Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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3 papers

Trends in depression prevalence in the USA from 2005 to 2015: widening disparities in vulnerable groups

Andrea H. Weinberger, Misato Gbedemah, Adriana Maldonado, Denis Nash, Sandro Galea, Renée D. Goodwin
Psychological Medicine Summary & key facts 2017 704 citations

A U.S. study reported that depression became more common between 2005 and 2015. The rise was faster for young people than for older adults. The study also found growing gaps in depression rates for vulnerable groups. The authors say we do not yet know a single cause and that more…

Cardiac Health and Mental Health Health disparities and outcomes Mental Health Treatment and Access

A double-edged hashtag: Evaluation of #ADHD-related TikTok content and its associations with perceptions of ADHD

Vasileia Karasavva, C. Miller, Nicole B. Groves, Andrés Montiel, Will H. Canu, Amori Yee Mikami
PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2025 25 citations

Researchers analyzed the top 100 TikTok videos tagged #ADHD and asked 843 college students about their TikTok use and views of those videos. Two clinical psychologists rated the top 100 videos and found that fewer than half of the claims about ADHD symptoms matched the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Vacation or therapy? Demographics, motivations, and experiences of wellness retreat guests around the world

Dhevaksha Naidoo, Adrian Schembri, Marc Cohen

This study used an anonymous online survey in nine languages to ask people who had attended a residential wellness retreat in the past year why they went and how they felt afterward. Of 3,708 people who started the survey, 2,661 (71.7%) were eligible. Most attendees said they went to relax,…

Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism High Altitude and Hypoxia Travel-related health issues
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