Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers develop a digital therapy to alleviate the symptoms of depression
By liberating a world that's being possessed, a therapeutic videogame seeks to alleviate depression symptoms.
Oct 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media: How to protect your mental health
The recent inquest into the death of British teenager Molly Russell in 2017 has concluded that the 14-year-old "died from an act of self harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content." For ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Patients with clinical depression 'stopped seeking treatment' during the COVID waves
In the first study of its kind, German researchers have shown that the COVID pandemic saw a huge drop in the number of patients being admitted to hospital for clinical depression. Independently of these national statistics, ...
Oct 15, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Talk therapy could improve mental health of people with dementia
People living with dementia may benefit from talking therapies available on the NHS, if they suffer from anxiety or depression, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Oct 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Foster care, parental incarceration linked with youth mental health problems
Published in the international journal Child Abuse & Neglect, University of Minnesota researchers found parental incarceration and foster care were separately linked with mental health problems. However, youth who had experienced ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Health
Research finds that two out of five adults who use cigarettes smoke menthol
Menthol use has increased over the past decade among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes, according to a study released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York. Menthol use ...
Oct 13, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Children with HIV at greater risk for impaired neurological development
New research in Zambia finds that children infected with HIV are significantly more likely to do worse in neurological assessments despite having well-controlled HIV disease, suggesting that they may struggle with cognitive ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health crisis hits young Black, Latino people harder. What's the solution?
Last fall, Daisy Sanchez spent every other night crying in her college dorm room.
Oct 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First results from a large-scale long COVID study
One of the largest studies to date into the long-term effects of COVID-19—the Long-CISS (COVID In Scotland Study)—found that 1 in 20 people who took part in the research had not recovered from having COVID-19 at their ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Questioning mindfulness training for young people
Despite its increasing presence in Australian schools, there is a pressing need to better understand young people's experiences of mindfulness teaching to ensure it is actually of benefit, a leading education expert has warned.
Oct 12, 2022
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