Both underweight and obesity increase the risk of depression. The association between overweight and depression differs by gender. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details
Conclusions: The Web-based intervention was effective in reducing depressive symptoms among adults with sickness absence. As this trial achieved a lower power than calculated, its results should be replicated in a larger sample.
Conclusions: Among those seeking support for their well-being via physical and mental health apps, people are using a variety of health apps. These people use health apps on a daily basis, especially free apps. The most common reason for using a health app is to track some health-related data; for mental health apps specifically, training or habit building was the most popular reason. Understanding the end user perspective is important because it allows us to build on the foundation of previously established mHealth research and may help guide future work in mHealth.
Conclusions: Adults in the community have a preference for Internet interventions with short modules that are tailored to individual needs. Individuals who are reluctant to seek face-to-face help may also avoid Internet interventions, suggesting that better implementation of existing Internet programs requires increasing acceptance of Internet interventions and identifying specific subgroups who may be resistant to seeking help.
Lack of access to gardens and outdoor spaces could harm care home residents’ mental health, a study published in The Gerontologist has found.
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The lack of a placebo group in the study means we cannot be sure whether magnesium is a useful treatment for depression. We know that the placebo effect is real, and that it can bias results of clinical trials if not tested for by a placebo group in the study.
Students who feel lonely are at greater risk of developing mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, a study has found.
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Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice21.2 (Jun 2017): 77-93.
Among psychological treatments for panic disorder (PD) with or without agoraphobia, group therapy is an established and cost-effective treatment. The typical review assessing the effects of psychological treatments for PD merges findings from both individual and group formats. What is absent from the literature is a meta-analysis that separately summarizes the efficacy of group treatments. The present meta-analysis addresses this gap by estimating the efficacy of group psychotherapy for PD in adults using randomized, controlled trials (RCTs). To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Meaning Depression and some psychotropic medications are associated with an increased risk of fracture that is not fully captured by FRAX scores. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
This randomized clinical trial examines whether a pediatric-based behavioral intervention targeting anxiety and depression improves clinical outcome compared with assisted referral to outpatient mental health care & may address ethnic disparities in outcomes. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Although involvement in childcare activities seems to promote better physical and mental health in older adults, its impact on cognitive status and depression has not yet been fully elucidated. We aimed to analyze the association between engagement in childcare activities and cognitive and psychological status over a 4.4-year period in community-dwelling older adults. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details for full text.
Trauma and depression are associated with brain structural alterations; their combined effects on these outcomes are unclear. We previously reported a negative effect of trauma, independent of depression, on verbal learning and memory; less is known about underlying structural associates. We investigated separate and interactive associations of trauma and depression on brain structure. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details for full text.