Feature Channels: Psychology and Psychiatry

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We aren’t very good at predicting what will make us happy. That is one finding from a study by Basel economists.

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Being in “poor health” is far more than just a saying, according to a new University of Michigan study. In fact, adults’ risk of serious financial problems rises directly with the number of chronic health conditions they have, the study of medical and financial data from nearly 3 million privately insured adults finds.

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One of every four children in the United States has a parent wrestling with drug or alcohol addiction, based on national data, and is at risk of developing a substance use disorder later in life. To break that cycle and give adults in those kids’ lives the tools to make a difference, West Virginia University’s Project TRAIN has expanded its program, originally focused on enabling K-12 teachers to support students affected by addiction, to youth camps statewide.

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Drawing on social role theory, researchers sought to understand the nature and causes of gender bias in student evaluations of teaching (SETs) by looking at student evaluations of faculty at two time periods in the semester. The study found that bias is driven by backlash against female faculty after the first exam grade is received.

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The majority of adolescents and teens are self-conscious about their appearance, a new national poll suggests.

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A rooftop space transformed into an outdoor garden at the Syracuse VA Medical Center by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has been impacting the lives of veterans for 10 years.

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La escuela es uno de los lugares más importantes para el aprendizaje y el desarrollo intelectual, social y emocional de los niños. Si bien existe un intenso deseo de volver a un ambiente escolar sano, el cambio puede ser complejo. Es importante recordar que no todos reaccionan al cambio de la misma manera, su hija claramente reconoce que este año escolar será muy diferente a los anteriores.

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A escola é um dos lugares mais importantes onde as crianças aprendem e crescem intelectual, social e emocionalmente. E embora seja forte o desejo de que as crianças retornem a um ambiente escolar saudável, a mudança pode ser difícil.

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With rising prevalence of depression in adolescents, screening requirements are increasingly falling on pediatric primary care providers, who are encountering more at-risk patients. A new literature review in Harvard Review of Psychiatry underscores the evidence that non-traditional, so-called lifestyle interventions can help providers meet the growing need for youth depression management. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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A UC San Diego study identifies neural mechanisms contributing to poorer cognition in aging adults; results may inspire new clinical interventions

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A study assessed resident physicians’ perceptions, coping strategies and self-reported levels of depression, anxiety and stress experienced during the early phase of the pandemic. Results showed that 88.1 percent felt they were likely or very likely to become infected with COVID-19. If infected, 28.8 percent felt that their illness would be serious or very serious. With respect to depression, anxiety and stress, all the mean scores were in the normal range. For depression, residents in emergency medicine and surgery reported higher levels. The top three coping strategies included acceptance, self-distraction, and use of emotional support. The three least used strategies included behavioral disengagement, substance use and denial.

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Findings include hope for reducing partisan animosity, why some jokes seem funnier than others, how nature's beauty can invigorate conservation, and the case for accepting "eco-anxiety."

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Managers know that happy employees are more productive and provide better customer service, but what is the cost of that service with a smile? New research from the Terry College of Business reveals becoming a happy, helpful employee takes effort and, eventually, that effort erodes the energy needed to do one’s job. It could lead to quiet quitting – the new term for just doing your job but not going above and beyond – or even actual quitting.

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An interdisciplinary team built a multitask machine learning model for randomized controlled trials of the efficacy of certain depression treatments on individuals.

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U.S. wars last longer under presidents who score high on a measure of narcissism, new research suggests.

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The sociopolitical climate in the United States has taken its toll on the mental health of Latina mothers, according to new research from the University of California San Diego. Findings show increased depression, anxiety and perceived stress in a border city and reduced coping resources in both a border and interior US city.

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Managers need to make a consistent impression in order to motivate and inspire people, and that applies even more to video communication than to other digital channels. That is the result of a study by researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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Research finds kids with prenatal exposure to cannabis show more signs of psychopathology as they approach adolescence

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A new rodent study shows that even small quantities of alcohol can trigger epigenomic and transciptomic changes in brain circuitry in an area that is crucial in the development of addiction.

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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame with collaborators at Rice University and the Environmental Defense Fund, deployed new surveys to assess the economic and health impacts of the pandemic nationally, but with a special focus on those hit by back-to-back climate disasters.

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The role of the microbiome in intestinal and systemic health has garnered close attention among researchers for many years. Now evidence is mounting that this collection of microorganisms in the human gut can also impact a person’s neurological and emotional health, according to a recent perspective article in Science by a UT Southwestern researcher.

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The latest research and expert commentary on pain management.

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“Super-recognizers,” who account for about 2% of the population, rely not on photographic memories but “their ability to pick up highly distinctive visual information and put all the pieces of a face together like a puzzle, quickly and accurately.”

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Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity may be twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to those whose mothers did not have obesity, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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Obesity affects one in five children in the U.S., and it can take serious tolls on physical and mental health. A Penn State Health expert talks about how to help your child without feeding negative perceptions.

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A new study just published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology debunks the idea that wearing a mask to slow the spread of disease damages most everyday social exchanges.

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Prenatal stress was unrelated to the timing of the pandemic, study found

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The unprecedented infant formula shortage created an alarming problem for parents across the country. The majority of US infants are partially or entirely reliant on infant formula for nutrition, with only one in four infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. The study, which enrolled a sample of predominantly non-Hispanic white and highly educated women in Washington D.C., found that the shortage had adverse impacts on mothers’ mental and emotional health, had significant financial costs, and led to changes in infant feeding practices.