Public attitudes to mental health decline for the first time in 10 years

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and commissioned by Mind warns that public attitudes to mental health…

Frequent social media use harmful for high school students, study finds

Frequent social media use is potentially harmful for adolescent mental health among U.S. high school students, according to research published in a supplement to the Oct. 10 issue of the…

A study on Indigenous healing and Western client experiences

Dayak women are taking a rest during the ritual. Credit: Radmila Lorencova A recent study published in the Explore journal sheds light on an emerging trend in mental health care:…

A new frontier in treating depression and anxiety

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a Bench to Bedside review published in the journal Brain Medicine, researchers Dr. Xiaoyu Song and Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson from the University of Houston and…

Research highlights gender differences in suicide prevention strategies

Timeline and procedure for cohort recruitment and follow-up in the Youth and Mental Health Study. T1 = Timepoint 1, T2 = Timepoint 2, etc. Data utilized in the current study are highlighted in blue…

Conversion practice linked to greater risk of mental health symptoms, US surveys of LGBTQ+ people suggest

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice—commonly known as conversion therapy—are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in…

AI-powered apps show potential for detecting depression through eye snapshots

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It has been estimated that nearly 300 million people, or about 4% of the global population, are afflicted by some form of depression. But detecting it…

EEG testing shows possible biomarker for suicidal ideation

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of suicidal ideation and identifying biomarkers could help doctors identify those at risk and researchers develop effective interventions. Although studies using functional…

Cognitive behavioral therapy program aids insomnia in breast cancer survivors

An in-home, voice-activated cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program improves insomnia symptoms among breast cancer survivors, according to a study published online Sept. 24 in JAMA Network Open. Claire M. Starling,…

Maternal cannabis use linked to genetic changes in babies

Significantly differentially methylated CpG sites in response to PCE that overlap between each ALSPAC timepoint analysed (0 y, 7 y and 15–17 y). The genes in which the CpG sites reside are listed…