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

TikTok and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Media Content Quality

Anthony T. Yeung, Enoch Ng, Elia Abi‐Jaoude

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry • Summary & key facts • 2022 • 288 citations

The study examined the 100 most popular English TikTok videos tagged #ADHD (searched July 18, 2021). Raters classified videos as useful, personal experience, or misleading and found that about half were misleading. Videos were generally easy to understand but gave little actionable guidance, and healthcare providers’ videos tended to be…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Exploring the Ethical Challenges of Conversational AI in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review

Mehrdad Rahsepar Meadi, Tomas Sillekens, Suzanne Metselaar, Anton J.L.M. van Balkom, Justin Bernstein, Neeltje M. Batelaan

JMIR Mental Health • Summary & key facts • 2025 • 59 citations

This scoping review looks at the ethical issues raised by conversational AI (CAI) in mental health care. It finds that AI tools are already in use or development, but there is little specific ethical discussion or formal codes of practice. The review shows some topics are underexplored and that the…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Mental Health via Writing Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Supporting student learning and development through trauma-informed campuses

Krista Schroeder, Laura Šinko, Jennifer Ibrahim, David B. Sarwer

Journal of American College Health • Summary & key facts • 2023 • 13 citations

The authors propose the idea of a "trauma-informed campus." They say many college students arrive with trauma and can face new traumatic experiences in college. A trauma-informed campus means people across the school—administrators, faculty, staff, and students—use what is known about trauma in campus policies and actions. The goal is…

Child Abuse and Trauma Homelessness and Social Issues Migration, Health and Trauma

The Feasibility of Outdoor Psychology Sessions in an Adult Mental Health Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit: Service User and Psychologist Perspectives

James, Gail, Kidd, Katherine, Cooley, Sam J., et al.

www.frontiersin.org • Summary & key facts • 2021 • 12 citations

This feasibility study tested outdoor psychology sessions on an adult inpatient mental health rehabilitation ward during COVID-19. Three psychologists worked with 16 service users; 14 completed rating scales and 8 took part in interviews. Participants reported high satisfaction with the therapy relationship and comfort outdoors, and researchers identified six key…

Child Therapy and Development Health, psychology, and well-being Urban Green Space and Health

Developing an educational resource for people experiencing eating disorders during the menopause transition: A qualitative co-design study

Gemma Sharp, Anne Nileshni Fernando, Susan R. Davis, Alisha Randhawa

Journal of Eating Disorders • Summary & key facts • 2024 • 11 citations

Researchers worked with 17 Australian women who had an eating disorder during the menopause transition to co-design an online educational resource. Over a series of recorded workshops, the team identified six main themes about needs and services and created a prototype that participants rated positively. Women said the resource improved…

Eating Disorders and Behaviors Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments

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

Dhevaksha Naidoo, Adrian Schembri, Marc Cohen

International Journal of Spa and Wellness • Summary & key facts • 2023 • 11 citations

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

We didn’t start the fire…or did we?—a narrative review of medical gaslighting and introduction to medical invalidation

Alexandra Fuss, Christina H Jagielski, Tiffany Taft

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology • Summary & key facts • 2024 • 9 citations

This paper reviews what is known about “medical gaslighting,” especially in gastroenterology. The authors found no studies that directly measure gaslighting in chronic digestive diseases, so they drew on related research about gaslighting, doctor–patient communication, burnout, and stigma. They propose the new term “medical invalidation” to cover situations where a…

Climate Change and Health Impacts

Teen Perspectives on Integrating Digital Mental Health Programs for Teens Into Public Libraries (“I Was Always at the Library”): Qualitative Interview Study

Ashley A. Knapp, Katherine Cohen, Kaylee Payne Kruzan, Rachel Kornfield, Miguel Herrera, Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson, et al.

JMIR Formative Research • Summary & key facts • 2024 • 4 citations

Researchers interviewed 16 teens who frequently used public libraries to learn how they experience anxiety and what digital tools might help them. Teens said they felt loss of control, unpredictability, and anger from anxiety and used tools like breathing exercises, journaling, and mood tracking. They viewed libraries as safe places…

Child Development and Digital Technology Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Motivations for Use, User Experience and Quality of Reproductive Health Mobile Applications in a Pre-Menopausal User Base: A Scoping Review

Alissa Kazakoff, Marissa L. Doroshuk, Heather Ganshorn, Patricia K. Doyle–Baker

Healthcare • Summary & key facts • 2025 • 1 citation

This scoping review examined 58 peer‑reviewed studies (published 2014–2023) about reproductive and menstrual health mobile apps. It found people use these apps mainly to learn about their bodies, for contraception, and to try to conceive. The review noted some clear benefits, such as improved menstrual health knowledge, but also many…

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

Psychedelic therapy and postpartum depression: priorities and prospects

Guillaume Thuery, Frank Crossen, Daniel Mc Loone, Catherine Hinds, R. T. Duffy, Chaitra Jairaj, et al.

Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology • Summary & key facts • 2026 0 citations

This paper is a review that looks at whether drugs called serotonergic psychedelics might help with postpartum depression, which affects about 15% of women after pregnancy. The authors bring together what we know about the body systems linked to postpartum depression and how these psychedelics can affect those systems and…

Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Psychedelics and Drug Studies Psilocybin