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Social Media Is Parents' Top Concern as Kids Head Back to School: Poll

MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 – When U.S. parents express their concerns about their school-aged children, social media use and the internet are at the top of the list. Mental health issues are another top...

Augmented Reality Reduces Preoperative Anxiety

MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 – Use of augmented reality (AR) reduces preoperative anxiety but does not affect postoperative anxiety, pain levels, or narcotic use when compared with a standard education...

AHA News: Understanding the Link Between Long COVID and Mental Health Conditions

THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Researchers have long understood that people with chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, are at increased risk for depression....

Mindfulness-Based Interventions Recommended for Anxiety in Cancer

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – In evidence-based guidelines issued by the Society for Integrative Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology and published online Aug. 15 in the Journal of Clinical...

Study Looks at Links Between Anxiety Disorders, Benzodiazepines, Dementia

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – Benzodiazepines and anxiety disorders are associated with dementia risk, but for patients with anxiety disorders, no additional risk is seen with benzodiazepine use,...

Shift Work Linked to Increased Risk for Depression, Anxiety

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – Shift work is associated with an increased risk for depression and anxiety, according to a study published online Aug. 14 in JAMA Network Open. Minzhi Xu, Ph.D., from the...

It's Back-to-School, and Who's Popular or Not Remains Key

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – “She’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers,” Taylor Swift laments to her popular crush in the song “You Belong With Me.” The lyrics of longing to fit in at school reflect ...

More Health Problems Seen for Latino Children in States With Systemic Inequity

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – Latino children residing in states with higher levels of systemic inequity have increased likelihood of experiencing mental health or chronic physical health conditions,...

In America's Prisons, Suicide Risk Rises Along With Temperatures

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – Punishing heat is a fact of life inside America’s prisons without air conditioning, and it is taking a serious toll on prisoners' mental health. When the outside thermometer h...

Suicide Rates Continue to Rise Among Americans

THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 – The mental health crisis hitting Americans shows no sign of abating, with provisional numbers for 2022 showing suicides rose by another 2.6% last year. That follows on an...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aids Outcomes One Year After Bariatric Surgery

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy (tele-CBT) delivered one year after bariatric surgery is associated with improvements in disordered eating and psychological...

One Personality Type Is More Prone to Be an Anti-Vaxxer

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise. It was the extroverts who were more vaccine resistant. Compared...

Troubled Childhood Could Mean a Troubled Old Age, Study Finds

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – The trauma and unhappy family dynamics of childhood may follow kids into old age, affecting both their mind and body, according to new research. “We looked at self-reported d...

Think Your Job Is 'Socially Useless'? You're Not Alone

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – Ever feel like your job is pointless? A big part of the population feels just that way — that the jobs they do matter little to society. And a Swiss study that delved into w...

More Typos: Workers' Mistakes Rise on Fridays, Study Shows

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – Workers may sense it intuitively but their mouse clicks prove it: Friday afternoon is the least productive time of the work week. It's also when workers make the most typos. A...

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