Flood exposure associated with elevated odds of PTSD, depression, and anxiety in affected populations
Flood exposure linked to higher odds of PTSD, depression, and anxiety
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 107 studies, with 18 included in quantitative synthesis, found flood exposure was associated with s…
People exposed to flooding face three times higher odds of PTSD, double the risk of depression, and nearly triple the risk of anxiety compar…
Exercise reduces depression and anxiety symptoms across populations in meta-meta-analysis
Can exercise ease depression and anxiety? A massive review says yes.
A meta-meta-analysis of 63 studies (81 meta-analyses) involving 79,551 participants found exercise reduced depression (SMD=-0.61) and anxiet…
A massive review of nearly 80,000 people found exercise consistently reduces symptoms of both depression and anxiety across all ages.
Virtual reality reduces intraoperative anxiety and pain in adult oral surgery patients
Virtual reality may reduce anxiety and pain during oral surgery procedures
A meta-analysis of 9 studies found virtual reality interventions significantly reduced intraoperative anxiety (SMD = -0.26) and pain (SMD = …
Wearing virtual reality headsets during oral surgery helps adults feel less anxious and experience less pain while getting procedures like t…
Manual acupuncture reduces anxiety symptoms versus sham and usual care in meta-analysis of 20 RCTs
Manual acupuncture shows promise for reducing anxiety symptoms in research review
A meta-analysis of 20 RCTs (1,462 patients with anxiety) found manual acupuncture significantly reduced anxiety versus sham acupuncture (SMD…
Manual acupuncture reduced anxiety symptoms better than fake needles or waiting lists immediately after treatment, though benefits against u…
Meta-analysis finds error processing generally comparable in MDD versus healthy controls
Does depression change how the brain catches mistakes? A new review suggests maybe not.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies on error-related negativity (ERN) and 10 on error positivity (Pe) in major depressive di…
A review finds the brain's mistake-detection signals are mostly normal in depression, but one signal weakens in people with other mental hea…
Meta-analysis finds mGluR modulators show no significant efficacy for schizophrenia symptoms
Study finds experimental schizophrenia drugs not more effective than current treatments
A meta-analysis of 10 RCTs involving 3715 participants with schizophrenia found that mGluR agonists and positive allosteric modulators (POMA…
New experimental drugs for schizophrenia did not improve symptoms better than current standard treatments and caused more side effects leadi…
Supportive nursing interventions reduce stress for mothers of NICU infants in meta-analysis
Can simple nursing support ease the crushing stress for mothers in the NICU?
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 1,877 mothers with infants in NICUs found that supportive nursing intervention…
Structured emotional support from NICU nurses significantly lowers stress for mothers of newborns in intensive care, though the benefit size…
Antithrombotic agents may reduce symptoms in severe mental illness, but evidence is very low certainty
Blood-thinning drugs show possible benefit for severe mental illness symptoms
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 742 patients with severe mental illness found antithrombotic agents may reduce depressive symptoms …
Blood-thinning drugs might slightly ease severe mental illness symptoms, but experts warn the evidence is very uncertain and more research i…
Meta-analysis identifies distinct and shared amygdala connectivity patterns in major depression and bipolar disorder
Do depression and bipolar disorder show different brain wiring patterns?
A voxel-wise meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies compared amygdala functional connectivity in patients with major depressive disorder and …
Brain scans show depression and bipolar disorder have different wiring in memory areas but share abnormalities in emotion control regions.
Scoping review maps 31 U.S. interventions for opioid use disorder during pregnancy by socioecological level
What helps pregnant women with opioid addiction? A new review maps the options.
A scoping review of 31 U.S. intervention studies for pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder found 55% focused on individual-level app…
A review of U.S. research found 31 interventions for pregnant women with opioid addiction, with over half focusing on individual care like m…
Systematic review links trauma exposure to epigenetic changes in stress, immune, and neurodevelopmental pathways
Can trauma change our biology in ways that affect our children?
A systematic review examined epigenetic changes associated with acute, chronic, and complex traumatic exposures. Reported epigenetic variati…
Severe stress can leave molecular marks on the body that affect how we handle stress, our immune system, and even increase vulnerability for…
Nutrition interventions may improve depression, anxiety, and diabetes distress in adults with diabetes
Can changing what you eat help ease the mental burden of diabetes?
A meta-analysis of 30 publications in adults with diabetes found nutrition interventions improved depression and anxiety scores and lowered …
Adjusting your diet to balance proteins, fats, and carbs can lower the specific distress of managing diabetes, though supplements helped eas…