Tag: Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.
Gender-Affirming Hormones Tied to Improved Psychosocial Functioning in Teens
Improvement seen in appearance congruence and psychosocial functioning in transgender and nonbinary youth in the two years following initiation
Frequent Green Space Visits Linked to Lower Use of Certain Meds
Lower use of psychotropic, antihypertensive, and asthma medications observed; association attenuated by body mass index
Wearable Device-Detected Biomarkers Could ID Symptoms After Trauma
Changes in the number of transitions between sleep and wake over time linked to changes in pain, sleep, anxiety
Optimism, Happiness as Teen Tied to Cardiometabolic Health Maintenance
Adolescents with greater number of psychological assets, such as self-esteem and feeling loved, more likely to have cardiometabolic health maintenance later in life
Procrastination in Adolescents Tied to Poorer Self-Reported Health Outcomes
Worse outcomes seen for mental health, pain, unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, and psychosocial health factors
Risk for Psychiatric Disorders Up for Spouses of Patients With Cancer
Most prominent increase seen for spouses of patients diagnosed with cancer with poor prognosis, at advanced stage
One in Three Veterans Live in Areas With Psychiatrist Shortages
Psychiatric capacity structurally inequitable along both income gradient and rurality
Mental Health Apps Offer Basic Features
Privacy challenges identified for apps, including metrics such as star ratings
Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits With Prolonged LOS Up During 2021
Pediatric mental health visits with length of stay >12 and >24 hours accounted for 20.9 and 7.3 percent of all visits
Factors Linked to Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Revisits Identified
Psychiatric comorbidities, chemical restraint use, public insurance tied to emergency revisits; substance use disorders associated with lower likelihood of revisits
