Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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3 papers

Gender Differences in the Relationship between Anger and Aggressive Behavior

Martha K. Fahlgren, Joey C. Cheung, Nicole K. Ciesinski, Michael S. McCloskey, Emil F. Coccaro

This study tested whether anger and aggressive actions are linked differently for men and women. Four hundred twenty-four adults did a behavioral aggression task, and 304 of them also answered questions about their typical anger. Men and women showed similar amounts of aggression overall. However, higher trait anger predicted more…

Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Intimate Partner and Family Violence

The role of protective self‐cognitions in the relationship between childhood trauma and later resource loss

Kristen H. Walter, Katie J. Horsey, Patrick A. Palmieri, Stevan E. Hobfoll
Journal of Traumatic Stress Summary & key facts 2010 27 citations

Researchers followed 402 inner-city women who had experienced childhood abuse. They looked at PTSD symptoms, two protective self-views (self-esteem and self-efficacy), and later resource loss. The study found that childhood abuse was linked to more PTSD symptoms and more resource loss later on. Higher PTSD symptoms were tied to lower…

Child Abuse and Trauma Migration, Health and Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Risk of suicide and all-cause death in patients with mental disorders: a nationwide cohort study

Hyewon Kim, Jin‐Hyung Jung, Kyungdo Han, Hong Jin Jeon
Molecular Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2025 9 citations

This large South Korean study followed 3,951,398 adults for an average of 11.1 years to compare deaths in people with and without recorded mental disorders. After adjusting for age, sex, health conditions, income, smoking, drinking and physical activity, people with mental disorders had higher rates of suicide and higher overall…

Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Mental Health Treatment and Access Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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