Depression News

WASHINGTON — Adults with childhood trauma had greater bodily stress dysregulation, which made them more susceptible to psychopathological and somatic disorders, according to a poster presented here.

Adults who survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and developed depression or anxiety within 1 year were 1.4 times more likely to die during follow-up compared with those without a mental health diagnosis, researchers reported.

WASHINGTON — The Anxiety and Depression Association of America announced Emily Belleau, PhD, as its 2023 recipient of the Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award.

More than 40% of patients with long COVID reported having mild to severe sleep disturbances, with Black individuals and those hospitalized for COVID-19 at greater risk for worsened sleep, a recent study found.

People who increased their alcohol consumption or began binge drinking during the beginning of the pandemic had greater odds of developing mental health disorders, according to findings published in Alcohol and Alcoholism.

Nearly half of people living with mood disorders such as anxiety and depression after stroke did not receive mental health treatment, and those being treated tend to only receive medication, researchers reported.

Exercise significantly decreased suicide attempts, according to researchers, highlighting the importance of prescribing exercise to patients with mental illnesses.

The prevalence of psychological comorbidities among patients with coxarthrosis increased by 37.8% — and by 17.9% for those with gonarthrosis — between 2009 and 2019, according to German data published in Scientific Reports.

The United Health Foundation has awarded a 3-year, $2 million grant to Rainbow Health to address mental health disparities in underrepresented youth and young adults in Minnesota, according to a press release.

Compared with other people with breast cancer, those with a preexisting severe mental illness were less likely to receive appropriate treatment and more likely to experience delays in receiving treatment, findings in Psycho-Oncology showed.