Chicago emergency room doctor Meeta Shah wiped down her face shield and stethoscope as she rushed from one patient to the next, some of them very sick with COVID-19, some of them dying. At home, she worried about how to…
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Am I OK? How to do a mental health check
How am I doing? It’s a question most of us have likely asked ourselves, especially during the pandemic, which has distressed us, upended us, disconnected us. Maybe you asked it when two bad days turned into four, or when you…
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Concerning drop in the number of people with mental health problems seeking help revealed
During April 2020, while the UK was in full lockdown, there was a drop of more than a third in the number of people seeking help for mental illness or self-harm according to research involving 14 million people registered at…
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How are ‘super agers’ protected from Alzheimer’s and mental decline?
(HealthDay)—Some older folks are still sharp as tacks and dementia-free well into their 80s and beyond. Now German researchers have uncovered a possible reason why: Their genes may help them fend off protein build-up in the brain. The finding is…
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Nursing homes may misinterpret mental changes, falls as infection
There is a widespread belief that a change in the mental status or an increase in falls in a nursing home resident may indicate an underlying infection. This contributes to the overuse of antibiotics, according to revised clinical guidance by…
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Children face extensive wait times for costly private mental health support
Parents are facing extensive wait times and substantial out-of-pocket costs when seeking private mental health support for their children, according to a new study. The research led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the Journal of…
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Mental health ED visits in children up mid-March to October 2020
(HealthDay)—From mid-March to October 2020, there was an increase in the proportion of mental health-related emergency department visits among children and adolescents, according to research published in the Nov. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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For Rural Youth, Mental Health Care Can Be Tough to Find
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4, 2020 — While young Americans’ mental health appears to be getting worse, the places where help is needed most appear to have the fewest resources. A new study published in JAMA Network Open found that rural areas…
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Rural areas have fewer mental health services for young people
Very rural areas in the United States have fewer mental health services for young people, yet that’s where the help is needed the most, says a study led by Janessa Graves of the Washington State University College of Nursing, published…
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Young women are the most vulnerable to postpartum mental illness, study finds
A study, led by researchers at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has found that young women are most vulnerable to postpartum mental illness. The term “postpartum”…
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