by Molly Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a major toll on the mental health of children and adolescents. The number of children and adolescents with eating disorders also has increased dramatically, according to Dr. Catherine Gordon, chair of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and pediatrician-in-chief...
By Julia Musto, Fox News February 19, 2022 12:08pm The BMJ study included only people who had no mental health diagnoses or treatment for at least two years prior to infection. Getty Images/Maskot Coronavirus is causing mental health issues in patients, according to new studies. In a large study published Wednesday in the journal The BMJ, researchers from...
by Cardiff University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The risk of children developing mental ill-health increases significantly when they have lived with someone who also has a common mental health disorder, research has found. The study, from Cardiff University, showed children who had grown up living with someone with mental health difficulties were 63% more likely to experience any...
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: DATA SOURCE: ESTIMATES ARE THE PUBLISHED STUDY. DATA WERE COLLECTED IN 2019. CREDIT: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LERNER CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION. Syracuse, N.Y. – Emergency medical service (EMS) workers face triple the risk for significant mental health problems such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder compared to the general population, according to...
