How does sleep duration impact kids’ health? Read the week’s top stories in psychiatry
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Researchers found that shorter sleep duration in kids was associated with increased risks for depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior and poor cognitive performance. It was the week’s top story in psychiatry.
Another top story was about study results that showed high traditional masculinity increased the risk for suicide among men.
Read these and more of the week’s top stories in psychiatry below:
Children with less sleep experience increased depression, anxiety, decreased cognitive performance
Shorter sleep duration among children was associated with increased risk for depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior and poor cognitive performance, according to study findings published in Molecular Psychiatry. Read more.
High levels of masculinity linked to increased suicide risk
Researchers have found that high traditional masculinity, or HTM, is associated with risk for death by suicide among men, according to study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry. Read more.
Researchers find more evidence for link between depression and all-cause, CVD mortality
Individuals with depression, especially men, may be at increased risk for all-cause and CVD mortality, according to results of a prospective cohort study conducted in China and published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.
Adverse childhood experiences may increase dementia risk
Individuals with three or more adverse childhood experiences are at increased risk for dementia in old age, according to results of a large-scale cohort study conducted in Japan. Read more.
Maternal diabetes in severely obese mothers influences psychiatric disorder risk in offspring
Children of severely obese mothers with diabetes may be at an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, according to findings of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.