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Study shows how air pollution exposures affect mental health in older people

In a study of women aged 80 years and older, living in locations with higher exposures to air pollution was associated with increased depressive symptoms.

18 Nov 2020

COVID-19 during pregnancy can cause placental inflammation and impaired immunity

A new study conducted by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, USA, has observed how pregnant women infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) show stunted antiviral immune responses.

18 Nov 2020

Study: Non-COVID-19 deaths significantly increased from March through May 2020

March through May saw a significant increase in deaths over previous years - and not just from COVID-19, says a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

18 Nov 2020

Increasing long-term well-being during the pandemic with interventions

Interventions increase the chances of succeeding in changing and maintaining a new behavior in the long run. This is showed in a recently published study from CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.

17 Nov 2020

ECG abnormalities can predict COVID-19 mortality

A team of scientists from New York University Langone Medical Center, USA, has revealed that the clinical severity of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be predicted by analyzing the level of troponin elevation and electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. The study is currently available on the medRxiv preprint server.

17 Nov 2020

Two-thirds of older Americans would not seek treatment for depression, new poll shows

A new nationwide poll, the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor, shows that nearly two-thirds (61%) of Americans age 65 or older who have concerns about having depression will not seek treatment.

17 Nov 2020

New program can remotely improve cardiovascular health for broad population of patients

Despite being known risk factors for poor cardiovascular outcomes, blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol remain undertreated among a large proportion of patients.

17 Nov 2020

Psychological assessment needed for pregnant women to reduce stress during COVID-19

There is consensus among studies dealing with natural disasters, such as famines, earthquakes, and pandemics, that the stress to which pregnant women are exposed during such crises has short and long-term consequences, both on their health and on that of their unborn babies.

17 Nov 2020

Altered white matter connectivity linked with disruption of conscious access in psychosis

Altered white matter limits the brain’s conscious access to information, potentially contributing to delusions and other psychotic symptoms of mental health disorders, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

17 Nov 2020

BMA reveals how record numbers of mental health patients are being sent miles from home for care

Thousands of mental health patients still being cared for miles from home, despite Government pledge to end ‘harmful’ practice

17 Nov 2020

Return to school improves mental health of children

The latest report from the Co-SPACE study highlights that for participating primary school aged children

17 Nov 2020

Identifying protective factors to suicide among lesbian and bisexual women

What protective factors reduce the likelihood lesbian and bisexual women will consider killing themselves? That's the focus of a $2 million national study led by researches at the UCF College of Medicine's new Population Health Sciences Department.

17 Nov 2020

Researchers investigate impact of standing desks on classroom behavior

Providing a standing desk to every primary school child in a UK classroom can reduce sitting time throughout most of the academic year, according to a new study.

17 Nov 2020

Culture and arts can have positive effects on health, show studies

Studies show that culture and the arts can have positive effects on health.

16 Nov 2020

Parasite infection discovery could help develop treatments for neurological disorders

New research into how a common parasite infection alters human behavior could help development of treatments for schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.

16 Nov 2020

COVID-19 loneliness study reveals significant depressive symptoms in 80% of young adults

A new national survey, looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young US adults' loneliness, reveals "significant depressive symptoms" in 80% of participants.

16 Nov 2020

Lower choline in pregnant Black American women linked to higher levels of stress hormone

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that many pregnant Black Americans have low levels of choline, an essential nutrient that aids in prenatal brain development. Stress caused by institutional racism may play a role.

16 Nov 2020

Researchers identify key source of signals encoding past experiences in the brain

Researchers identify a region of the brain as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex.

16 Nov 2020

Long-term care workers, grieving and under siege, brace for COVID’s next round

In the middle of the night, Stefania Silvestri lies in bed remembering her elderly patients' cries.

16 Nov 2020

Study: 68% of people believe they should ‘reach out’ to carers during coronavirus second wave

Amidst a coronavirus second wave, a study has found that 68% of people believe they should ‘reach out’ to carers more often – with 60% of respondents only asking carers how they are ‘now and again’, ‘rarely’ or ‘almost never’; leaving carers at risk of feeling forgotten.

16 Nov 2020

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Study shows how air pollution exposures affect mental health in older people

COVID-19 during pregnancy can cause placental inflammation and impaired immunity

Study: Non-COVID-19 deaths significantly increased from March through May 2020

Increasing long-term well-being during the pandemic with interventions

ECG abnormalities can predict COVID-19 mortality

Two-thirds of older Americans would not seek treatment for depression, new poll shows

New program can remotely improve cardiovascular health for broad population of patients

Psychological assessment needed for pregnant women to reduce stress during COVID-19

Altered white matter connectivity linked with disruption of conscious access in psychosis

BMA reveals how record numbers of mental health patients are being sent miles from home for care

Return to school improves mental health of children

Identifying protective factors to suicide among lesbian and bisexual women

Researchers investigate impact of standing desks on classroom behavior

Culture and arts can have positive effects on health, show studies

Parasite infection discovery could help develop treatments for neurological disorders

COVID-19 loneliness study reveals significant depressive symptoms in 80% of young adults

Lower choline in pregnant Black American women linked to higher levels of stress hormone

Researchers identify key source of signals encoding past experiences in the brain

Long-term care workers, grieving and under siege, brace for COVID’s next round

Study: 68% of people believe they should ‘reach out’ to carers during coronavirus second wave

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