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Researchers identify characteristics of highest utilizers for mental health hospital services
Dropping out of high school, having schizophrenia, or being diagnosed with a co-occurring personality disorder increases the likelihood of someone becoming a "high utilizer" of inpatient psychiatric hospital services, according ...
Feb 26, 2021
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Decline in U.S. suicide rates from 2018 to 2019 not uniform
(HealthDay)—The rate of suicide declined overall from 2018 to 2019 in the United States, with significant declines observed in five states and among certain subgroups; however, these declines were not uniform, according ...
Feb 26, 2021
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COVID's mental health fallout: How we're targeting pandemic depression and anxiety
Although Australia is now largely COVID-free, the repercussions of the pandemic are ongoing.
Feb 26, 2021
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Mental health epidemic threatens communities of color amid COVID-19
Communities of color face a burgeoning wave of mental health problems as a result of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn.
Feb 26, 2021
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Gut health and mood genetically entwined
University of Queensland researchers have confirmed a link between depression and stomach ulcers, in the world's largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease.
Feb 25, 2021
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High smoking dependence linked to depression
An international study coordinated by the University of Helsinki provides new information on the connection between symptoms of depression and smoking dependence. The results support the importance of understanding the reasons ...
Feb 25, 2021
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How we can use psychological principles to foster collaboration in the fight against COVID-19
COVID-19 can be thought of as a game of chicken, except instead of driving head-on towards each other and betting the other person will swerve at the last minute, we're going out when we should be staying home and foregoing ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Computer training to reduce trauma symptoms
Computer training applied in addition to psychotherapy can potentially help reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These are the results found by researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and their ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Effective anxiety therapy changes personality
Previous research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has shown that people with anxiety disorders can benefit from two types of therapy. But in a new NTNU study, the same patients also exhibited ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Why experts say a good mood can lead to good health
It doesn't take a scientist to understand that laughter feels good, while anger feels awful.
Feb 25, 2021
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Perceived discrimination makes black females more likely than males to exercise, eat healthy
Black men and women, as well as adolescent boys and girls, may react differently to perceived racial discrimination, with Black women and girls engaging in more exercise and better eating habits than Black men and boys when ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Mental illness not a factor in most mass shootings
Contrary to what many believe, a new study finds that mental illness isn't a factor in most mass shootings or other types of mass murder.
Feb 25, 2021
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Health professional societies address critical care clinician burnout
A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides a roadmap that critical care clinicians' professional societies can use to address burnout. While strongly needed prior to the COVID-19 ...
Feb 25, 2021
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A greater need for grief support due to COVID-19
Curtin University research has found people grieving a COVID-related death would benefit from timely support and care to reduce the high risk of experiencing problems in important areas of everyday life.
Feb 25, 2021
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A crisis in the care of anorexia addressed by AED task force
Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., Founding Director of the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, is co-author of the Viewpoint article published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Feb 25, 2021
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Making music tunes up wellbeing during lockdown
Spontaneous group music making is associated with a number of wellbeing benefits, even if the performers are not in the same room, a study shows.
Feb 25, 2021
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Five ways boredom could be changing your behaviour, for better or worse
Many of us have probably felt bored at some point in the past year. Restrictions on social gatherings, travel and plenty of other activities may have been necessary to control the pandemic, but have left lots of us with little ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Engaging in mobile gambling for social interaction can lead to problem gambling
A study carried out by the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway has examined how the different gratifications sought from mobile gambling explain problematic versus non-problematic patterns in highly ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Pandemic compounds psychosocial issues for sexual, gender minorities
The weight of isolation and loss of social connection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded existing psychosocial-emotional issues already experienced by adults who identify as sexual or gender minorities (SGM).
Feb 25, 2021
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Seeing schizophrenia: X-rays shed light on neural differences, point toward treatment
Schizophrenia, a chronic, neurological brain disorder, affects millions of people around the world. It causes a fracture between a person's thoughts, feelings and behavior. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, difficulty ...
Feb 24, 2021
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