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Violence on TV: What happens to children who watch?Results of new study led by Linda Pagani, Professor at the Université de Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, long-term associated risks of early exposure to violent content in childhood and later teen antisocial behavior, more than a decade later. "Although past evidence showing causal links between modelling and getting rewarded for violence had an immediate impact on aggressive behavior in 4-year-old children, few studies have investigated long-term risks with antisocial behavior. University of Montreal - 1/20/2025Reducing teens’ psychological stress could save billions for US budget, study suggestsA new study suggests that boosting adolescent mental health is linked with long-term economic benefits. In contrast to similar findings from prior studies, these estimated relationships could be readily incorporated into standard government budgeting analyses for assessing potential policy impacts. Nathaniel Counts of The Kennedy Forum, US, and colleagues present this work in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine on January 16th. A growing body of research shows ... PLOS - 1/16/2025HKU study shows ruminating about being lonely is more closely linked to depression than actual lonelinessLoneliness is more likely to cause depression if one keeps ruminating on how lonely they are. This is the essence of a study by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) that has therapeutic implications for treating isolated individuals or populations. Past studies have identified a loneliness-rumination-depression nexus. Rumination is defined as repetitive and intrusive negative thoughts and feelings, and loneliness as a gap between desired and actual social connections. The University of Hong Kong - 1/15/2025Scientists uncover rapid-acting, low-side-effect antidepressant targetDepression continues to grapple a large proportion of the population. Given the side effects associated with the long-term use of conventional antidepressants, there is a need for novel rapid acting therapeutics with minimal side effects. Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have previously demonstrated antidepressant-like effects of delta opioid receptor agonists in rodents. In their latest study, they uncover the molecular and cellular mechanism underlying its ... Tokyo University of Science - 1/14/2025Retirement may lead to a deterioration in mental health, and alcohol use may worsen the issue, says new study: National US data, tracking more than 27,500 participants across 14 years, shows retirees who binge drink have more symptoms of depressionRetirees show more signs of depression than those who are still working – and heavy drinking may make their symptoms worse, a new study tracking tens of thousands of over-50s in the U.S reveals. Published in peer-reviewed journal Aging and Mental Health, findings, which monitored participants across a 14-year period, paint a complex picture. Results highlight that binge drinking appears to increase symptoms of depression when compared to those who do not drink at all. Taylor & Francis Group - 1/13/2025New research highlights trends in ADHD diagnosesNew research identifies differing trends in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses among adolescents and adults, including an increase among adults from 2020 to 2023. The study, published in the American Psychiatric Association Journal Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, found a significant downward trends in ADHD incidence among adults from 2016 to 2020 and adolescents from 2016 to 2018. The ADHD incidence rate remained stable for adolescents in subsequent years. American Psychiatric Association - 1/13/2025Preventing clinical depression: Early therapeutic interventions offer protectionEven individuals whose symptoms do not yet meet the criteria for clinical depression benefit from therapeutic interventions. This conclusion comes from a new meta-study led by researchers from Munich and Magdeburg who analyzed data from 30 studies. Participants who received interventions were significantly less likely to develop clinical depression within the first year. Common symptoms of depression include lack of motivation, difficulty sleeping, loss of interest, and ... Technical University of Munich (TUM) - 1/8/2025Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood maltreatmentFor the study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers analysed data from 12,794 participants born in England and Wales from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS). TEDS began in 1994 and has followed twins born in England and Wales throughout their childhood, adolescence and into early adulthood. The twins and their families complete questionnaires and take part in interviews about different environmental and individual factors that might have been ... University College London - 1/6/2025New study reveals that sleep prevents unwanted memories from intrudingThe link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of mind, according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Sleep problems play an important role in the onset and maintenance of many mental health problems, but the reason for this link is elusive. A new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers fresh insight into the cognitive and ... University of East Anglia - 1/2/2025Psychedelic drug therapy may address mental health concerns in people with cancer and addictionOne or two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve the mental health of cancer patients when accompanied by psychotherapy, a new report suggests. A second new study found that treatment with psilocybin resulted in lasting, positive personality changes in patients with alcohol use disorder. The first report’s findings were published online Oct. 7 in the journal Nature Mental Health, and the second published online Jan. 1 in ... NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine - 1/2/2025Renowned scientist reveals vital link between inflammation and depression through groundbreaking researchIn a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview, distinguished neuroscientist Professor Raz Yirmiya unveils transformative insights into the relationship between inflammation and depression. As head of the Laboratory for Psychoneuroimmunology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Yirmiya's work has fundamentally changed our understanding of depression's biological underpinnings. "Most depressed patients do not have any overt inflammatory disease. However, ... Genomic Press - 12/31/2024Brain structure differences are associated with early use of substances among adolescentsA study of nearly 10,000 adolescents funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared to those who did not. Many of these structural brain differences appeared to exist in childhood before any substance use, suggesting they may play a role in the risk of substance use initiation later in life, in tandem with genetic, environmental, and other neurological factors. NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse - 12/30/2024Singles differ in personality traits and life satisfaction compared to partnered peopleAlthough being married or in a long-term relationship is often seen as the norm, more people are staying single for life. But singlehood can bring economic and medical disadvantages, especially as people get older and may become more reliant on others. New research in Psychological Science reveals that lifelong singles have lower scores on life satisfaction measures and different personality traits compared to partnered people, findings that point to the need for both helpful ... Association for Psychological Science - 12/26/2024Personalized gifts create lasting emotional connections and enhance self-esteem: Study identifies emotional benefits of both giving and receiving personalized giftsThere is joy in giving but research from the University of Bath shows that personalisation can transform a gift from a mere object into a more meaningful experience that raises recipients' self-esteem and makes them feel more cherished. Researchers in the UK, France and Switzerland demonstrated that personalised gift giving invoked a unique emotional response, generating what they dubbed 'vicarious pride' on the part of the recipient. University of Bath - 12/25/2024Lithium as a potential therapeutic option for autism spectrum disorder treatmentA groundbreaking discovery has highlighted lithium—a drug long used to treat bipolar disorder and depression—as a potential therapy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This research, conducted by a team at the Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) led by Director KIM Eunjoon, reveals that lithium can restore brain function and alleviate behavioral symptoms in animal models of ASD caused by mutations in the Dyrk1a gene. Institute for Basic Science - 12/22/2024Study reveals how alcohol use disorder impairs cognitive flexibilityAlcohol use disorder (AUD) affects about 400 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of serious illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, liver disease and stroke. Beyond these physical impacts, AUD profoundly disrupts brain functions critical for learning, memory and adaptability—key elements of cognitive flexibility. Now, researchers at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine have shed new light on how chronic alcohol use alters brain signaling pathways, ... Texas A&M University - 12/20/2024Research shows how music can reduce distress: Music therapy has unique role in improving wellbeing in advanced dementia careA new study has demonstrated for the first time how and why music can reduce distress and agitation for people with advanced dementia. There are an estimated one million people living with dementia in the UK and over half are diagnosed with advanced dementia, which can require specialist care and is often accompanied by behaviour such as agitation, aggression, wandering, and resistance to care. Published in the journal Nature Mental Health, the research reveals the ... Anglia Ruskin University - 12/19/2024Genetic discovery links new gene to autism spectrum disorderNew research published in The American Journal of Human Genetics has identified a previously unknown genetic link to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study found that variants in the DDX53 gene contribute to ASD, providing new insights into the genetic underpinnings of the condition. ASD, which affects more males than females, encompasses a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that result in challenges related to communication, social understanding and behaviour. The Hospital for Sick Children - 12/19/2024Almost three quarters of adolescents experience depression or anxietyAlmost three quarters of adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study. And preventive strategies outside our clinics are urgently required to address this considerable public health problem facing the nation. The research, led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in The Lancet Psychiatry, found mental health problems were frequently chronic with 64 per cent reporting ... Murdoch Childrens Research Institute - 12/17/2024Transcendental Meditation most effective at treating PTSD in largest review to date: A meta-analysis of 61 studies with over 3,400 participants compared four categories of meditationResearchers from Maharishi International University (MIU) and Augusta University have conducted the largest review and meta-analysis to date on meditation for PTSD treatment. Analyzing 61 studies with over 3,400 participants, the study compared four categories of meditation: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Other techniques (MBO), Other Meditations (OM), and Transcendental Meditation (TM). Effect sizes for the first three categories of ... Maharishi International University - 12/16/2024Problems developed faster among gamers who started earlyPeople who started playing video games at an early school age developed problematic gaming more quickly compared to those who started playing a few years later. This has been shown by a study by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The first author of the study is Annika Hofstedt, PhD student at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, psychologist, and head of the Clinic for Gambling Disorder and Screen Health at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where the study ... University of Gothenburg - 12/16/2024Long COVID’s effects on employment: financial distress, fear of judgment: In study, patient perspectives highlight how providers can helpThough research has shown that people with long COVID are more likely to be unemployed, the statistics don’t reveal what patients go through before they cut their hours, stop working or lose their jobs. In a new study involving interviews of people with long COVID, researchers from The Ohio State University describe how the prolonged illness has affected not only patients’ job status, but also their overall well-being. On top of symptoms including brain fog, fatigue, weakness and ... Ohio State University - 12/16/2024Screen time is a poor predictor of suicide risk, Rutgers researchers find: Encouraging positive social media interactions would be a more effective strategy for promoting emotional well-being and reducing suicidal ideationFor parents trying to shield their children from online threats, limiting screen time is a common tactic. Less time scrolling, the rationale goes, means less exposure to the psychological dangers posed by social media. But research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick upends this assumption. Writing in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Jessica L. Hamilton, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the School of Arts and Sciences, reports that screen time has no ... Rutgers University - 12/12/2024Women born prematurely are at greater risk of committing suicideNot only are they the smallest among us, premature children also face health and life challenges that make them the most vulnerable. Generally speaking, they have a slightly higher risk of mortality due to illness. It is now apparent that they also have a higher risk of unexpected death from so-called external causes: road traffic accidents, substance abuse and suicide. This has been revealed in a major Nordic study led by Professor Kari Risnes from the Faculty of Medicine and Health ... Norwegian University of Science and Technology - 12/12/2024Antidepressants may act in gut to reduce depression and anxietyMost of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from "butterflies" in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we're feeling blue. A new study in animals suggests that targeting antidepressant medications to cells in the gut could not only be an effective treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety but may also cause fewer cognitive, gastrointestinal, and behavioral side effects for patients and their children than ... Columbia University Irving Medical Center - 12/11/2024Loneliness and isolation: Back to pre-pandemic levels, but still high, for older adultsLoneliness and isolation among older Americans have mostly returned to pre-pandemic rates, but that still means more than one third of people age 50 to 80 feel lonely, and nearly as many feel isolated, a new national study shows. And some older adults – especially those dealing with major physical health or mental health issues – still have much higher rates of loneliness and social isolation than others. Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan - 12/11/2024Air pollution linked to rising depression rates, study findsA groundbreaking study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology has revealed a strong connection between long-term air pollution exposure and an increased risk of depression. The research, led by Harbin Medical University and Cranfield University, analyzed data from over 12,000 participants in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The study identifies sulfur dioxide (SO₂) as the most significant contributor to depression risk, with fine particulate ... Eurasia Academic Publishing Group - 12/10/2024New study: A psychoeducational intervention to empower teenage girlsThe teenage girl's plight is often portrayed in popular media as screaming matches with parents, sneaking out of the house late at night and crying over the latest crush. Adolescent girls experience significant cognitive growth during these pivotal years, but dealing with new circumstances at school, in the home and beyond can rightfully trigger intense emotional responses. But what if we erased the assumption of volatility, deeming some teenage girls as “too emotional” or “highly ... Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology - 12/9/2024Suicide rate is low during the holidays, but the holiday-suicide myth persistsAs in most years that we’ve followed news reporting about the myth that suicides peak during the end-of-year holidays, an analysis of the past year showed again that more newspaper accounts supported the false idea that the suicide rate increases during the holiday season than debunked it. Over the past 25 years that we have been studying this phenomenon, in just over a third (nine years or 36%) have we found more debunking of the myth than support for it. Despite years of debunking ... Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania - 12/6/2024Psilocybin therapy helps clinicians process COVID despair: In a study of front-line providers, the psychedelic drug reduced symptoms of depression more effectively than a placeboPsilocybin-assisted psychotherapy resulted in significant reductions in depression among clinicians who provided front-line COVID-19 care in 2020 and 2021. These reductions were measurably greater than those experienced by the cohort of clinicians who received a placebo instead. Findings from this double-blind, randomized clinical trial are to be published in JAMA Network Open at 8 a.m. PST Thursday, Dec. 5. “For doctors and nurses who feel burned out or disillusioned or disconnected from ... University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine - 12/5/2024Study shows significant rise in psychotherapy use among adults, but gains are uneven across socioeconomic groupsAccess to psychotherapy has risen substantially among U.S. adults with mild to moderate distress since 2018, according to a new study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. The increase in psychotherapy use is particularly notable among younger adults, women, college-educated individuals, and those with higher family incomes. Privately insured individuals also experienced greater ... Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health - 12/4/202420th century lead exposure damaged American mental health: Pernicious lead exposure in air, water, soils cost 151 million Americans some well-beingIn 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being. A new study calculates that exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood altered the balance of mental health in the U.S. population, making generations of Americans more depressed, anxious and inattentive or hyperactive. The research estimates that 151 million cases of psychiatric disorder over the past 75 years have ... Duke University - 12/4/2024Neural signature could show the way to recovery from traumaSome people bounce back from trauma, but others get caught in depressive loops that sap the joy from their lives. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco are learning how the brain creates these divergent experiences. They hope it will help them find a way to treat those who struggle with long-lasting symptoms of stress. The researchers found that stress changes activity in a brain circuit in mice, and these changes distinguish the mice that will recover from the ones that won’t. University of California - San Francisco - 12/4/2024Sound of traffic increases stress and anxiety, study finds: People experienced less stress and anxiety while listening to nature soundscapes, but the addition of road traffic noise increased their stress and anxietyManmade sounds such vehicle traffic can mask the positive impact of nature soundscapes on people's stress and anxiety, according to a new study published November 27, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Paul Lintott of the University of the West of England, U.K., and Lia Gilmour of the Bat Conservation Trust, U.K. Existing research shows that natural sounds, like birdsong, can lower blood pressure, heart, and respiratory rates, as well as self-reported stress and anxiety. PLOS - 11/27/2024Social networked friendship quality can be means of combating loneliness: New research suggests social networked friendship quality contributes to self-esteem, and gains in self-esteem led to reductions in lonelinessSpending too much time social networking appears to be a key driver in loneliness, but a new paper published in Telematics and Informatics suggests motivated uses of social networking sites for connecting with people and feeling companionship can also play a role in alleviating it. The paper was written by Brandon Bouchillon, an associate professor of journalism at the U of A. The paper tested the influence of networked friendship quality on trait self-esteem and loneliness. University of Arkansas - 11/25/2024Language used by mothers affects oxytocin levels of infantsInfants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Oxytocin, a hormone that is involved in a range of psychological processes, plays an important role in social relationships, such as the development of the bond between a parent and child, and the formation of trust, and social understanding, across the lifespan. University College London - 11/25/2024Overthinking what you said? It's your 'lizard brain' talking to newer, advanced parts of your brain: Findings have implications for one day treating psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depressionWe've all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. "Did they think I talked too much?" "Did my joke offend them?" "Were they having a good time?" In a new Northwestern Medicine study, scientists sought to better understand how humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking about what's happening in other peoples' minds. The findings could have implications for one day treating psychiatric conditions ... Northwestern University - 11/22/2024Tantrums in young children could be linked to ADHD, study findsPreschool children who struggle to control their emotions and behaviour have more symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- known as ADHD -- at age seven, a study suggests. Children aged between three and seven who are slower at acquiring skills to manage their intense emotions were also found to be at risk of displaying more conduct issues. They were also more likely to show internalising behaviours, such as sadness and worries, at age seven, experts say. University of Edinburgh - 11/21/2024Poor mental health linked to browsing negative content onlinePeople with poorer mental health are more prone to browsing negative content online, which further exacerbates their symptoms, finds a study led by UCL researchers. The relationship between mental health and web-browsing is causal and bi-directional, according to the Wellcome-funded study published in Nature Human Behaviour. The researchers have developed a plug-in tool* that adds ‘content labels’ to webpages—similar to nutrition labels on food—designed to help users make ... University College London - 11/21/2024
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