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12 papers
In healthy adults from the general population, we found a significant and robust association between depression and anemia. Further studies are needed to assess the longitudinal relationship between both conditions and determine the mechanisms underlying this association.
Researchers tested repeated subcutaneous (under-the-skin) injections of racemic ketamine in people whose depression had not improved after at least two antidepressant trials. People got injections twice a week for 4 weeks and neither participants nor the raters knew which drug they were getting. When the study allowed higher, response-guided ketamine…
Researchers analyzed answers from about 56,000 people in a 2018 U.S. health survey to see who has used hallucinogens. They found about 16% had tried a hallucinogen at least once, and about 2% had used one in the past year. Use was higher among White and multiracial people and lowest…
Overall, this study cohort showed a positive association between burnout scores and unplanned work absenteeism (and frequency of thoughts in leaving job) during the COVID-19 pandemic. More research is needed to support healthcare worker well-being during times of stress and direct solutions to addressing unplanned absenteeism in the light of…
This document presents an “emerging” 2-item clinician-rated measure from the American Psychiatric Association to record how much social communication problems and restricted interests/repetitive behaviors interfere with a person’s functioning. Each domain is rated by a clinician for the past seven days on a 4-point scale from 0 (None) to 3…
Researchers followed 62 older adults (age 60 and up) and 62 younger adults who planned to take part in guided psychedelic group sessions. People in both age groups reported better well-being in the weeks after the sessions, but older adults experienced weaker immediate drug effects during the sessions. For older…
This study used China’s CHARLS data from 2011 and 2015 to look at people aged 45 and older. In 10,179 people at baseline, higher depressive symptom scores were linked to lower hemoglobin and to having anemia. Over 4 years (5,887 people followed), people with depressive symptoms had higher odds of…
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…
This study followed 1,926 young adults (age 20–23) in Southern California from 2020 to 2021 to see how cannabis use related to later sleep problems. The researchers found that frequent cannabis use (≥20 days/month) was linked with worse sleep for people without anxiety or depression, but linked with slightly better…
Researchers tested a new task that measures how people feel they caused rewards or losses. They studied 52 healthy adults and 20 adults with depression or anxiety in person, and 254 people online. Healthy people felt more personal control after wins than after losses. People with depression or anxiety showed…
This study looked at 1,139 chronic pain patients in a UK medical cannabis registry and compared those with poor sleep to those without. Both groups reported improvements in pain, quality of life, anxiety, and other measures over 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after starting cannabis‐based medicines. People with sleep…
