A new study from researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that LGBTQ+ youth were more likely to experience depression and thoughts and attempts of suicide than non-LGBTQ+ youth, yet the prevalence of ...
Jul 11, 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated already rising rates of burnout among American health care workers. A new Northwestern University study found learning and practicing skills that increase positive emotion like gratitude, ...
Jun 25, 2024
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Sarah Jackson and colleagues from University College London and King's College London branches of the SPECTRUM Consortium conducted a survey to study how mental health relates to methods people use to quit smoking, also known ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Health care workers have reported spikes in feeling burnt out in the time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with nearly half saying it took a toll in 2022 compared to 32% in 2018. But a new study shows that easy-to-use and ...
May 28, 2024
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Simple home workouts using exercise apps can effectively reduce depressive symptoms in health care workers and could be a major tool to combat the global mental health crisis in the sector, says new University of British ...
Aug 9, 2023
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One of the key changes to our daily lives brought about by the COVID pandemic was, for those able to do so, working from home. According to UK data, almost 60% of people were working fully or partially from home between April ...
May 12, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic entailed exceptional circumstances posing major challenges to the majority of people. Here, health care workers were particularly concerned. A relevant question was: Were physicians able to overcome ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Group homes are therapeutic environments that are critical to the care of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) and/or intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Apr 21, 2023
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There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose as a treatment to mitigate the often life-altering effects of increasingly prevalent PTSD, scientists say.
Jan 5, 2023
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When free hot drinks and biscuits are on offer to health care staff, how much is reasonable to take before it's deemed "excessive" consumption, ask researchers in the Christmas issue of The BMJ?
Dec 19, 2022
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