French Fries Cause Depression? Night Shifts and Distress; Athletes Turn to Shrooms
(MedPage Today) -- Can french fries make you sad? A new study linked the comfort food with a higher risk of anxiety and depression, likely due to acrylamide exposure. (PNAS)
Managing depression with psychotherapy may also help protect against... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychotherapy's Hidden Bonus: Healthier Hearts
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Treating depression with talk therapy may provide protection against heart disease, new research suggests.
As depression lifts, people may begin to engage more in healthy eating and exercise, investigators believe.
In a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Trans Adults in Missouri Brace For Cutoffs to Gender-Affirming Health Care
Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.”
A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before they can receive puberty-blocking drugs, hormones or surgeries “for the purpose of transitioning gender.”
Transgender rights advocates have vowed to challenge the rule in...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hannah Schoenbaum and David A. Lieb / Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Missouri wire Source Type: news
Psychotherapists' experiences providing at-home psychotherapy for home-living older adults with long-term care needs and depression - Demmerle C, Gellert P, Kessler EM.
This study used qualitative methods to explore psychotherapists' experiences conducting at-home psychotherapy with older adults (60 + years) with long-term care needs and depression. We conducted semistructured interviews with 16 female psychotherapists (2... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of LTC Residents: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic
Ms. Johnson was a resident in a rural long-term care (LTC) setting in January 2020. She had a history of mood fluctuations during prior years and had most recently been experiencing depressive symptoms. She was thankful that she had been receiving individual psychotherapy from a mental health provider who came to her facility on a weekly basis. However, in early March 2020 most of the residents on her hallway began to exhibit signs of illness; it was soon discovered that many were testing positive for COVID-19. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Lisa Lind Tags: Behavioral Health Source Type: news
Psychotherapy prescribed by accident insurance consultants : important component in treatment procedures of the statutory accident insurance - Jugert J, Schr öder SG, Drechsel-Schlund C, Angerer P.
BACKGROUND: In Germany around 1 Million working and commuting accidents per year are officially registered. Since several years this number is constantly at this high level, only just since the appearance of the actual Covid pandemia significantly lower b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A systematic review and meta-ethnography to explore people's experiences of psychotherapy for self-harm - Haw R, Hartley S, Trelfa S, Taylor PJ.
BACKGROUND: Self-harm is a major public health concern. Lifetime prevalence is high, and rates of self-harm are rising; however, available interventions do not benefit everyone, and engagement with therapy can be low. Qualitative accounts allow for a great... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Daylight Saving Time Means Sunnier Days Ahead. That Depresses Me
I know, I know—you couldn’t be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way. The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time. To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the humidity, the hot wind masquerading as a warm breeze. And especially keep all that confounded light. Give me a cloudy sky, a light drizzle, and a 4:30 PM sundown, and I couldn’t be happier.
There’s a whole school of study around the phenomenon of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the experience of low...
Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Psychology Wellbeing Source Type: news
Pediatric IBD Patients Wrestle With Lingering Gut Pain Pediatric IBD Patients Wrestle With Lingering Gut Pain
Chronic pain in children and adolescents with IBD is not linked to disease activity, nonetheless it impacts emotional wellbeing, which suggests psychotherapy may be warranted.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - March 6, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Supplementary pharmacotherapy for the behavioral abnormalities caused by stressors in humans, focused on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Fessel J.
Used as a supplement to psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy that addresses all of the known metabolic and genetic contributions to the pathogenesis of psychiatric conditions caused by stressors would require an inordinate number of drugs. Far simpler is to addr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Ketamine Plus Psychotherapy'Highly Effective' for PTSD Ketamine Plus Psychotherapy'Highly Effective' for PTSD
Ketamine combined with psychotherapy yields significant improvements in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, a new meta-analysis suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - February 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Addressing negative psychosocial factors linked to severe injury in professional rugby players: an introduction to a group psychotherapy approach - Hall TM, Botha JA, Patricios JS.
BACKGROUND: Negative psychosocial sequelae of severe rugby injury (SRI) in professional rugby players are well documented. Unaddressed, these issues can leave players vulnerable to persistent common mental disorders (CMD) and negatively affect injury recov... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Types of Psychotherapy: Finding the Right Fit for Your Needs
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 -- For anyone struggling with a mental health issue who is looking for support coping with stress or managing complicated feelings, help is available.
It’s called psychotherapy, and it might be the answer you’re... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Rock Climbing Is a Thrill. It ’s Also Really Good for You
Josh Larson was about 14 years old when he went to a carnival and decided to give the climbing wall a whirl. It was nothing major—about 25 feet, he recalls—but the instructor was impressed and made a deal with him. “He said, ‘If you climb this other route, which is the hardest one, we’ll give you a harness, and you can go back home and find a climbing gym.’”
Larson is now an elite rock climber. He’s head coach of the USA Climbing National Team, which governs competitive climbing in the U.S., and in 2018, he and his wife established a new route in the Peruvian Andes, becoming ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen Exercise & Fitness healthscienceclimate Wellbeing Source Type: news
Covert conditioning for persistent aggressive behaviors: a case illustration - Kavan, Grover N, Jain N, Dhiman V.
This article, on similar lines, illustrate... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
