Systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness-based interventions for family caregivers of cancer patients
Cancer Caregivers See Anxiety Drop With Simple Daily Mindfulness Practice
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for family caregivers of cancer patients across 10…
• Mindfulness cuts anxiety better than expected for exhausted caregivers • Helps family members supporting loved ones through cancer • Progr…
Systematic review and meta-analysis shows increased mortality risk with antipsychotic drugs in dementia patients
Common Dementia Meds Raise Death Risk More Than We Knew
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated antipsychotic drug use in people living with dementia. The analysis pooled data from two …
Antipsychotics increase dementia death risk by 32 percent.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness for post-stroke depression
Mindfulness cuts depression after stroke for many patients
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 469 post-stroke patients found mindfulness-based stress reduction significantly reduced depressi…
Stroke survivors who practice mindfulness may see meaningful drops in depression, especially during stable recovery, though results vary by …
Protocol outlines prevention package for problematic digital technology use across six Indian sites
Screen Time Hurting Your Child? A New Prevention Plan Emerges
This multi-site study protocol describes a development and validation phase for a comprehensive package of prevention-focused interventions …
Your child's screen habits might feel out of control, but a new prevention-focused approach from India aims to stop problematic digital use …
Mini review notes elevated substance use in sexual minority women compared to heterosexual women
Substance use is higher among sexual minority women than heterosexual women
This narrative mini review examines substance use patterns in sexual minority women (SMW) versus heterosexual women. The authors synthesize …
A review shows substance use is more common among sexual minority women. Bisexual women face the highest risk. This review highlights the ne…
Multimodal stepped-prevention program fails to reduce suicidal thoughts in adolescents
Depression Prevention Program Fails to Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Teens
This cluster RCT in 1593 adolescents from 15 Dutch high schools found that a multimodal stepped-prevention program did not reduce suicidal t…
A school-based program to prevent depression and suicide in teens did not reduce symptoms and may have increased them, possibly due to COVID…
Systematic review finds no efficacy advantage for psychedelic-assisted therapy over traditional antidepressants in major depression
A large review found that psychedelic therapy did not work better than standard antidepressant pills for depression
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated psychedelic-assisted therapy versus traditional antidepressants for major depression in a…
A massive study looked at psychedelic therapy versus regular antidepressants. It found that standard pills worked just as well or better for…
Maintenance antidepressants show no effect on happy face recognition in adults with recurrent depression
Adults stopping antidepressants did not show worse mood face reading skills after one year of follow up time
This randomized controlled trial in 478 adults with recurrent depression found no evidence that discontinuing maintenance antidepressants al…
People with recurrent depression who stopped taking their medicine did not read happy faces differently than those who kept taking it. Their…
CBT and STPP Reduce Avoidant Traits in Major Depressive Disorder
Depression Therapy Fixes Shyness Too Doctors Didn't Expect This
This randomized trial in 265 adults with major depressive disorder found that neither avoidant personality traits nor avoidant coping modera…
• Depression treatment also reduces shyness and social fears • Helps depressed adults who feel overly shy or rejected • Still needs more rea…
IPD meta-analysis identifies risk factors for persistent PTSD and MDD after trauma
Depression Symptoms After Trauma May Predict Long-Term PTSD Risk
This individual participant data meta-analysis synthesized findings from five prospective studies of 2,571 participants in emergency and cri…
New research shows that early depression symptoms after trauma can predict who will struggle with PTSD months later, offering a chance for e…
Meta-analysis synthesizes evidence on cognitive triad and depressive symptoms
Negative views of self, world, and future strongly linked to depression
This meta-analysis examines the association between the cognitive triad and depressive symptoms. It found a strong cross-sectional correlati…
A large review shows people with more negative thoughts about themselves, the world, and the future are much more likely to have depression.…
Meta-analysis finds omega-3 and omega-6 PUFAs have limited effect on inflammatory markers
Omega fatty acids show mixed effects on body inflammation
This meta-analysis of 504 participants examined omega-3 and omega-6 PUFAs supplementation on inflammatory markers. The authors found no sign…
A review of studies found omega supplements may lower one inflammation marker, but most others did not change.