by University of Montreal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The idea that alcohol, cannabis, and other drug abuse and dependence disorders lead to suicidal tendencies in adolescents and young adults is being challenged by the results of a new study in PLOS ONE conducted at Université de Montréal and CHU Sainte-Justine children’s hospital. “For the first time ever, our...
by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new systemic review found that all studies reported benefits when using virtual reality (VR) to manage psychological distress in adolescents. These benefits occurred across a range of treatment scenarios, according to the study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Adolescents face unique life...
by University College London Credit: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Specific genes increase the risk of developing depression, according to a new study led by UCL researchers, which also shows that the genes associated with depression vary depending on ancestry group. The research, published in JAMA Psychiatry, is the largest study into the genetic risks of...
by University of Geneva Schematic representation of longitudinal network analyses applied to developmental psychiatry. Networks are reconstructed by calculating correlations between different symptoms, both at each assessment and over time. This allows the risk of developing a psychotic disorder in adolescence to be estimated and the most important targets for treatment to be identified. Credit: UNIGE...
by Karolinska Institutet Change in symptoms of post-traumatic stress during the controlled study period. Credit: DOI: 10.1017/S0033291721003706 Traumatic experiences such as assault or a road accident can give rise to nightmares, flashbacks and other mental reactions, and accessible therapy is needed to prevent exacerbation of the problems. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now completed what could...
Washington, DC, September 15, 2021 – Depression in children and adolescents has become a major, global, public health challenge, with several negative health outcomes—many of which manifest themselves later in adulthood. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, investigates subthreshold depression, a more severe form of depression that...
by Sarah Avery, Duke University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A suicide screening tool developed by researchers from Duke Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs is far more accurate at identifying patients at risk for attempting suicide than current clinical assessments, which often have poor accuracy rates that can lead to the loss of life. With suicide rates on the...
by University of Bath (a) Proportion of participants who demonstrated a change in primary endpoint at 6 weeks, relevant to minimum clinically important difference (MCID). (b) Proportion of participants who demonstrated a change in primary endpoint at 3 months, relevant to minimum clinically important difference (MCID). Credit: DOI: 10.1007/s10865-021-00249-3 People with asthma given access to a popular mindfulness...
By Baland Jalal on September 7, 2021 Credit: Os Tartarouchos Getty Images Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has puzzled artists and scientists for centuries. Afflicting one in 50 people, OCD can take several forms, such as compulsively putting things in just the right order or checking if the stove is turned off 10 times in a row. One type of OCD that affects nearly...
by University of Otago One of the avatars used in the study, named Chelsea. Credit: University of Otago People would rather give information to other people, although an anonymous avatar might be preferred if the information being shared is embarrassing, University of Otago research has found. The research, published in Behaviour & Information Technology, explored people’s preference for disclosing topics...
