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Newswise: Sleep-tracker study finds fatigued officers struggle with investigations
Released: 10-May-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Sleep-tracker study finds fatigued officers struggle with investigations
Iowa State University

New research suggests investigative law enforcement officers have a harder time focusing on their work and managing their emotions on days when they're more fatigued. They also face greater difficulty establishing rapport with interviewees.

Newswise: Virginia Tech neuroscientist offers insight into how loneliness can affect health
Released: 10-May-2023 2:00 AM EDT
Virginia Tech neuroscientist offers insight into how loneliness can affect health
Virginia Tech

Efforts are underway to address the “epidemic of loneliness and isolation” affecting the country, as recently addressed by the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy who is laying out a “National Strategy to Advance Social Connection” initiative. Virginia Tech neuroscientist Georgia Hodes says that reports of depression and anxiety are up at least 3-fold since the start of the COVID epidemic.

Released: 9-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Program Announced for NUTRITION 2023 to be held July 22–25 in Boston
American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

Join us July 22-25 in Boston for an exciting lineup of scientific symposia, educational sessions, hot-topic discussions, and award lectures covering the latest developments in nutrition science.

   
Released: 9-May-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Consejos para evitar que el estrés dañe su corazón
Mayo Clinic

Las personas reaccionan al estrés de manera diferente y la manera en que reaccionamos puede repercutir en la posibilidad de desarrollar problemas de salud graves, incluidas enfermedades cardíacas.

Released: 9-May-2023 12:15 AM EDT
APA panel issues recommendations for adolescent social media use
American Psychological Association (APA)

A presidential panel of the American Psychological Association has issued recommendations for the use of social media by adolescents, noting that while these platforms can promote healthy socialization, their use should be preceded by training in social media literacy to ensure that youth have skills that will maximize the chances for balanced, safe and meaningful experiences.

Released: 8-May-2023 3:40 PM EDT
Fame-seeking mass shooters more likely to plan ‘surprise’ attacks, and the novelty of their locations and targets brings added fame
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Led by Maurizio Porfiri, NYU Tandon Institute Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), a team of researchers collected and analyzed data from 189 mass shootings between 1966 and 2021, and found that fame seekers - as opposed to those predominantly motivated by personal grievance or revenge, for example – planned their crimes around the novelty of the location and targets.

   
Newswise: Baylor Researchers Explore Effect of Instagram, TikTok on Psychological Well-Being
Released: 8-May-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Baylor Researchers Explore Effect of Instagram, TikTok on Psychological Well-Being
Baylor University

Noted Baylor University smartphone researchers Meredith E. David, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing, and James A. Roberts, Ph.D., The Ben H. Williams Professor of Marketing in the Hankamer School of Business, have investigated the correlation between the “flow states” – or happiness experienced by individuals – while using Instagram and TikTok and psychological well-being.

Newswise: UT Southwestern Q&A: Experts offer tips on talking to kids about traumatic events
Released: 8-May-2023 12:55 PM EDT
UT Southwestern Q&A: Experts offer tips on talking to kids about traumatic events
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Following the latest mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday and other violent incidents across the country, parents may find themselves trying to navigate difficult conversations with their children. What to say is just as important as what not to say, according to experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Children are naturally curious and may have questions, or they may be worried about their own safety.

Released: 8-May-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Cognitive behavioral therapy lessens post-viral fatigue after COVID-19
Amsterdam UMC

Those with post-viral fatigue after suffering from COVID-19 benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy, resulting in less fatigue and concentration problems.

Released: 5-May-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Older people have better mental well-being than 30 years ago
Jyvaskylan Yliopisto (University of Jyvaeskylae)

This was observed in a study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä (Finland).

Released: 5-May-2023 11:05 AM EDT
How online art viewing can impact our well-being
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)

240 study participants viewed an interactive Monet Water Lily art exhibition from Google Arts and Culture. By filling out a questionnaire, they provided information about their state of mind, how much pleasure they felt when looking at the pictures, and how meaningful they considered the experience to be. The results showed significant improvements in mood and anxiety after just a few minutes of viewing.

   
Newswise: Clinicians must look beyond physical symptoms 
to care for people with deep-seated trauma
Released: 4-May-2023 11:05 PM EDT
Clinicians must look beyond physical symptoms to care for people with deep-seated trauma
University of South Australia

Child protection experts are imploring clinicians to broaden their duty of care to ensure that patients’ hidden trauma is not overlooked by more obvious physical symptoms and illnesses.

Released: 4-May-2023 7:50 PM EDT
Impaired verbal memory increases psychiatric patients' risk of hospitalization
University of Copenhagen

Memory plays a crucial role in people's social and working lives. Now, new research shows that verbal (i.e. linguistic) memory also determines whether psychiatric patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder or depression are at risk being hospitalised or readmitted to a psychiatric ward.

Released: 4-May-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Help for Ted Lasso and Nathan Shelley; A Furman psychology professor weighs in on the strained relationship
Furman University

If you follow Ted Lasso, the hit show on Apple TV+, you know the rift between the affable, golden retriever of a coach and the sometimes sweet, sometimes very angry former kitman Nathan Shelley is one of the most intriguing storylines of the series. What tore them apart? Can they come back together before the series ends? How? They can, according to Grace Binion, an assistant professor of psychology at Furman University, with the help of dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT. So can, you know, real people who face similar struggles.

   
Released: 4-May-2023 4:50 PM EDT
At-home yoga reduces anxiety, improves short-term memory
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology designed a virtual eight-week moderate-intensity yoga program geared specifically toward full-time working adults experiencing symptoms of stress. The trial, which appeared in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, led participants through three self-paced remote workouts each week, assessed levels of stress and anxiety in addition to executive functioning. The results showed overall decreases in stress and anxiety.

Released: 4-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Vanderbilt Child Health Poll: Most Tennessee parents agree on evidence-based safe firearm storage
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A new analysis of the Tennessee Child Health Poll data finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children.

   
Released: 4-May-2023 11:45 AM EDT
How does stress from everyday life impact heart health?
UC Davis Health

UC Davis Health scientists have received a grant from the American Heart Association to study the effects of chronic stress on cardiovascular disease in underserved populations.

Newswise: Inaugural Maternal Mental Health State Report Cards Released
Released: 4-May-2023 11:40 AM EDT
Inaugural Maternal Mental Health State Report Cards Released
George Washington University

Maternal Mental Health disorders like postpartum depression affect roughly 600,000 (20%) of U.S. mothers a year, with Black and other women of color experiencing substantial disparities in rates and access to care. It is estimated that up to 50% of mothers are not diagnosed by a health care professional, and that 75% of women never get the treatment they need and that is promised in health care coverage contracts.

   
Released: 4-May-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Government of Canada invests $6.5 million in research to support the health and mental wellbeing of young children
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced an investment of $6.5 million over five years for six projects funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Mental Health in the Early Years (MHITEY) initiative. MHITEY, led by the CIHR’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, will help to advance Canada’s mental health strategy by identifying solutions for safe and equitable programs and services for diverse populations, and through adopting, adapting and improving the use of evidence-based practices in clinical, community, and public health settings.

Released: 3-May-2023 11:50 AM EDT
Renowned Expert on Aging and Brain Health Available to Comment on Study Finding Regular Internet Usage Associated with Decreased Risk of Dementia
Hackensack Meridian Health

A new study by NYU School of Global Health published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reports that regular Internet usage was associated with approximately half the risk of dementia compared to non-regular usage.

Newswise: Discovery suggests route to safer pain medications
2-May-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Discovery suggests route to safer pain medications
Washington University in St. Louis

Strategies to treat pain without triggering dangerous side effects such as euphoria and addiction have proven elusive. Now scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have identified a potential pathway to pain relief that neither triggers addiction nor causes hallucinations.

Released: 2-May-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Rutgers Names Director of Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Renowned pharmacoepidemiologist, Dr. Tobias Gerhard, is named new director of the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.

Released: 2-May-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Climate change affecting allergies, and other allergy news
Newswise

For millions of Americans that suffer from seasonal allergies (pollen and mold), climate change is exacerbating an earlier, longer, and overall worse allergy season.

Released: 2-May-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Stress increases Alzheimer’s risk in female mice but not males
Washington University in St. Louis

Stress causes the levels of Alzheimer's proteins to rise in females' brains but not males' brains, according to a new study in mice by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This difference may contribute to women's greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

   
Newswise: Could Wearables Capture Well-being?
28-Apr-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Could Wearables Capture Well-being?
Mount Sinai Health System

Applying machine learning models, a type of AI, to data collected passively from wearable devices can identify a patient’s degree of resilience and well-being, according to investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. The findings, reported in the May 2nd issue of JAMIA Open, support wearable devices, such as the Apple Watch®, as a way to monitor and assess psychological states remotely without requiring the completion of mental health questionnaires.

Released: 1-May-2023 6:45 PM EDT
Young women more likely to return to the hospital in year following heart attack
American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Young women who experience a heart attack have more adverse outcomes and are more likely to end up back in the hospital compared to men of a similar age in the year following discharge. According to a study, second heart attack and chest pain due to the heart are the most common causes of rehospitalization, but non-cardiac hospitalizations showed the most significant disparity.

Released: 1-May-2023 6:30 PM EDT
Exposure to airplane noise increases risk of sleeping fewer than 7 hours per night
Boston University School of Public Health

A new study has found that people who were exposed to even moderate levels of aircraft noise were less likely to receive the minimum recommended amount of sleep each night, and this risk increased among people living in the Western U.S., near a major cargo airport, or near a large water body, and among people with no hearing loss.

Released: 30-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
New Jersey’s Temporary Health Care License Program Expanded Mental Health Services During Pandemic
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

At least 3,700 out-of-state mental health providers utilized New Jersey’s COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure program to provide mental health services to more than 30,000 New Jersey patients during the first year of the pandemic, according to a Rutgers study.

Released: 28-Apr-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Improving psychosocial function in young adult testicular cancer survivors
University of California, Irvine

Young adults who beat cancer face unique challenges later on in their adult lives. Researchers create an intervention that will improve psychosocial function in an underserved cancer survivor group, young adults who survived testicular cancer.

Released: 28-Apr-2023 11:50 AM EDT
Sharing positive feelings may ease loneliness-based negativity
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Welcome to Pocket Science: a glimpse at recent research from Husker scientists and engineers. For those who want to quickly learn the “What,” “So what” and “Now what” of Husker research.

   
25-Apr-2023 6:05 AM EDT
People With Anxiety and Mood Disorders Experience More Severe Alcohol Symptoms Than Those Without These Mental Health Conditions Who Drink the Same Amount
Research Society on Alcoholism

People with anxiety or major depressive disorders experience more alcohol-related symptoms and problems than people without those disorders, even at the same levels of drinking, according to a large study. This finding might help to explain why those who develop an anxiety or mood disorder are at heightened risk of alcohol use disorder (AUD).

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 7:55 PM EDT
Collaborative and creative policies needed to maximize psychedelics’ therapeutic potential
Baylor College of Medicine

Research supports the promise of psychedelics in treating conditions like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but the future regulatory landscape for these drugs remains unclear. Experts from Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania, American University and Harvard Law School call for creativity and collaboration at the federal and state levels in developing policies for the use and oversight of psychedelics and a commitment to developing a strong evidence base for efficacy and safety.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 7:20 PM EDT
Sounds from nature: A soothing remedy for gambling addiction
Chiba University

Gambling addiction, also called “pathological gambling” and “gambling disorder (GD),” is known to have severe economic, social, mental, and physical consequences on those affected. One of the major factors contributing to the development and relapse of this disorder is stress.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 6:55 PM EDT
Connect, Unplug and Do Good: Wellness Tips for Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Wellness is big business, and every year millions of people commit to living happier, healthier lives. But for people with substance use and mental health disorders, the concept of wellness isn’t a typical part of recovery. Margaret Swarbrick, professor and associate director of the Rutgers Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies, is working to change that. Her latest contribution, “Journey to Wellness,” is an easy-to-use 20-page guide co-created with people in recovery.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 6:55 PM EDT
Trauma-Informed Education Could Improve Outcomes for Justice-Involved Black Adolescents
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Sexual and substance use education that incorporates knowledge about trauma could improve developmental outcomes among justice-involved Black youth, according to a Rutgers study published in the journal Children and Youth Services Review.

   
Newswise: Psychology Expert: Smartphones Negatively Impact Mental Health
Released: 27-Apr-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Psychology Expert: Smartphones Negatively Impact Mental Health
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

New York Institute of Technology psychology researchers finds evidence that smartphones increase anxiety and erode mindfulness and comprehension.

   
Newswise: Mammalian Evolution Provides Hints for Understanding the Origins of Human Disease
Released: 27-Apr-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Mammalian Evolution Provides Hints for Understanding the Origins of Human Disease
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Even though it is important to know where these variations are located in the genome, it's also useful to know how or why these genetic variations happened in the first place. Sullivan hopes that other researchers will make use of the new and extensive document to reach their own conclusions regarding the genetics underlying a variety of human diseases.

Released: 27-Apr-2023 1:45 PM EDT
The Connection Between Depression and Stroke, Experts Weigh In On Why Senator John Fetterman’s Story Is More Common Than You Think
Hackensack Meridian Health

Neuropsychologists experts available to discuss connection between stroke and depression for May's Stroke & Mental Health Awareness Months.

Released: 27-Apr-2023 12:15 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Awarded Grant to Assess Music’s Impact on Well-Being, Depression
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Health System Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression (AMEND Lab) at the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to investigate how music and music therapy can influence mood and alter depression symptoms across vulnerable populations.

Released: 27-Apr-2023 11:35 AM EDT
Exercise releases chemical signals that boost brain health
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Physical activity is frequently cited as a means of improving physical and mental health. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have shown that it may also improve brain health more directly. They studied how the chemical signals released by exercising muscles promote neuronal development in the brain.

Newswise: Liver transplant survivor’s recovery linked to sociodemographic factors, UTSW study shows
Released: 26-Apr-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Liver transplant survivor’s recovery linked to sociodemographic factors, UTSW study shows
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The resilience and coping abilities of patients who’ve had liver transplants vary and change over time and are often linked to sociodemographic factors including income, race, and education, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings could lead to tailored interventions to optimize clinical and patient-centered outcomes among liver transplant recipients.

25-Apr-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Long COVID Sufferers with Cognitive Complaints and Mental Health Issues Have Changes in Brain Function, New Study Suggests
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Those who experience brain fog, memory issues or other neuropsychiatric symptoms for months after a COVID-19 diagnosis were found to have abnormal brain activity during memory tests on functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to a new study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers.

Released: 26-Apr-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Researchers show genetic basis of facial changes in Down Syndrome
Francis Crick Institute

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King’s College London and University College London have shed light on the genetics behind changes in the structure and shape of the face and head in a mouse model of Down Syndrome.



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