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New Study Looks At Sexual Dysfunction Once Antidepressant Use Stops
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology looked at the frequency of self-reported persistent post-treatment genital hypoesthesia among past antidepressant users in Canada and the US. “In my counselling practice, I specialize in working with people with Post Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), which is a type of sexual dysfunction where sexual function does not return to normal upon discontinuation of commonly prescribed antidepressants such as SSRIs, Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs), and some tricyclic antidepressants,” study author Yassie Pirani told us.he
Insomnia In College Students Impacted More By Loneliness Than Screen Time
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Feeling lonely has a greater impact on sleep for college students than too much screen time. Research from Oregon State University found that students with high levels of loneliness were more likely to have difficulties sleeping compared with less lonely students, regardless of their level of screen time.
New Study Looks At The Effect Of Nature On The Mental Health Of Children
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in JAMA Network looked at a nature-based intervention and the mental health of schoolchildren. “We found that a 12-week nature-based intervention in Grades 5 and 6 did not lead to overall reductions in mental health symptoms, according to both per-protocol and intent-to-treat analyses,” study author Marie-Claude Geoffroy told us.
New Study Looks At Effects Of Consumption of Large Amount Of Alcohol And Mortality
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the American Journal of Medicine looked at increasing trends in alcohol related mortality in the United States. “We sought to explore whether there have been increases in U.S. alcohol related mortality,” study author Alexandra Matarazzo told us. “We were hoping to find out whether there were increases and, if so, whether they are occurring at younger ages.”
Do You Reach For High Fat Foods When You're Stressed?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in PubMed looked at how cocoa flavanols rescue stress-induced declines in endothelial function after a high-fat meal, but do not affect cerebral oxygenation during stress in young, healthy adults. “We know that when people are stressed, they tend to gravitate towards high-fat foods,” study author Dr. Catarina Rendeiro told us. “We have previously shown that fatty food can impair the body’s vascular recovery from stress. In this study, we wanted to see if adding a high-flavanol food to the fatty meal would alleviate the negative impact of stress in the body."
1 in 5 Parents Worry Their Children Don't Have Enough Friends
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - One in five parents worry their children don’t have friends or don’t have enough friends. Results from the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health found that 90 percent of parents think their children would like to make new friends.
COVID-19 Lockdowns Transformed Family Dinners For The Better
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - COVID lockdowns caused many families to eat more meals at home, and it may have had an unexpected benefit. Research published in the journal Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice found that families who ate together more often during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced in increase in quality family time during dinners.
New Study Looks At How The Brain Works When It Comes To Stress And Memory
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Cell looked at how stress disrupts engram ensembles in lateral amygdala to generalize threat memory in mice. “We examined how acute stress impacted fearful memories,” study author Sheena Josselyn, Senior Scientist at Hospital for Sick Children told us. “We found that acute stress before a fearful event generalized the memory of this fearful event. That is, the subjects reacted fearfully both to the cues that predicted the fearful event and also safe cues.”
New Study Looks At PTSD In The Military And Outpatient Programs
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma looked at the effectiveness of residential and intensive outpatient programs for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in active military. “The care and services provided for the treatment of active military personnel and veterans suffering from PTSD encompass a variety of formats, including both residential and outpatient treatment programs,” study author Walter S. Marcantoni told us. “The structural differences between these program types present challenges in making direct comparisons.”
New Study Looks At Antibodies And Autoimmune Encephalitis
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Nature looked at structural and functional mechanisms of learning and memory. “NMDA receptors are essential for the fundamental processes,” study author Hiro Furukawa told us. “Recent clinical studies have revealed that in autoimmune encephalitis, antibodies targeting NMDA receptors disrupt normal neuronal function, resulting in psychotic symptoms.”
Can Medications Like Ozempic Help People With Substance Use Disorders?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Journal of Addiction looked at whether certain medications can help with substance-related outcomes in patients with opioid and alcohol use disorders. “Our study examines the potential of GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs), like Ozempic, to reduce severe outcomes, specifically overdose and intoxication, in individuals with opioid and alcohol use disorders,” study author Fares Qeadan told us. “We aimed to see if these medications could provide an adjunctive therapy to help reduce the significant health risks associated with substance use.”
Online Grief Support Groups Can Both Help And Harm
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Online grief support groups can both help and harm participants. More than 50% of people in the US will grieve a loved one who died by suicide, and almost three quarters of them will look to internet support groups for help.But are online support groups beneficial or detrimental? Researchers at the New university of Colorado Boulder suggest it’s a bit of both.
New Study Looks At Dopamine And Reward Responses
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Nature looked at how dopamine dynamics are dispensable for movement but promote reward responses. “We tested whether rapid dopamine dynamics are necessary for the behavioral functions of dopamine,” study author Pascal S. Kaeser told us. “There is conflicting literature on each dopamine function as to whether it is mediated by fast and precise signalling or by slower, tonic signaling.”
New Study Looks At Prescriptions Of Benzodiazepines In Stroke Patients
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study by the American Heart Association analyzed initial excess supply and longitudinal trends in benzodiazepine use in Ischemic stroke survivors. “Our research at the Center for Value-Based Healthcare and Sciences at Massachusetts General Brigham focuses on ensuring people living with dementia and stroke receive high quality care,” study author Julianne D. Brooks told us. “We have an amazing team of clinicians, statisticians, and scientists dedicated to improving healthcare quality. Our study investigates the use of benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium, and others) after stroke in the population over 65. We are hoping to understand trends in the use of these medications.”
New Study Looks At Lead Exposure And Folate In Pregnancy And Whether That Has Any Bearing On Autistic Behaviors In Children
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives looked at the combined exposure to folate and lead during pregnancy and autistic-like behaviors among Canadian children from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Pregnancy and Birth Cohort. “Our study assessed whether the relationship between blood-lead concentrations during pregnancy and childhood autistic behaviours could be mitigated by folate concentrations or folic acid supplementation,” study author Joshua D. Alampi told us. “We hypothesized that the relationship between lead and autistic behaviours would be stronger among study participants with low folic acid supplementation and lower plasma-folate concentrations.”
What's The Danger Of Humans Empathizing With AI?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies looked at how humans mindlessly treat AI virtual agents as social beings, but how this tendency diminishes among the young. “We were interested in understanding how people relate to AI tools, for example chatbots or smart speakers,” study author Jianan Zhou told us. “Such systems are pervasive nowadays and appear to be smart and well-informed to the typical user, which makes sense from the point of usability. The question this raises, however, is whether interaction with such systems can increase feelings of liking or sympathy towards them and lead us to behave much like we do when interacting with other humans.”
New Study Looks At How Children Are Remembering The Pandemic
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at autobiographical memory for the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, psychological adjustment, and their relation over time. “We were interested in getting some insight on how children and adolescents thought about and remembered their lockdown experiences,” study author Dr. Tirill Fiellhaugen Hjuler from the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Aarhus University Hospital told us.
New Study Looks At Insurance Laws And Access to Child Mental Health Care
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in JAMA Open Network looked at the the comprehensiveness of state insurance laws and perceived access to pediatric mental health care. “Our study investigated the association of the comprehensiveness of state mental and behavioral health insurance laws with caregiver perception of access to mental and behavioral health care for children in the United States,” study author Ashley A. Foster told us. “We also assessed the association of comprehensiveness of state mental and behavioral health insurance laws with caregiver perception of adequacy of mental and behavioral health insurance coverage.”
New Study Looks At The Effect of TikTok On Body Image
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in PLOS ONE looked at the impact of pro-ana TikTok content on body image dissatisfaction and internalization of societal beauty standards. “The relationship between body image dissatisfaction, disordered eating behaviours and social media platforms, such as Instagram and Twitter, has been well documented,” study author Madison R. Blackburn told us. “The unique TikTok algorithm is more influential than the choices of individual users in determining the content they see on their ‘For You’ page.”
COVID-19 Vaccination Protects Against Adverse Mental Health Impacts Of Virus
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - COVID-19 vaccination mitigates adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 on mental illness. Research published in JAMA Psychiatry found that the COVID-19 vaccination may help protect against the adverse mental health impacts of the virus by preventing severe infection.
New Study Looks At FoMO And Burnout In The Digital Workplace
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Sage Journals looked at stress, burnout, and mental health implications in the digital workplace. “The digital workplace gives workers so much more autonomy and flexibility in their work and helps them be productive and collaborative whether in the office or working remotely,” study author Elizabeth Marsh told us. “As a research team, we’re acutely aware of these benefits, but also concerned about aspects of digital working that can have a negative impact on employee health and wellbeing.”
Scrolling Through Online Videos May Increase Boredom
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Scrolling through social media videos could increase boredom and make users feel less engaged with content. Research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General found that endless scrolling may make users feel less satisfied with the content they view.
Does Thinking Hurt? New Study Looks At The Effects Of Mental Effort
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Psychological Bulletin looked at a meta-analytic review of the association between mental effort and negative affect. “In psychology, there is a decades-long controversy about the nature of mental effort,” study author Erik Bijleveld told us. “On the one hand, psychologists often assume that people avoid mental effort whenever they can.” Bijleveld cites an example of this when people make daily-life decisions such as what restaurant to go to, they are usually not going to process all relevant information that is available to them.
New Study Looks at How Long it Takes for Vitamin C to Work Its Magic on Mood
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study looked at smartphone survey data to help reveal the timecourse of changes in mood outcomes following vitamin C or kiwifruit intervention in adults with low vitamin C. “This study analyses secondary outcomes from our main trial (KiwiC for Vitality study) published in 2020," study author Tamlin Conner told us. "The secondary outcomes used smartphone surveys of people’s mood every second day throughout the eight-week intervention trial.”
Just 10 Minutes In Nature Can Have Mental Health Benefits
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Even as little as ten minutes spent in nature can have short term benefits for adults living with mental illness. Research published in Ecopsychology found that any form of nature exposure, including to urban nature, could have benefits.
Resilience Influenced By Brain And Gut Activity
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Resilient people are more mindful and show neural activity in the brain regions associated with improved cognition and the regulation of emotions. UCLA researchers found resilient people were also better at describing their feelings and had gut microbiome activity associated with a healthy gut.
New Study Looks at Experiences of Black Psychologists and Counselors
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy looked at burnout, racial trauma, and protective experiences of Black psychologists and counselors. “We studied Black mental health professionals who worked with Black clients who were dealing with racial trauma,” study author Eric M. Brown told us.
A New Study Looks At Gratitude In Family Relationships
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology looked at perceived gratitude in family relationships. “This study examined the unique effects of perceived gratitude from spouses/romantic partners,” study author Allen W. Barton told us, “as well as from children for outcomes in areas of couple, parenting, and individual well-being.” Barton is an assistant professor and extension specialist at the University of Illinois.
New Study Looks At Treatment For Bipolar Depression
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the JAMA Psychiatry looked at accelerated intermittent theta-burst stimulation and treatment-refractory bipolar depression. "This study looks at treatment of severe refractory bipolar depression,” study author Dr. Yvette Sheline told us. “It uses magnetic stimulation called TMS—transcranial magnetic stimulation, which has been used for the past decade to treat depression.”
Younger Workers Feel Stressed and Undervalued In The Workplace
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Younger workers are feeling undervalued, stressed and lonely in the workplace. The 2024 Work in America Survey from the American Psychological Association found that 45% of workers 18-25 felt lonely at work whilst 48% feel stressed or tense at work.
New Study Looks At Peer Support In The Emergency Room For Addiction
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - We're in the midst of an overdose crisis in the United States. In the past year alone, nearly 110,000 people died due to an overdose. Many experts believe we have the tools to prevent overdose deaths, but that we need to improve our ability to meet people where they are at and facilitate the full range of prevention options. A new study published in the Journal of Addiction looked at the effect of a peer-led emergency department behavioral intervention on non-fatal opioid overdose.
New Study Looks At Transcendental Meditation And Its Effect On Self-Esteem
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Health Care for Women International looked at the effect of Transcendental Meditation on self-esteem, self-efficacy, and gratitude, for increasing empowerment of female youth in Uganda. “Our study is about the impact of the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique on developing empowerment in the lives of female youth in Uganda,” study author Leslee Goldstein told us.
New Study Looks At Handgun Purchase Age And Young Adult Suicide
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among persons aged 18 to 20 years in the U.S., and firearms are the leading mechanism of death for this age group. A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health looked at the impact of minimum handgun purchase age and background check legislation on young adult suicide in the United States between 1991 and 2020.
Do Students Recognize Bias In The Classroom?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Child Development looked at how children and adolescents rectify unequal allocations of leadership duties in the classroom. “This study is about whether children and adolescents recognize when biases occur in the classroom and what they think about it,” study author Melanie Killen told us. “One context where this happens is when teachers assign students to take on highly valued leadership duties (e.g., assigning only boys to become crossing guards)."
New Study Looks At How Often Moms Use Their Phones Around Their Kids
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Child Development looked at how mothers speak less to infants during detected real-world phone use. “Our study looks at how phone use affects parental speech around their children,” study author Kaya de Barbara told us. “We expected that when parents use their phones they would speak less around their kids.”
Confronting Trauma Can Reduce Pain In Older Veterans
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Chronic pain in older veterans can be reduced through a new form of psychotherapy focused on confronting past trauma. Research published in JAMA Network Open found that the therapy, known as emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET) could lead to clinically significant reductions in pain.
Violence And Aggression Against Teachers Grew Since Pandemic
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Violence and aggression against teachers has grown since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Research published by the American Psychological Association found that whilst threats and violence decreased during the pandemic, they have now returned to pre-pandemic levels or increased.