Released: 1-Nov-2023 12:05 AM EDT
Stress in America 2023: A nation grappling with psychological impacts of collective trauma
American Psychological Association (APA)

U.S. society appears to be experiencing the psychological impacts of a collective trauma in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new survey by the American Psychological Association. Psychologists warn that a superficial characterization of life being “back to normal” is obscuring the post-traumatic effects on mental and physical health.

Newswise: Expert Shares Tips for Holiday Gift Giving on a Budget
Released: 31-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Expert Shares Tips for Holiday Gift Giving on a Budget
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

While it may be too late to shop earlier or set aside money each week, one expert shares tips to create positive gifting experiences on a budget.

   
Released: 31-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Sets of neurons work in sync to track ‘time’ and ‘place,’ giving humans context for past, present and future
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Two studies led by UCLA researchers offer new insights into the way neurons in the human brain represent time and space – the most basic ingredients of consciousness of human existence and the primary dimensions of experience that allow us to reconstruct the past and envision the future.

27-Oct-2023 9:25 AM EDT
Neuroscience: Possibly Incompatible - But Methodologically Complementary
University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies

This commentary considers the fields of extrasensory perception (ESP) research and cognitive neuroscience, discussing points of conflict and domains where they may be complementary.

   
Released: 30-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Study of 1,000 selfies helps explain how we use them to communicate
Frontiers

People have used self-portraits to communicate information about themselves for centuries — and digital cameras make it easier to share a self-portrait than ever before. But even though selfies are now almost ubiquitous, we don’t understand how people use them to communicate.

Released: 30-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Positive messages can mitigate harm from objectified fitness posts
Washington State University

A few words of body appreciation can help counter the negative impact of viewing objectified images of female fitness influencers, according to a Washington State University study.

25-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Want to achieve your goals? Get angry
American Psychological Association (APA)

While often perceived as a negative emotion, anger can also be a powerful motivator for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Released: 30-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Virtual meetings tire people because we're doing them wrong
Aalto University

New research suggests sleepiness during virtual meetings is caused by mental underload and boredom. Earlier studies suggested that fatigue from virtual meetings stems from mental overload, but new research from Aalto University shows that sleepiness during virtual meetings might actually be a result of mental underload and boredom.

Newswise: RUDN University Psychologists Created Scale for Students’ Attitudes Towards Digital Educational Technologies
Released: 30-Oct-2023 3:05 AM EDT
RUDN University Psychologists Created Scale for Students’ Attitudes Towards Digital Educational Technologies
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University psychologists have developed a questionnaire to determine how students feel about digital educational technologies. It is one of the first such scales in Russia.

Newswise: fMRI study finds correlated shifts in brain connectivity associated with overthinking in adolescents
26-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
fMRI study finds correlated shifts in brain connectivity associated with overthinking in adolescents
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

A new study from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, University of Utah and University of Exeter (UK) substantiates previous groundbreaking research that rumination (overthinking) can be reduced through an intervention called Rumination-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RF-CBT).

Released: 27-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Youngest children in class with ADHD as likely to keep diagnosis in adulthood as older pupils, find scientists
University of Southampton

New study shows for first time that younger children are no more likely to lose ADHD diagnosis over time than older classmates

Newswise: Exploring the Link Between Racism and Ill Health
Released: 26-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Exploring the Link Between Racism and Ill Health
Tufts University

Stress has been widely shown to harm people’s health by leading to problems such as cardiovascular disease, but how exactly different types of stress contribute to disease is less well known. Now a team of Tufts psychology researchers is focusing on stress caused by racism, tracking its neurological and other physiological pathways to ill health, thanks to a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Released: 26-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Your body knows the difference between good stress and bad stress: Do you?
Mayo Clinic

It may be surprising to hear, but medically speaking, not all stress is bad. Healthy stress levels help build resilience, says Safia Debar, MBBS, a stress management expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. In this expert alert, Dr. Debar explains the difference between good and bad stress and how to tell when you are in danger of overload.

Released: 26-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
An unexpected link between 2 schizophrenia risk proteins
Ohio State University

The discovery of a physical interaction between two proteins in brain cells that can be traced in mice to control of movement, anxiety and memory could one day open the door to development of new schizophrenia treatment strategies, researchers say.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Zooming in on our brains on Zoom
Yale University

When Yale neuroscientist Joy Hirsch used sophisticated imaging tools to track in real time the brain activity of two people engaged in conversation, she discovered an intricate choreography of neural activity in areas of the brain that govern social interactions.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 5:00 PM EDT
AANA Updates, Publishes Analgesia and Anesthesia Practice Considerations for The Substance Use Disorder Patient
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

To help ensure that patients with active substance use disorder, on medication-assisted treatment, or in abstinent recovery continue to receive high-quality, safe pain management and anesthesia care, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has published its updated analgesia and anesthesia practice considerations.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
People with severe mental illness at 50 per cent higher risk of death following COVID-19 infection
King's College London

New research from King’s College London has found that in the UK people with severe mental illness were at increased risk of death from all causes following COVID-19 infection compared to those without severe mental illness

Newswise: Study Suggests Marijuana Use Damages Brain Immune Cells Vital to Adolescent Development
Released: 25-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Study Suggests Marijuana Use Damages Brain Immune Cells Vital to Adolescent Development
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana’s major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found changes to the structure of microglia, which are specialized brain immune cells, that may worsen a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia. The

Newswise: UWF teams take first and second place at HR Florida Conference Student Case Competition
Released: 25-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
UWF teams take first and second place at HR Florida Conference Student Case Competition
University of West Florida

Congratulations to a #UWF graduate team for placing first and an undergraduate team for placing second at the HR Conference Student Case Competition that was held during the annual HR Florida Leadership Conference in Orlando.

Released: 24-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
New clues to early development of schizophrenia
Elsevier

Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disease that remains poorly understood and treated. Schizophrenia onset is typically in adolescence or early adulthood, but its underlying causes are thought to involve neurodevelopmental abnormalities.

Released: 24-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
What an animated taco reveals about curiosity and patience
Duke University

Curiosity paradoxically increases people’s patience for an answer, while simultaneously making them more eager to hear it, finds a new study by Duke neuroscientists.

Released: 24-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Study explores relationship between crowdfunding sites, backers
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Why would someone decide to give their money to help a stranger bring a creative project to life?

Newswise: BGSU research examines connection between loneliness and predictors of increased risk of heart disease
23-Oct-2023 7:00 AM EDT
BGSU research examines connection between loneliness and predictors of increased risk of heart disease
Bowling Green State University

Research will focus on understanding what it takes for lonely individuals to build social connections and how those interactions affect the sympathetic nervous system

   
Released: 23-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Heated yoga may reduce depression symptoms, according to recent clinical trial
Massachusetts General Hospital

Findings suggest that sessions of just once a week may provide benefits

Released: 23-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
“They yell and I yell back”
Uppsala University

Young children are able to talk in detail about their feelings and how things are at home. They are also good at reading their parents and their emotions by describing their behaviours, facial expressions and tone of voice. This has been shown in a new study by Uppsala University, published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies

Released: 20-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
UCLA Health part of new study digging into the unknowns of bipolar disorder
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study is gathering extensive data about people with bipolar disorder to improve diagnosis and treatment of this mental health condition that affects 40 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

Newswise: Pupil response may shed light on who responds best to transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression
Released: 20-Oct-2023 9:05 AM EDT
Pupil response may shed light on who responds best to transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

New findings from researchers at UCLA Health suggest that measuring changes in how pupils react to light could help predict recovery from depression and personalize transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment of major depressive disorder.

18-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Consistent lack of sleep is related to future depressive symptoms
University College London

Consistently sleeping less than five hours a night might raise the risk of developing depressive symptoms, according to a new genetic study led by UCL researchers.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
For relationship maintenance, accurate perception of partner’s behavior is key
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Married couples and long-term romantic partners typically engage in a variety of behaviors that sustain and nourish the relationship. These actions promote higher levels of commitment, which benefits couples’ physical and psychological health. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at how such relationship maintenance behaviors interact with satisfaction and commitment.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Uniformed Services University Psychiatrists Author Newly-Defined Prolonged Grief Disorder Diagnostic Handbook
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

Among those who experience a sudden and violent loss of a loved one, as many as 40 percent may struggle with Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). To help clinicians understand and treat those suffering from this crippling condition – which is much longer-lasting and all-consuming compared to typical bereavement – experts from the Uniformed Services University (USU) have collaboratively published a new book, Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 11:35 AM EDT
Researchers Confirm Postpartum Depression Heritability, Home in on Treatment Mechanism
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

UNC School of Medicine researchers led an international team of researchers to conduct the largest-ever meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to investigate the genetic architecture of PPD.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Neuroimaging study reinforces theory of mental ‘foraging,’ inspiring new approaches to understanding schizophrenia and other disorders
Indiana University

How the mind searches for words and concepts in memory may have its origins in age-old patterns by which human and nonhuman animals search for food and other resources in their physical environment.

16-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
‘I’d rather not know’: Why we choose ignorance
American Psychological Association (APA)

When given the choice to learn how their actions will affect someone else, 40% of people will choose ignorance, often in order to have an excuse to act selfishly, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Newswise: UT Southwestern Q&A: What is stress and how can we manage it?
Released: 18-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
UT Southwestern Q&A: What is stress and how can we manage it?
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Everyone experiences stress from time to time. And while brief bouts can be a good thing, prolonged or chronic stress can have negative effects on your overall health.



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