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New Study Finds Paediatric Patients With Long-Term Conditions Experience Significant Emotional And Psychological Burdens
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders looked at comorbidities and emotions of pediatric patients with multiple long-term conditions through social media feedback. “We selected this research topic to address a critical gap in understanding the emotional and psychological burdens experienced by children with MLTCs, a population whose needs are frequently overlooked by healthcare systems predominantly designed for single diseases,” study author Shang-Ming Zhou told us.
New Study Looks At What Content Moderators Do And Whether They Use Emotion And Judgement
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Management Studies looked at what content moderators do and the emotion work and control on a digital health platform. “The study was about understanding the nature of work and the risks and intricacies of new occupations that have emerged in the platform economy,” Dr. Andreas Kornelakis told us. “We were hoping to open the black box of what content moderators do. As many platforms follow a business model that relies on content and information produced by a wide audience through the Internet, the role of the moderator has become a crucial transmission link between the users of a platform and the content creators.”
Why Some Women Feel Calm And Confident In The Lead Up to Childbirth (And Why Many Don't)
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Up to 60% of women experience fear of childbirth. Now researchers have uncovered why some women are more likely to remain confident and calm in the lead up to giving birth.
New Study Looks At Green Spaces And Early Brain Development
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Children, Youth Environments looked at the role of family residence green spaces and household chaos on children’s executive function “This study explores how the amount of green space and interactive items around where families live, and how chaotic or calm a household feels, might shape the development of young children’s executive function,” study author Samantha J. Iwinski told us.
New Study Looks At Loneliness And Its Impact On Mental And Physical Health
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in PLOS One looked at the impact of loneliness on depression, mental health, and physical well-being. “Our study investigates how loneliness, measured as the subjective feeling of social disconnection, predicts poor mental and physical health outcomes,” study author Oluwasegun Akinyemi told us. “Specifically, we examined whether individuals who feel lonely more often are more likely to experience clinical depression, more frequent days of poor mental health, and more frequent days of poor physical health."
New Study Looks At Specific Brain Region And How People With Autism Interpret Emotions
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Imaging Neuroscience looked at the Lateral Occipitotemporal Cortex (LOTC), a brain region crucial for body part representation, to compare the representational structure of body parts between adults with Austin Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) adults. “Individuals with ASD often struggle to interpret emotions and intentions from others' faces and bodies,” study author Yuto Kurihara told us. “This communication challenge has long been debated as stemming from either basic visual processing deficits or higher-order cognitive problems.”
Do School Grades At An Earlier Age Affect Mental Health?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Health Economics looked at adolescent mental health and the impact of introducing earlier compulsory school grades. “The study is about the relationship between age when exposed to school grades for the first time and wellbeing,” study author Anna Linder told us. "We wanted to see if there was an effect of introducing earlier grades, in 6th instead of 8th grade, on childrens’ mental health.”
Psychological Resilience Influences Recovery In Widowhood
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Widowhood can be one of the most upsetting experiences a person can go through. Now researchers have confirmed that no matter how resilient a person was before widowhood, depressive symptoms can still develop in the immediate aftermath of losing a spouse.
Horses Could Help Children Dealing With Trauma
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Horses could be the answer in addressing the growing mental health crisis among children. Researchers in Australia have found that equine therapy benefits not only children but also the practitioners providing the intervention.
New Study Finds Girls Have More Bedtime Screen Usage Than Boys
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Sleep Health looked at the social epidemiology of bedtime screen use behaviors and sleep outcomes in early adolescence. “Our study looks at bedtime screen habits in early adolescents, with a focus on the associations between screen use at bedtime and sleep outcomes,” study author Jason M. Nagata told us. “We were hoping to find out how many tweens have devices in their bedrooms, how many are woken up by notifications from these devices in the nighttime, and how many continued to use their device after being woken up by notifications and before going back to sleep."
New Study Finds Suicide Risk May Be Significantly Elevated In Young Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Current Psychology looked at suicide prevention and intervention for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “Our report examined the suicide risk among young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), a population that’s been historically excluded from suicide prevention research,” study senior author Alex Fields told us. "We wanted to understand what evidence-based strategies exist to support suicide prevention and intervention for this community, and identify where the gaps are.
New Study Looks At Hope And Life Meaning
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Emotion looked at hope as a meaningful emotion. “We were interested in examining the relation between hope and meaning in life,” study author Megan E. Edwards told us. “We predicted that hope would be a particularly important emotion for fostering meaning in life.” Feeling like life is meaningful is an important aspect of well-being, Edwards explained. Yet when we experience hardships or suffering, we tend to feel like life is less meaningful.
How Should We Deal With Difficult People?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A newly released book, Beyond Difficult: An attachment-based guide to dealing with challenging people, is about understanding what’s really driving difficult behavior and how to deal with it to build better relationships. “There’s a wealth of information and scientific evidence about what makes relationships thrive or flounder, and we believe this knowledge should be more accessible to everyone,” co-author Dr. Jessie Stern told us. “Our hope is that the book can be a guide for parents, educators, therapists, leaders, and anyone who has dealt with a difficult relationship at home or at work.”
New Study Looks At Long-Term Effects Of Transcendental Meditation On Heart Patients
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Frontiers of Medicine looked at the effects of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and health education on carotid intima-media thickness and major adverse cardiovascular events in Black men and women. “This study was a follow-up assessment of cardiovascular events in individuals with evidence or early CV disease, who underwent a one-year intervention of either Transcendental Meditation or health education,” study author Dr. Keith Norris told us. “We were interested in seeing if there might be a long-term positive impact on CV events such as hospitalization due to myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, stroke, or heart failure, or as death from CVD.”
We Trust Those Who Grew Up With Less
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - People are more likely to trust those who grew with less money than those who went to private school. Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that those who had a lower socio economic status in childhood were more likely to be considered trustworthy.
Good Savings Habits Can Boost Mental Health
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Having a regular savings habit as well as paying off credit card debt on time are two financial habits that can lead to improved mental health. Research from the University of South Australia found that stable financial habits can lead to improved mental health which can then leave to higher levels of productivity.
Screen Time In Kids Can Be a Vicious Cycle
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Spending too much time on screens can lead to behavioral and emotional problems in children. Research published in Psychological Bulletin found that those behavioral and emotional problems can in turn lead to even more screen use, perpetuating the cycle.
New Study Finds Parental Mental Health Among Factors That Can Influence Child Food Insecurity
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Advances in Nutrition looked at a systemic review of social vulnerability and child food insecurity in developed countries. “Our study focuses on identifying social vulnerability factors that may be associated with childhood food insecurity,” study author Liuwork Mitiku Dana told us. “Our aim was to understand the complex drivers of food insecurity in children living in wealthy industrialized nations like Australia and the US.”
New Study Looks At Weight Stigma And Bariatric Surgery
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Health Psychology looked at weight stigma and bariatric surgery. “In this longitudinal study, we investigated the association between weight stigma and mental health (depression and anxiety symptoms), dysregulated eating (binge eating and other disordered eating), and body mass index (BMI) before and after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS),” study author Larissa McGarrity told us.
New Study Looks At Brain Disruptions In Climate Stress-Exposed Children
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study explores the impact of prenatal exposure to Superstorm Sandy, a post-tropical cyclone that made landfall in New York City in 2012, and extreme ambient heat, defined as at least one day greater than 95 degrees Fahrenheit, on the brain volume of the basal ganglia in school-aged children, a critical brain region that regulates our emotions and behaviors. “We were hoping to find out whether individual and/or combined exposure to these stressors defined above would lead to discernible differences in the volume of the basal ganglia,” study author Donato DeIngeniis told us.
New Study Looks At The Oral Microbiome And Sleep Health In Teens
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Sleep looked at the associations of sleep and the oral microbiome among adolescents and young adults in the United States. “We aimed to investigate whether different sleep durations, especially insufficient or excessive sleep, are associated with changes in the richness and evenness of oral microbial communities, a largely unexplored area in adolescent sleep health research," study author Marie-Rachelle Narcisse told us.
Warmth From Mothers In Early Childhood Can Have Lifelong Physical And Mental Health Benefits
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Warmth and affection from parents in early childhood can have lifelong physical and mental health benefits. Research published in JAMA Psychiatry found that children who experience greater maternal warmth at the age of three have better positive perceptions of social safety by the age of 14 which the leads to better physical and mental health outcomes at age 16.
Eating Disorders Impact All Demographics On College Campuses, But Not All Receive Treatment
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Eating disorders are impacting students from all demographics across college campuses. But new research suggests that students from minority groups are often more impacted.
The Effect Of Play On Children's Health
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new review looked at play and children’s health. “This was a scoping review exploring peer reviewed literature from the past 10 years in order to examine what it can tell us about the connection between play and children’s health in healthcare settings,” review author Kelsey Grabor told us. We hoped to better understand recent and relevant evidence that might demonstrate why we should utilize and support the integration of play into a more holistic view of children’s healthcare.”
New Study Finds Parental Warmth Helps Children Feel Safe
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at predictors of young adults’ primal world beliefs in eight countries. “This study is about beliefs about the world held by young adults in eight countries,” study author Dr. Jennifer Lansford told us. “We were hoping to discover what experiences during childhood and adolescence predict beliefs about the world in early adulthood.”
New Study Looks At Progress Of 988 Suicide Lifeline
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry looked at changes in specialty crisis services offered before and after the launch of the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline. “The 988 number is designed to be easier to remember than the previous number, 1-800-273-8255, and it also has a broader scope, focusing on mental health crises rather than just suicide,” study author Jonathan Cantor told us. “The switch to a simpler number aimed to enhance recall and awareness of the suicide lifeline. There has been a noticeable increase in contacts to 988. We aimed to assess whether the crisis support infrastructure changed during this rise in demand.”
New Study Looks At How Different Generations Approach Work
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Generations in the World of Work looked at insights into the intergenerational dynamics in today’s workplaces. “We sought to better understand the similarities and differences between generational cohorts in the context and environments of work,” study author Dr. Meghan M. Grace told us. “Our theory was that there would be some distinct differences between generations due to varying responses to evolving societal factors during the formative years of each cohort.”
Physically Active Families Booth Mental Health Of Teens
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Teens who exercise with their parents are likely to have better physical and mental health. Research published in Health Reports found that teens who engaged in a higher amount of family physical activity reported better mental health and greater life satisfaction.
Paternal Depression Can Have Lasting Impact On Children
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Children who are exposed to paternal depression at the time they enter kindergarten are more likely to have teacher-reported behavioral issues as well as poor social skill at the age of nine. Research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that is the paternal depression remained undiagnosed or unaddressed, there can be negative behavioral and social impacts on children for years.
Viewing Art Boosts Wellbeing
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Simply looking at artwork, whether it be in a museum, in the home or in a hospital room can enhance wellbeing. Research published in the Journal of Positive Psychology found that looking at art, particularly repeatedly doing so, can boost a feeling of meaning in life.
New Study Looks At The Effects Of Discrimination On Mental Health
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in JAMA Network Open looked at discrimination, depression, and anxiety among US adults. “Our study examines how everyday discrimination affects mental health, specifically anxiety and depression, across a representative group of U.S. adults including multiracial, white, Asian, Black, and Hispanic/Latino populations,” study author Monica Wang told us. “We wanted to better understand if and how discrimination impacts mental health differently across these groups, especially beyond the typical Black-White or Hispanic/Latino vs. non-Hispanic/non-Latino comparisons.”
Can AI Chatbots Help With Mental Health Treatment?
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in NEJM AI looked at a generative AI chatbot for mental health treatment. “We conducted the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate a therapy chatbot driven entirely by generative AI,” study author Nicholas Jacobson told us. Jacobson is an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry at Dartmouth. “We developed the bot over 5.5 years and the goal of the work was to treat depression, anxiety, and eating disorders and all of their related comorbidities.”
New Study Looks At Education Levels And Stroke
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in Jama Network Open looked at education levels and poststroke cognitive trajectories. “Having a stroke can sometimes affect a person’s thinking,” study author Mellanie V. Springer told us. “Researchers have not yet identified all of the factors that put people at risk for developing problems with their thinking after stroke. We did this study to determine whether a person’s education level before stroke influences their risk of having problems with their thinking after stroke.”
New Study Finds Exposure To Varying Temperatures Associated With Anxiety, Attention, And Depression Symptoms In Teens
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in JAMA Network Open looked at temperature exposure and psychiatric symptoms in adolescents. “Our study is about trying to understand how exposure to temperature, both cold and heat, could be related to psychiatric symptoms in a young adult population based in the Netherlands and Spain,” study author Esmée Essers told us. “We were hoping to gain a deeper understand of how the relationship between climate change and mental health might manifest in the context of mental health symptomatology.”
Female physicians at higher risk of suicide
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Female physicians have a higher rate of suicide than females in the general population. Research published in JAMA Psychiatry found that female physicians had a 53% increased risk of suicide compared to their female counterparts who weren’t physicians.
New Study Finds Many Women Feel Inadequate And Judged By Men At The Gym
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - A new study published in PLOS One looked at women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings. “Our study explores the experiences of women who exercise in gyms, focusing on the barriers they face, including issues related to body image and harassment,” study author Emma Cowley told us. Cowley works at the SHE Research Centre, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone, Ireland. “We aimed to understand how gym environments impact women’s confidence, comfort, and ability to fully engage in exercise.”
Optimism can increase savings
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Having optimism about the future may help people save more money. Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that people who are optimistic tended to save more money and that was particularly the case for people in lower incomes.
People with eating disorders more harshly judged than those with depression
Theravive - Therapy News And Blogging - Those experiencing an eating disorder are more harshly judged than those with other mental health conditions. Research from the University of South Australia found the social stigma associated with eating disorders could make it harder for people to seek help.