The 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...
Tag: <span>Mental Health</span>
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From Depression to Dementia, Inflammation Is Medicine’s New Frontier
he barrier between mind and body appears to be crumbling. Clinical practice and public perception need to catch up. The GuardianEdward Bullmore Unlikely as it may seem, #inflammation has become a hashtag. It seems to be everywhere suddenly, up to all sorts of tricks. Rather than simply being on our side, fighting infections and healing...
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Study among first to explore link between antidepressants during pregnancy and child development in kindergarten
by University of Manitoba Children whose mothers had depression and took serotonergic antidepressants during pregnancy have an increased risk of deficits in language and cognition, compared to children of mothers who had depression during pregnancy and did not take antidepressants, according to findings in a new University of Manitoba study published today in Pediatrics, the...
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A history of cannabis dependence associated with many negative mental health outcomes
More than 1% of Canadians have been dependent on cannabis at some point in their lives. Despite the fact that marijuana use is expected to grow with the recent legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, little research has focused on factors associated with recovery from addiction. New research published online this month in the journal...
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HOW MUCH SLEEP KIDS GET AFFECTS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
FEBRUARY 4TH, 2020 POSTED BY ALICE SCOTT-WARWICK There’s a link between children’s sleep duration and depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior, and poor cognitive performance, researchers report. In a new paper in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers examine the relationship between sleep duration and brain structure in 11,000 children ages 9-11 from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development dataset. The...
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HOW MUCH SLEEP KIDS GET AFFECTS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
ALICE SCOTT-WARWICK There’s a link between children’s sleep duration and depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior, and poor cognitive performance, researchers report. In a new paper in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers examine the relationship between sleep duration and brain structure in 11,000 children ages 9-11 from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development dataset. The researchers found that measures of...
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How to Stop People-Pleasing (and Still Be Nice)
People-pleasing might not sound all that bad. After all, what’s wrong with being nice to people and trying to help them out or make them happy? But people-pleasing generally goes beyond simple kindness. It involves “editing or altering words and behaviors for the sake of another person’s feelings or reactions,” explains Erika Myers, a therapist...
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NASA, industry partner for space-based study of potential Alzheimer’s key
by Jennifer Harbaugh, NASA An innovative experiment underway on the International Space Station could help researchers make new progress in the fight against aggressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The Ring-Sheared Drop experiment, developed and led by Teledyne Brown Engineering of Huntsville, Alabama, will be housed in the station’s Microgravity Science Glovebox to...
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Quadriplegics Can Grasp, Lift Objects Using Transcutaneous Neurostimulation
MEDGADGET EDITORS NEUROLOGY, REHAB Transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation is used in a variety of clinical applications, including as a rehabilitation tool to help people with limited mobility. It is effective for maladies such as certain types of urinary incontinence, for example, but getting the muscles of the arm to move in unison and with appropriate...
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Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study
by Beck Lockwood, University of Birmingham Scientists at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam have uncovered a possible explanation for the mental sluggishness that often accompanies illness. An estimated 12 million U.K. citizens have a chronic medical condition, and many of them report severe mental fatigue that they characterize as...