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Researchers use ‘League of Legends’ to gain insights into mental models

08.05.2018 Health Problems

Psychology researchers have used the game League of Legends to advance our understanding of how people build “mental models—the mental tools that allow people to make use of complex systems. The researchers found that mental models are developed in three distinct stages—findings that have the potential to inform everything from workplace training to video-game development. “We create mental models to […]

Six steps to returning to work after mental health illness

04.05.2018 Health Problems

A new online toolkit to help employers and staff in the United Kingdom talk about mental health has been developed by a team of researchers from Kingston University in London, Loughborough University and Affinity Health at Work. The Return to Work website gives British bosses and employees advice and information to help them navigate the return to work process following […]

Having a severe mental illness often means dying before your time

02.05.2018 Health Problems

People with severe mental illness have at least a two-and-a-half times higher risk of dying than the general population. In essence, people with severe mental illness are dying for the same sorts of reasons as the rest of the us – but there are more of them and they are dying younger. We examined the causes of deaths of almost […]

How mental health diagnosis should be more collaborative

19.04.2018 Health Problems

Mental health diagnosis should be a collaborative and useful process, not a meaningless label – according to new research from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) and the University of East Anglia. Doctors should work alongside service users to approach diagnosis in a way that is sensitive to individual needs and preferences, so that they explain difficulties, give hope, […]

Pathways in the young brain are associated with susceptibility for mental disorders

18.04.2018 Health Problems

Adolescence is a period for individual growth and opportunities, but it also coincides with the emergence of many mental disorders. In a study that was recently published in JAMA Psychiatry, Norwegian researchers revealed that the pathways between brain regions are associated with early signs of mental illness in youth. The researchers analyzed a wide range of clinical, cognitive, and genetic […]

Choosing the wrong college can be bad for your mental health

17.04.2018 Health Problems

Going off to college might be a source of anxiety for some students, but once a student is on campus it shouldn’t be a total drag. But that tends to happen more frequently when a student ends up at a college where the student body is weaker academically overall than the one where the student went to high school. This […]

Teachers can help reduce mental health problems in children, study finds

12.04.2018 Health Problems

School-based mental health services delivered by teachers and staff can significantly reduce mental health problems in elementary-aged children, according to a new study by researchers at the Florida International University Center for Children and Families. The implications are significant considering approximately 30 to 40 percent of youth in the U.S. will be diagnosed with at least one mental health disorder […]

Mental disorders among leading causes of illness in children worldwide

12.04.2018 Health Problems

While global rates of mental disorders in children have remained stable over time, the decline of infectious diseases will place mental disorders among the main causes of disease in children aged 4-15 years, according to a study published in the open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. Marie-Laure Baranne and Bruno Falissard at INSERM, France described the […]

Guidance offered for improving mental health in workplace

12.04.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—Four recommendations for action have been developed for improving mental health in the workplace; the guidance forms the basis for an article published online in the April issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues convened a public health summit and assembled […]

Study examines how social support affects mental health after a natural disaster

05.04.2018 Health Problems

A new Journal of Traumatic Stress study found that social support may have helped alleviate depressive symptoms for displaced and nondisplaced residents who survived Hurricane Katrina. Also, social support appeared to only moderate the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for nondisplaced residents, indicating that displaced individuals may require more formal supports for reducing PTSD symptoms following a natural […]

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