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Past stressful experiences do not create resilience to future trauma, new study findsWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger -- that claim is so universally accepted that it's a common truism in contexts from everyday conversations to Top 40 pop charts. But new research led by a team of Brown University researchers finds that this is false. In fact, the research suggests the opposite is true: Past stressors sensitize people to future traumas, thereby increasing their chances of developing a mental health disorder. Brown University - 6/11/2020Repetitive negative thinking linked to dementia riskPersistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study.
In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, researchers found 'repetitive negative thinking' (RNT) is linked to subsequent cognitive decline as well as the deposition of harmful brain proteins linked to Alzheimer's. The researchers say RNT should now be further investigated as a potential risk factor for dementia, and psychological tools, ... University College London - 6/7/2020Survey finds large increase in psychological distress reported among US adults during the COVID-19 pandemicA new survey conducted during the pandemic by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University found a more-than-threefold increase in the percentage of U.S. adults who reported symptoms of psychological distress--from 3.9 percent in 2018 to 13.6 percent in April 2020. The percentage of adults ages 18-29 in the U.S. who reported psychological distress increased from 3.7 percent in 2018 to 24 percent in 2020. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health - 6/3/2020Cognitive behavior therapy tops other psychotherapies in reducing inflammation: An analysis of more than 50 studies shows CBT is an effective non-drug treatment for boosting the immune systemA review of 56 randomized clinical trials finds that psychological and behavioral therapies may be effective non-drug treatments for reducing disease-causing inflammation in the body. The results of the analysis, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found that cognitive behavior therapy, or CBT, was superior to other psychotherapies at boosting the immune system. University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences - 6/3/2020Impact of children’s loneliness today could manifest in depression for years to comeChildren and adolescents are likely to experience high rates of depression and anxiety long after current lockdown and social isolation ends and clinical services need to be prepared for a future spike in demand, according to the authors of a new rapid review into the long-term mental health effects of lockdown. The research, which draws on over 60 pre-existing, peer-reviewed studies into topics spanning isolation, loneliness and mental health for young people aged 4 - 21, is published ... University of Bath Press release - 5/31/2020High stress related to coronavirus is the new normal for many parents, says new APA survey: Online learning, basic needs, missing milestones contribute to parental stressNearly half of parents of children under age 18 say their stress levels related to the coronavirus pandemic are high, with managing their kids' online learning a significant source of stress for many, according to a new survey by the American Psychological Association. As the global pandemic continues and parents juggle child care, work and schooling demands, the mental health toll on parents is growing, warns APA. At the same time, the proportion of Americans saying that the economy or ... American Psychological Association - 5/21/2020Replacing time spent sitting with sleep or light activity may improve your moodMoving more and sitting less was a challenge for many of us, even before states started issuing stay-at-home orders. Despite disruptions to our daily work and exercise routines, there are some subtle changes we can make at home to help improve our mental health. New research, published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that substituting prolonged sedentary time with sleep was associated with lower stress, better mood and lower body mass index (BMI), and ... Iowa State University - 5/20/2020Most young people with increased suicide risk only display 'mild to moderate' mental distress -- studyThe vast majority of young people who self-harm or experience suicidal thoughts appear to have only mild or moderate mental distress, instead of more obvious symptoms associated with a diagnosable disorder, according to a new study. As such, measures to reduce suicide risk in young people should focus on the whole population, not just those who are most distressed, depressed or anxious, said Cambridge University researchers during Mental Health Awareness week. University of Cambridge - 5/20/2020Is video game addiction real? Long-term BYU study looks at the effect of video game play and the trajectories of addictionFor most adolescents, playing video games is an enjoyable and often social form of entertainment. While playing video games is a fun pastime, there is a growing concern that spending too much time playing video games is related to negative developmental outcomes and can become an addiction. A recent six-year study, the longest study ever done on video game addiction, found that about 90% of gamers do not play in a way that is harmful or causes negative long-term consequences. Brigham Young University - 5/13/2020Effects of internet CBT for health anxiety on par with face-to-face treatmentResearchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have compared two ways of delivering cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT, to treat people with health anxiety, a condition that may increase in the wake of COVID-19. Out of about 200 study participants, half received CBT over the Internet and half were treated with conventional face-to-face CBT. The results, published in JAMA Psychiatry, show that Internet-delivered treatment had comparable effects, and could serve as an alternative to physical ... Karolinska Institutet - 5/13/2020Evidence suggests a small but important number of people will develop coronavirus-related psychosisResearchers at Orygen and La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia have completed a rapid review of contemporary epidemic and pandemic research to assess the potential impact of COVID-19 on people with psychosis. The review, published online ahead of print in Schizophrenia Research, found an increase in the prevalence of psychosis as a result of COVID-19 would likely be associated with viral exposure, pre-existing vulnerability and psychosocial stress. The review also suggested ... Orygen - 5/13/2020COVID-19 places added prenatal stress on mother and child that could have lasting impactAn international consortium of researchers have identified particular sources of prenatal stress, as experienced by mothers, that have a direct effect on a child's subsequent mental health. The findings emerged from the DREAM-BIG (Developmental Research in Environmental Adversity, Mental health, BIological susceptibility and Gender) project, and are published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. McGill University - 5/11/2020Why some people are more prone to anxiety: Increased levels of serotonin transporters in the amygdala may be to blameAnxiety-prone people can blame serotonin cleanup proteins gone awry in their amygdala, according to research in marmosets recently published in JNeurosci. Targeting the amygdala with anti-anxiety medication could provide quicker relief. The same event or set of life circumstances could send one person into the depths of anxiety or despair while leaving another unaffected. This distinction, called trait anxiety, arises from the proteins involved in serotonin signaling, a neurotransmitter ... Society for Neuroscience - 5/11/2020Opportunities from COVID-19 pandemic for transforming psychiatric care with telehealthWhat The Viewpoint Says: Ways in which mental health care might change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are described. JAMA Psychiatry - 5/11/2020Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress. This circuit could be a key target for treating stress-related disorders such as panic disorder and PTSD.Researchers at Nagoya University have discovered a neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress. The circuit begins in deep brain areas, called the dorsal peduncular cortex and the dorsal tenia tecta (DP/DTT), that send stress signals to the hypothalamus, a small region in the brain that controls the body's vital functions. The findings were recently published in the journal Science. Nagoya University - 5/2/2020Aromatherapy may reduce nurses' stress, WVU researcher suggestsEven under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates it. New research led by Marian Reven, a Ph.D. student in the West Virginia University School of Nursing, suggests that aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ on-the-job feelings of stress, anxiety, exhaustion and being overwhelmed. Her pilot study results appear in the International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapy. West Virginia University - 5/1/2020Persistent and Worsening Insomnia May Predict Persistent Depression in Older AdultsOlder adults with depression may be at much higher risk of remaining depressed if they are experiencing persistent or worsening sleep problems, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers, who published their findings online April 30 in the journal Sleep, analyzed data from almost 600 people over 60 years old who visited primary care centers in the Northeast U.S. All patients met clinical criteria for major or minor depression ... Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health - 4/30/2020Guide released for supporting the mental health of frontline COVID-19 staffCOVID-19 healthcare workers will be psychologically impacted by their work during the pandemic and will require psychological support from multiple levels in their organisations, according to an academic review by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, London's Air Ambulance and Barts Health NHS Trust, and a London-based A&E doctor. Published in the European Heart Journal, the review paper looks at the psychological wellbeing of medical staff, and includes ... Queen Mary University of London - 4/30/2020Large differences in personality traits between patients with social anxiety disorderIndividuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmarks, according to a new study from Uppsala University published in PLOS ONE. "Social anxiety disorder seems to be a problem that is strongly intertwined with personality, but at the same time it shows great variation," says Professor Tomas Furmark from the Department of Psychology at Uppsala University, who led the study. Uppsala University - 4/29/2020PTSD partners feel invisible, study finds: Helping veterans, emergency workers to recoverRecognition of the needs of wives and intimate partners in supporting the recovery of veterans and front-line emergency workers affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been highlighted in a new study led by Flinders University. Their contribution to trauma recovery, and their own need for support, are not well understood by military and emergency service organisations, healthcare providers and government, the researchers found when they interviewed 22 partners of Australian ... Flinders University - 4/23/2020Everything is not fine: Kids can tell when parents suppress their stressStress is common in a family setting, especially when people are spending so much time together under stay-at-home measures meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. New research finds that parents suppressing feelings of stress around their kids can actually transmit those feelings to the children. In a paper published in Journal of Family Psychology, Sara Waters, assistant professor in Washington State University’s Department of Human Development, and her colleagues studied ... Washington State University - 4/23/2020What helps couples weather financial stormsExperts have predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in the worst financial crisis in the United States since the Great Depression. While the full scope of the financial fallout remains to be seen, furloughs, job losses and pay cuts resulting from the outbreak have already hit many people hard, and such financial challenges can put a significant strain on romantic relationships. Some couples may be better equipped to manage that kind of stress than others, suggests research by ... University of Arizona - 4/21/2020In wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a crashing wave of neuropsychiatric problems?In an article posted online April 13, 2020 in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, a trio of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest that in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a host of neuropsychiatric challenges may remain -- or emerge -- for those recovering from COVID-19 infections. "Past pandemics have demonstrated that diverse types of neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as encephalopathy, mood changes, psychosis, ... University of California - San Diego - 4/14/2020More than a third of medical staff suffered insomnia during the COVID-19 epidemic in China: Healthcare workers with sleeplessness were more likely to feel depressed and anxious, and researchers identified certain factors that implied increased riskThe novel coronavirus that has infected more than one million people globally (at time of publication) is not just a physical health threat. A first-of-its-kind study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry found that more than a third of medical staff responding to the outbreak during its peak in China suffered from insomnia. The healthcare workers who experienced sleeplessness were also more likely to feel depressed, anxious and have stress-based trauma, according to the paper. Frontiers - 4/14/2020The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing: The Need for Prevention and Early InterventionSince the first case of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was diagnosed in December 2019, it has swept across the world and galvanized global action. This has brought unprecedented efforts to institute the practice of physical distancing (called in most cases “social distancing”) in countries all over the world, resulting in changes in national behavioral patterns and shutdowns of usual day-to-day functioning. While these steps may be critical to mitigate the spread of this disease, ... JAMA Network - 4/10/2020Working together to combat mental health challenges during COVID-19 pandemicThis article offers lessons from Hubei, China, on potential methods to focus on mental health during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. JAMA Psychiatry - 4/10/2020New treatment for childhood anxiety works by changing parent behaviorA study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that an entirely parent-based treatment, SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), is as efficacious as individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for the treatment of childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders, including social phobia, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, are the most common mental health ... Elsevier - 4/2/2020Validation may be best way to support stressed out friends and familyIn uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different effects based on how you phrase them, according to new Penn State research. The researchers studied how people responded to a variety of different messages offering emotional support. They found that messages that validated a person's feelings were more effective and helpful than ones that were critical or diminished emotions. Penn State - 3/26/2020Mental health plays key role in battling pandemic and its accompanying effects: Tips for staying healthy in mind, body and spirit during social distancing and challenging timesBy now we all should know the physical guidance that’s been given related to ways to dodge or slow down the novel coronavirus: practice good hygiene, wash your hands and avoid close contact with others. But as Penn Staters across Pennsylvania and beyond complete their first week of remote learning, telecommuting and social distancing, some may be feeling overwhelmed, disconnected or even fearful. That’s all to be expected and completely normal, said Benjamin Locke, ... Penn State - 3/20/2020‘Feeling obligated’ can impact relationships during social distancingIn a time where many are practicing “social distancing” from the outside world, people are relying on their immediate social circles more than usual. Does a sense of obligation – from checking on parents to running an errand for an elderly neighbor – benefit or harm a relationship? A Michigan State University study found the sweet spot between keeping people together and dooming a relationship. “We were looking to find whether obligation is all good or all bad,” said William Chopik, ... Michigan State University - 3/19/2020Bad sleep habits can depress teens: Links to negative thoughts and perfectismNagging negative thoughts - and striving for perfection - keep teenagers awake at night, raising their chance of becoming depressed and anxious, a new study shows. An online study of almost 400 adolescents aged 14 to 20 years confirmed the link, leading sleep researchers at Flinders University to recommend alternative treatments for repetitive negative thinking and perfectionism in dealing with delayed sleep and mental health problems among teenagers. Flinders University - 3/18/2020If you hunker down against coronavirus, don't stop reaching out, experts sayAs more communities deal with outbreaks of COVID-19, those at risk are being advised to stay home and stock up to protect themselves. But experts say the need to hunker down does not mean people shouldn't reach out to help. "When there's a time of anxiety, that is not a time to pull back from connectedness," said Dr. Franklin Watkins, associate professor in geriatric medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "That's a time that we actually need to ... American Heart Association News - 3/13/2020Preterm Babies Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed with Reactive Attachment DisorderPremature birth, low birth weight, and neonatal intensive care are associated with the risk of being diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) showed a study by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry of the University of Turku, Finland. Reactive attachment disorder causes problems in emotional bonding, social interaction, and expression of emotions, and it can lead to severe and expensive consequences later in life. The disorder will impair child’s ability to function in ... University of Turku - 3/12/2020Healthier and happier without Facebook: People who reduce the time they spend on Facebook smoke less, are more active and feel better all roundTwo weeks of 20 minutes less time per day on Facebook: a team of psychologists from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) invited 140 test persons to participate in this experiment. Lucky those who took part: afterwards they were more physically active, smoked less and were more satisfied. Symptoms of addiction regarding Facebook usage decreased. These effects continued also three months after the end of the experiment. The group headed by Dr. Julia Brailovskaia published their results in ... Ruhr-University Bochum - 3/12/2020Getting on With Your Life in the Age of CoronavirusAs coronavirus continues to spread across America, people in some areas are quarantined. Conferences, sporting events and travel plans are being called off, while hand sanitizer and toilet paper is flying off the shelves. Short of finding a well-stocked bunker, how can you learn to live with this new normal? An important key to living with the looming threat of this virus is flexibility, experts say. "You have to be willing to change as the situation changes, and it's likely to keep changing ... HealthDay - 3/11/2020Kids who blame themselves for mom’s sadness are more likely to face depression and anxiety"Even if she doesn't say it, I know it's my fault that my mother gets sad." Kids who believe comments like this - assuming blame for their mom's sadness or depression - are more likely to face depression and anxiety themselves, a new study led by SMU has found. "Although mothers with higher levels of depressive symptoms face increased risk that their children will also experience symptoms of depression and anxiety, our study showed that this was not the case for all children," ... Southern Methodist University - 3/11/2020Knowing more about a virus threat may not satisfy you: New study on Zika virus has implications for coronavirusPeople who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about a new infectious disease threat could also be more likely to believe they don't know enough, a new study suggests. In the case of this study, the infectious disease threat was the Zika virus. But the authors of the new study, published recently in the journal Risk Analysis, say the results could apply to the recent novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. "The Zika virus and the coronavirus have important things in common," ... Ohio State University - 3/10/2020Depressed, rural moms face greater health challenges—and so do their kidsResearch at Washington State University has linked chronic depression with increased health problems for moms and children in poor rural communities, revealing the need for better treatment based on teamwork and trust. Using data from the ongoing, multi-state Rural Families Speak project, a team led by Yoshie Sano, associate professor in WSU's Department of Human Development, examined the experiences of 23 mothers with clinical depression across three years. Washington State University - 3/6/2020 |
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