Mental Health

Women with endometriosis faced higher odds of anxiety, depression and eating disorders, which researchers said are likely driven by genetic and phenotypic associations.

Feeling upset due to experiencing racism in the year prior to delivery was associated with greater odds of depression during pregnancy, according to findings published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Since the first death in the United States on Feb. 29, 2020, a total of 1,076,549 Americans have died as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Following daily political news can cause stress and negatively affect a person's mental health, researchers reported in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

HHS announced that it has awarded nearly $245 million to support youth mental health programs and help the health care workforce address the growing challenges of mental health in adolescents.

Historically underrepresented populations are more at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death compared with white individuals, the CDC reported in November 2022.

Teens who feel happy, accepted and loved are more likely to maintain good cardiometabolic health as adults, and data show Black youths in particular were more harmed by fewer psychological assets, researchers reported.

For psychiatric nurses in China, occupational stress was negatively associated with psychological resilience and state of mental health, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

The mental health of medical students in China was significantly worse during postgraduate entrance examinations compared with 6 months after, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

Among children and adolescents in Israel, use of psychiatric emergency departments declined sharply during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the year prior, according to a study in BMC Psychiatry.