Articles related to MENTAL HEALTH

Australian adolescents who reported eating more fruit and drinking fewer sugar-sweetened beverages were less likely to cross depression or anxiety screening thresholds over three years, although the observational findings did not establish causality.

An International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) position statement identifies immigration detention and family separation as child-health concerns and calls for family unity, trauma-informed services, and nursing education. It presents professional recommendations rather than new research or binding policy.

Small observational studies linked menopausal hormone therapy with improvements in cognitive and mood symptoms, while a large meta-analysis found no overall dementia association, leaving cognitive treatment benefits insufficiently established.

Nurses and NPs accounted for a small share of youth mental health visits but more often treated older, socioeconomically vulnerable patients, with substantial regional differences in this national observational analysis using data through 2019.

Psychological menopause symptoms were associated with greater intention to leave employment in a Japanese cross-sectional study of more than 1,600 working women. Conference-reported findings do not establish causality or document actual workforce departures.

Cannabis use at psychiatric admission was associated with a higher risk of early rehospitalization among young adults hospitalized for bipolar or psychotic disorders, although the association weakened over time and was no longer statistically significant by six months.