Touch can reduce pain, depression and anxiety, say researchers
More consensual touch helps ease or buffer against mental and physical complaints, meta-analysis showsWhether it is a hug from a friend or the caress of a weighted blanket, the sensation of touch appears to bring benefits for the body and mind, researchers say.The sense of touch is the first to develop in babies and is crucial in allowing us to experience the environment around us as well as communicate. Indeed, the loss of touch from others during the Covid pandemichit many hard.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Medical research Mental health Society UK news World news Neuroscience Anxiety Depression Source Type: news
TMS Health and Wellness Introduces Cutting-Edge Brain Scanning For Enhanced TMS Therapy Effectiveness
Full Brain Scans and Functional MRI Elevate Personalized Treatment, Boosting Success Rates to 90% COSTA MESA, Calif., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In a significant advancement for treating anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions, TMS Health and Wellness proudly... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
5 Reasons Kids Shouldn ’t Get A Smartphone Before High School
Studies link adolescent smartphone use to depression, substance use, suicide, poor eyesight and ADHD. Parents should consider delaying buying one until eighth or ninth grade. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jesse Pines, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
Patterns of stressful life events and polygenic scores for five mental disorders and neuroticism among adults with depression - Crouse JJ, Park SH, Byrne EM, Mitchell BL, Scott J, Medland SE, Lin T, Wray NR, Martin NG, Hickie IB.
The dominant ('general') version of the diathesis-stress theory of depression views stressors and genetic vulnerability as independent risks. In the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (N = 14,146; 75% female), we tested whether polygenic scores (PGS) ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
A multisite feasibility randomized clinical trial of mindfulness-based resilience training for aggression, stress, and health in law enforcement officers - Christopher M, Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Grupe D, Goerling R, Hunsinger M, Oken B, Korecki T, Rosenbaum N.
BACKGROUND: Law enforcement officers (LEOs) are exposed to significant stressors that can impact their mental health, increasing risk of posttraumatic stress disorder, burnout, at-risk alcohol use, depression, and suicidality. Compromised LEO health can su... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Clinical characteristics and treatment exposure of patients with marked treatment-resistant unipolar major depressive disorder: a RECOVER trial report - Conway CR, Aaronson ST, Sackeim HA, Duffy W, Stedman M, Quevedo J, Allen RM, Riva-Posse P, Berger MA, Alva G, Malik MA, Dunner DL, Cichowicz I, Luing H, Zajecka J, Nahas Z, Mickey BJ, Kablinger AS, Kriedt CL, Bunker MT, Lee YCL, Shy O, Majewski S, Olin B, Tran Q, Rush AJ.
BACKGROUND: RECOVER is a randomized sham-controlled trial of vagus nerve stimulation and the largest such trial conducted with a psychiatric neuromodulation intervention. OBJECTIVE: To describe pre-implantation baseline clinical characteristics and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Depression and suicide risk prediction based on machine learning models - Li Y.
Nowadays depression is one of the most series diseases in the world. According to incomplete statistics, depression patients in the world are up to tens of millions of people. About 800,000 people committed suicide because of depression, most of them young... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and suicide in first-degree relatives of patients hospitalised in intensive care units in T ürkiye - Yanmaz BM, Yüce Aktepe M, Erdoğan A, Çakin.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety disorder, hopelessness, and suicide among first-degree relatives of patients hospitalised in medical and anaesthesia intensive care units at an academic medical c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Four modeling approaches to study restrictions on everyday life and social activities due to chronic diseases with consequences of suicidal behavior - Jung M, Lee KO, Kim HR, Koh SB, Gim JA.
The purpose of this study was to discover the association between disability in everyday life and social activities due to chronic diseases and suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal plan (SP), and suicidal attempt (SA) from the Korea National Health and Nutriti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Minority stressors and suicidal ideation in sexual minority individuals across adulthood - Canen JM, Brausch AM.
BACKGROUND: Suicidal ideation occurs at relatively high rates among adults identifying as sexual minorities compared to those identifying as heterosexual, and minority stress is one explanation for this disparity. Minority stress is known to associate with... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Mental health and marginalization stress in transgender and gender diverse adults: differences between urban and non-urban experiences - Ralston AL, Holt NR, Andrews AR, Huit TZ, Puckett JA, Woodruff N, Mocarski R, Hope DA.
BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face high rates of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and suicide risk. Further, TGD individuals living outside of urban areas experience additional disparities compared to th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Posttraumatic cognitions about the self are associated with depression symptoms in veterans endorsing a history of assaultive military sexual trauma - Fernando M, Schubert JR, Valentine LM, Koch EI, Sexton MB.
Depressive symptoms are a commonly observed yet understudied mental health sequalae of military sexual trauma (MST). Prior research supports the relationship between negative posttraumatic cognitions (NPCs) and the onset and course of trauma symptoms more ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Unsuccessful suicidal attempts by sewing needle introducing to chest: removing 17 ones from the right ventricle and breast tissue in two stages; case report and literature review - Mohammadzadeh A, Khanghah AS, Ojarood MV.
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Penetrating cardiac injuries among the whole injuries confronting the trauma surgeon is more alarming. The introduction of needles as an attempt to inflict self-injury has rarely been described, so we only found 34 reported cas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Increased risk of developing depression in disability after spinal cord injury: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea - Kwon S, Han KD, Kim B, Jung W, Chang WH, Jeon HJ, Shin DW, Min JH.
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Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Substance use and self-poisoning in schizophrenia: 11-year findings from a national clinical survey of suicide in mental health patients in England - Mulligan LD, Bojani ć L, Hunt IM, Baird A, Turnbull P, Kapur N, Appleby L, Shaw J.
Suicide is the leading cause of unnatural death among people with schizophrenia. Substance use is a highly prevalent comorbid feature of schizophrenia and a modifiable risk factor for suicide. However, no studies have examined changes in the frequency of s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
