Silver linings to New Zealand lockdown
Credit: University of Otago Two thirds of New Zealanders believed there were 'silver linings' to the country's Alert Level 4 ...
Tag: Mental Health
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted peoples’ interactions with nature?
Credit: Dr. Soga The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it have changed many of the interactions that humans ...
Maternal stress in conception linked to higher chance of female foetus
Women who experience more stress around the time of conception are twice as likely to give birth to a girlCredit: ...
IN SILICO chronicles the promises and pitfalls of big neuroscience
Credit: Couple 3 Films April 6, 2021 - NEW YORK - With major funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, ...
Insomnia associated with more suicidal thoughts, worse disease symptoms in schizophrenia
Credit: Augusta University Insomnia is a common problem in patients with schizophrenia, and a new study reinforces a close association ...
EMS workers 3 times more likely to experience mental health issues
Credit: Syracuse University Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. Syracuse, N.Y. - Emergency medical service (EMS) workers face triple the ...
Michigan’s Middle Eastern and North African population face barriers to optimal health
Multiple factors, ranging from fear of deportation to food insecurity, create a negative domino effect for the health of the ...
Study sheds light on interplay among PTSD, combat experience, alcohol use
Credit: Joshua Edson A new Veterans Affairs study finds that combat experience is associated with a higher risk of alcohol ...
Psychologist shares skills to help families cope when a loved one has OCD
Credit: The Guilford Press New York, NY--When a loved one has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), it's a constant struggle. It hurts ...
Pumping the ‘brain brake’ in pediatric anxiety
UC researchers find ways to predict treatment outcomes for adolescent anxiety using brain imagingCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati As with ...
Yoga only goes so far: How overhauling patient records can curb physician burnout
Wellness programs for health care workers emphasize self-care; they're overlooking a huge contributor to burnout: Patient recordsCredit: Shannon Alexander/University of ...
Childhood adversity shapes adolescent delinquency, fatherhood
About 61% of Americans have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), experts' formal term for a traumatic childhood ...
Akane Sano wins NSF CAREER Award
Engineer developing software to predict emotional stress from wearable and Internet of Things techCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (March 29, ...
Depression affects visual perception
Credit: Viljami Salmela Researchers specialised in psychiatry and psychology at the University of Helsinki investigated the effects of depression on ...