Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines
Mothers and pregnant women suffer from high levels of mental health problems in South Africa
Dec 8, 2024
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychology & Psychiatry
Digital tools show promise at providing mental health interventions to refugee youths
Mental health interventions provided through digital media to 445 displaced youths living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, showed promise at broadening care to this high-risk, difficult-to-reach population, a new study found.
Dec 5, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
MDMA-assisted therapy could improve neurorehabilitation of injured service members beyond PTSD
A UCLA Health analysis of MDMA-assisted therapy research suggests that the drug could improve outcomes of treatment of a wider range of trauma-related conditions experienced by military personnel beyond the current focus ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Aggression in chronic traumatic encephalopathy linked to family history of mental illness
People who have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who have a family history of mental illness may have a higher risk of aggression in middle age, according to a study published in the November 27, 2024, online issue ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Medical research
Hyperbaric oxygen might be effective treatment for PTSD—here's how it works
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in military veterans but can affect anyone who has suffered or witnessed an extreme physical or emotional event, and it is very hard to treat. More than two-thirds of people ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Medications
Greater patient education needed around antidepressants that may reduce genital sensitivity, study finds
The use of antidepressants is associated with sexual side effects including reduced genital sensitivity that persists after stopping the medication, a new Simon Fraser University study finds.
Nov 27, 2024
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Medical research
Georgia lawmakers consider funding research on how psychedelics might help veterans
A bipartisan panel of Georgia lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a plan recommending the state spend up to $5 million studying the effects of ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms and other mind-altering drugs on mental health treatments ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Analysis reveals the adults most vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation
Educational achievement, mental health diagnoses, childhood abuse, number of arrests and number of children all play a complex role in shaping a person's vulnerability to commercial sexual exploitation, how long they are ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Medical research
Oral microbiome varies with life stress and mental health symptoms in pregnant women, study finds
The number and type of microbes present in the saliva of pregnant women differ according to whether they are experiencing life stress and symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finds a ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Refining tools that spot risk of violence in young adults in urban emergency rooms may save lives
Half of young adult patients treated in emergency departments in three urban hospitals across the country reported experiencing violence either as a victim or aggressor, including firearm violence, in the six months prior ...
Nov 20, 2024
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