Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions

Joseph A. Durlak, Roger P. Weissberg, Allison B. Dymnicki, Rebecca D. Taylor, Kriston B. Schellinger

Child Development • Summary & key facts • 2011 • 8,084 citations

This meta-analysis combined results from 213 school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs involving 270,034 kindergarten-through-high-school students. Compared with control groups, students in SEL programs showed better social and emotional skills, attitudes, and behavior, and their school achievement was higher by about 11 percentile points. Regular school teaching staff…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Early Childhood Education and Development Parental Involvement in Education

Delivering Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Young Adults With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using a Fully Automated Conversational Agent (Woebot): A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, Alison Darcy, Molly Vierhile

JMIR Mental Health • Summary & key facts • 2017 • 2,318 citations

This small randomized trial tested a fully automated text-based conversational agent called Woebot as a way to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy to college-age young adults with symptoms of depression and anxiety. Over 2 weeks, the Woebot group (n=34) showed a statistically larger drop in depression scores (PHQ-9) than an information-only…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents Mental Health Research Topics

Sources of social support and burnout: A meta-analytic test of the conservation of resources model.

Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben

Journal of Applied Psychology • Summary & key facts • 2006 • 1,254 citations

This 2006 meta-analysis combined past studies on social support and burnout. Overall, social support showed similar links to the three burnout parts: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization (feeling detached or cynical), and reduced personal accomplishment (feeling less effective at work). But the source of support mattered: support from work was more strongly…

Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Workplace Health and Well-being

Burnout: A Review of Theory and Measurement

Sergio Edú-Valsania, Ana Laguía, Juan A Moriano

PubMed Central (PMC) • Summary & key facts • 2022 • 716 citations

This open review explains burnout as a gradual response to long-term work stress that can harm thinking, feelings, and attitudes. It describes common causes, effects, ways to measure burnout, and actions to prevent or reduce it. The review highlights three main parts of burnout—emotional exhaustion, detachment or cynicism, and feeling…

Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout Stress and Burnout Research Workplace Health and Well-being

Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’ and general practice

Benjamin Gardner, Phillippa Lally, Jane Wardle

British Journal of General Practice • Summary & key facts • 2012 • 550 citations

This paper explains how habits form and how doctors might use habit-based advice in routine care. It says repeating a simple action in the same context can make that action automatic, so it needs less attention and may last after motivation falls. The authors report studies (for example, an average…

Behavioral Health and Interventions Health Policy Implementation Science Mental Health and Psychiatry

Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Fazida Karim, Azeezat Abimbola Oyewande, Lamis F Abdalla, Reem Chaudhry Ehsanullah, Safeera Khan

Cureus • Summary & key facts • 2020 • 367 citations

This systematic review looked at research on social media and mental health. The authors state that social media are responsible for making mental health problems worse. They searched 50 papers and, after applying selection rules, included 16 studies. The final papers were checked for quality and included a mix of…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents Social Media in Health Education

Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Study Managers: A Literature Review and Research Agenda

William L. Gardner, Mark J. Martinko

Journal of Management • Summary & key facts • 1996 • 267 citations

This article reviews problems with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and similar tests like the Enneagram. It says the MBTI was made in 1944 and sorts people into 16 types using four letters, but researchers have found weaknesses in its theory, accuracy, and reliability. The piece notes that MBTI results…

Complex Systems and Decision Making Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Management and Organizational Studies

Exercise for Mental Health

Ashish Sharma

The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders • Summary & key facts • 2006 • 250 citations

This article reviews evidence that regular physical activity can help mental health. Studies suggest aerobic exercise (like walking, swimming, or cycling) can lessen anxiety and depression and improve mood, self-esteem, sleep, and thinking. A 3-month exercise program showed benefits for people with schizophrenia, and the authors say short, moderate workouts…

Diet and metabolism studies Eating Disorders and Behaviors Physical Activity and Health

Review of Smartphone Applications for the Treatment of Eating Disorders

Adrienne S. Juarascio, Stephanie M. Manasse, Stephanie P. Goldstein, Evan M. Forman, Meghan L. Butryn

European Eating Disorders Review • Summary & key facts • 2014 • 148 citations

This review looked at smartphone apps made for treating eating disorders. The authors found that research on whether these apps work is scarce. They also found that most existing apps include few proven treatment methods and do not use the special abilities of smartphones (like real-time interaction and sensors). The…

Eating Disorders and Behaviors Impact of Technology on Adolescents Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Developing Self-Awareness: Learning Processes for Self- and Interpersonal Growth

Manuel London, Valerie I. Sessa, Loren A. Shelley

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior • Summary & key facts • 2022 • 125 citations

This open-access review article (Jan 2023) looks at what self-awareness is, how it develops, and how researchers measure it. The authors summarize evidence on both benefits and costs (including the downsides of too much inward focus), offer a framework that links learning processes, and report a literature search showing educational…

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Efficacy of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for moderate‐to‐severe symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Jenna R. Carl, Christopher B. Miller, Alasdair L. Henry, Michelle L. Davis, Richard Stott, Jasper A. J. Smits, et al.

Depression and Anxiety • Summary & key facts • 2020 • 80 citations

Digital CBT (Daylight) appears to be safe and efficacious for symptoms of anxiety, worry, and further measures of mental health compared with waitlist control in individuals with GAD.

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Digital Mental Health Interventions Mental Health Research Topics

Anxiety and Performance in Sex, Sport, and Stage: Identifying Common Ground

David L. Rowland, Jacques van Lankveld

Frontiers in Psychology • Summary & key facts • 2019 • 75 citations

Anxiety has long been linked to worse performance in evaluative social settings such as sex, sport, and stage. This paper asks three main questions: how each field understands anxiety and performance, what they can learn from one another, and how they could share useful ideas. The authors review existing models…

Behavioral Health and Interventions Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Sport Psychology and Performance