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Improving sleep among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland

The University of Queensland and Beyond Blue have partnered to deliver culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland.

17 Apr 2023

People with Down syndrome are living longer, but the health system still treats many as kids

It took Samantha Lesmeister's family four months to find a medical professional who could see that she was struggling with something more than her Down syndrome.

17 Apr 2023

Many parents worry that teens' jobs will negatively affect their grades, sleep, and social lives

Parents of teens who don't work express concerns that having a job could negatively impact their teen's grades, involvement in activities, sleep, or social life.

17 Apr 2023

Disturbed sleep in COVID-19 patients linked to breathlessness, major UK study finds

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16 Apr 2023

Maternal psychosocial stress may impact the developing infant gut microbiome

Researchers determined the impact of the psychosocial stress experienced by the mother on the gut microbiome of the infant.

15 Apr 2023

Study reveals the cumulative effects of income and age on human well-being globally

In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers evaluated the effects of age and income on human well-being.

13 Apr 2023

Earlier intervention leads to better gains for autistic children

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Florida State University (FSU), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have demonstrated that starting intervention coaching parents of autistic toddlers as early as 18 months leads to better gains in language, social communication, and daily living skills.

13 Apr 2023

Extra time off is good for the health, research shows

As a four-day work week is trialed in countries across the globe, health researchers at the University of South Australia say they’re ‘all in’ when it comes to a long weekend, especially as new empirical research shows that the extra time off is good for our health.

13 Apr 2023

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient's risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Samuel Y. Huang of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and Alexander A. Huang of Northwestern Feinberg University School of Medicine, US.

12 Apr 2023

Dopamine may play key role in why exercise feels "easy" to some people and exhausting to others

Dopamine, a brain chemical long associated with pleasure, motivation and reward-seeking, also appears to play an important role in why exercise and other physical efforts feel "easy" to some people and exhausting to others, according to results of a study of people with Parkinson's disease led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. Parkinson's disease is marked by a loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain over time.

12 Apr 2023

New approach identifies significant molecular changes linked to pediatric bipolar disorder

It's extremely difficult to study the biological basis of psychiatric disorders, in part because researchers can't easily collect brain cells from living people to study in the laboratory. Now, University of Utah Health scientists have developed a way around that.

12 Apr 2023

What factors increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms in long COVID patients?

Researchers reviewed to identify factors that increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms among long coronavirus disease patients.

12 Apr 2023

Study examines perceptions of the risk of driving while under the influence of cannabis

In a recent study published in the Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour journal, researchers explored how individuals perceive the risks associated with driving while under the influence of cannabis.

12 Apr 2023

Digitalization is increasing the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide

Researchers evaluate the impact of digitalization on a societal level by using a linguistic big-data approach.

11 Apr 2023

Metabolic alterations found in depressed patients with a history of sexual or physical abuse

A pilot study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland found metabolites related to oxidative stress and the transsulfuration pathway of one-carbon metabolism to be associated with a history of sexual or physical abuse in depressed adolescent outpatients.

11 Apr 2023

Interventions improved well-being among children and youth during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers review interventions aimed at enhancing the well-being of children and adolescents amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Apr 2023

Researchers use AI and Twitter to create anxiety, depression prediction models

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil are using artificial intelligence (AI) and Twitter, one of the world's largest social media platforms, to try to create anxiety and depression prediction models that could in future provide signs of these disorders before clinical diagnosis.

10 Apr 2023

Study finds increase in frequency of intimate partner violence during the pandemic

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people who experienced intimate partner violence in their current relationship before COVID-19 had an increase in the frequency of victimization after the pandemic began, according to a Rutgers study.

7 Apr 2023

Genetic discovery may pave the way for precision medicine approaches to treat depression

A team of scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has identified a stress-regulated gene that plays a role in the link between long-term stress and a common type of depressive behavior in mice.

7 Apr 2023

Prevalence of long-COVID among English schoolchildren: Study reveals wide-ranging impacts on health and wellbeing

Scientists have estimated the prevalence of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conditions among schoolchildren in England. They have also assessed the presence of persisting symptoms among schoolchildren with or without a history of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

6 Apr 2023

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Latest Mental Health News and Research

Improving sleep among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland

People with Down syndrome are living longer, but the health system still treats many as kids

Many parents worry that teens' jobs will negatively affect their grades, sleep, and social lives

Disturbed sleep in COVID-19 patients linked to breathlessness, major UK study finds

Maternal psychosocial stress may impact the developing infant gut microbiome

Study reveals the cumulative effects of income and age on human well-being globally

Earlier intervention leads to better gains for autistic children

Extra time off is good for the health, research shows

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

Dopamine may play key role in why exercise feels "easy" to some people and exhausting to others

New approach identifies significant molecular changes linked to pediatric bipolar disorder

What factors increase the risk of psychiatric symptoms in long COVID patients?

Study examines perceptions of the risk of driving while under the influence of cannabis

Digitalization is increasing the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide

Metabolic alterations found in depressed patients with a history of sexual or physical abuse

Interventions improved well-being among children and youth during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers use AI and Twitter to create anxiety, depression prediction models

Study finds increase in frequency of intimate partner violence during the pandemic

Genetic discovery may pave the way for precision medicine approaches to treat depression

Prevalence of long-COVID among English schoolchildren: Study reveals wide-ranging impacts on health and wellbeing

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