A new study published in the journal International Social Work has uncovered concerning rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety among social workers.
Purpose: To develop an understanding of the quality of life of older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) with varying levels of depression and social supportas a basis for nursing interventions. Osteoa...
Key Takeaways ; The impact of social media on youth can be significantly detrimental to mental health, exposing teens to cyberbullying, body image issues, and tech addiction. Some researchers theorize that the increase in social media and overall screen use between 2010 and 2015 could account for marked increases in teen depressive symptoms and suicide rates beginning in that same time period. Many experts believe that the constant overstimulation of social networking shifts the nervous system into fight-or-flight mode, exacerbating disorders s ...
Problems such as social isolation due to other mental illnesses or being cast out of a family or social group can lead to depression. Serious illnesses. Sometimes depression coexists with a...
animal models, depression, social defeat, stress Introduction Neuropsychiatric diseases, such as anxiety, schizophrenia, autism, and depression are characterized as some of the most...
Social work, Social support, Significant difference, Psychology, Korean americans, Depressive symptomatology, Clinical psychology, Acculturation
Background Social network characteristics have long been associated with mental health, but their longitudinal impact on depression is less known. We determined whether quality of social relationsh...
Five years ago, I wrote a column about how parents could tell the difference between normal teenage mood swings and possible mental illness. I said then that most depression in teenagers was a sign of psychiatric disease. Since then, I’ve come to think that most teen depression now is caused not by biology, but by our culture, specifically by what one organization calls a new “public health crisis of the digital age.” · Twice as many teenagers now have depression as a generation ago. This high rate of depression has no biological explana ...
The number of people living alone in the U.S. jumped to nearly 38 million. A new study shows people who live alone are more likely to report depression if they didn't have other social supports.
Recent studies exploring the link between depression and social media use have focused on its effects on sleep, anxiety, and loneliness. Learn more here.