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

Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review

Amelia Aldao, Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, Susanne Schweizer

PubMed • Summary & key facts • 2010 • 6,290 citations

This meta-analysis combined 241 effect sizes from 114 studies to test how six habitual emotion-regulation strategies relate to symptoms of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and substance-related problems. Rumination showed the strongest (large) link with symptoms. Avoidance, problem solving, and suppression showed medium-to-large links, while reappraisal and acceptance showed smaller (small-to-medium)…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mental Health Research Topics

The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses

Stefan G. Hofmann, Anu Asnaani, Imke J. J. Vonk, Alice T. Sawyer, Angela Fang

Cognitive Therapy and Research • Summary & key facts • 2012 • 3,230 citations

This 2012 paper reviewed meta-analyses on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The authors found 269 meta-analytic studies and examined a representative sample of 106 reviews across many problems. They reported the strongest support for CBT for anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, bulimia, anger control problems, and general stress. The paper concluded the…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

The Prevalence and Correlates of Adult ADHD in the United States: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

Ronald C. Kessler

American Journal of Psychiatry • Summary & key facts • 2006 • 2,956 citations

This U.S. study used a nationally representative household survey of 3,199 adults aged 18–44, plus clinical follow-up interviews, to measure adult ADHD. Researchers estimated that 4.4% of adults had current ADHD. Adult ADHD was more common in men, people who were previously married, those who were unemployed, and non-Hispanic white…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Epidemiology of anxiety disorders in the 21st century

Borwin Bandelow, Sophie Michaelis

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience • Summary & key facts • 2015 • 2,024 citations

Anxiety disorders are a group of conditions marked by persistent, excessive fear or worry and behaviors (like avoidance) that cause real trouble in daily life. They are the most common class of psychiatric disorder — large surveys report that up to 33.7% of people will have one in their lifetime…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mental Health Treatment and Access

Why do people with anxiety disorders become depressed? A prospective‐longitudinal community study

Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Ronald C. Kessler, Hildegard Pfister, Michael Höfler, R. Lieb

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica • Summary & key facts • 2000 • 442 citations

In a community study of 3,021 adolescents and young adults followed for 4–5 years, researchers used structured interviews (DSM‑IV CIDI) and found that most anxiety disorders (except panic disorder) began before depression and were linked to a higher chance of later major depression. Rates of people having both anxiety and…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Females with ADHD: An expert consensus statement taking a lifespan approach providing guidance for the identification and treatment of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in girls and women

Susan Young, Nicoletta Adamo, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir, Polly Branney, Michelle Beckett, William Colley, et al.

BMC Psychiatry • Summary & key facts • 2020 • 431 citations

This ADDA article explains ADHD masking — when people hide or copy others to appear "normal." Masking can help someone function but often uses a lot of mental and emotional energy. The article says masking can delay diagnosis, cause burnout or mood problems, and may help explain why women are…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Gender effects on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder in adults, revisited

Joseph Biederman, Stephen V. Faraone, Michael C. Monuteaux, Marie Bober, Elizabeth Cadogen

Biological Psychiatry • Summary & key facts • 2004 • 380 citations

This study reexamined gender differences in adult ADHD by comparing 219 adults with ADHD to 215 control subjects matched for age and gender. The researchers found no evidence that gender changed how ADHD related to other psychiatric disorders. Adults with ADHD showed cognitive deficits and higher rates of major depression,…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis From Kindergarten to Eighth Grade

Paul L. Morgan, Jeremy Staff, Marianne M. Hillemeier, George Farkas, Steve Maczuga

PEDIATRICS • Summary & key facts • 2013 • 290 citations

This study followed a nationally representative group of U.S. children who started kindergarten in 1998–99 to track ADHD diagnosis from kindergarten through eighth grade. It found that racial and ethnic minority children were less likely than white children to be diagnosed by kindergarten and that these differences continued through eighth…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Infant Development and Preterm Care

A meta-analysis of the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in incarcerated populations

Susan Young, Donald Moss, Ottilie Sedgwick, Moshe Fridman, P. Hodgkins

Psychological Medicine • Summary & key facts • 2014 • 277 citations

The authors combined results from 42 studies of people in prison to estimate how common ADHD is in those groups. Using formal diagnostic interviews, the overall ADHD rate was about 25.5%. Reported rates were higher when studies used screening tools or when adults recalled childhood ADHD. The review found much…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

The prevalence and burden of subthreshold generalized anxiety disorder: a systematic review

Heidemarie Haller, Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Florian Gaß, Gustav Dobos

BMC Psychiatry • Summary & key facts • 2014 • 270 citations

The article describes “high functioning anxiety” as a way some people with anxiety symptoms talk about their experience, not as an official medical diagnosis. It says people can look successful and cope outwardly while having common anxiety symptoms, and that diagnosis can be hard because the symptom effects may be…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

A Hypothesis of Gender Differences in Self-Reporting Symptom of Depression: Implications to Solve Under-Diagnosis and Under-Treatment of Depression in Males

Peixia Shi, Aigang Yang, Qing Zhao, Zhaohua Chen, Xiaomei Ren, Qin Dai

Frontiers in Psychiatry • Summary & key facts • 2021 • 206 citations

This article proposes a new hypothesis: women report mild-to-moderate depression more often, while men report more severe depression and more suicide. The authors point to possible reasons such as hormone links, men’s tendency to hide feelings or avoid help, and different symptom patterns in men. They say this could mean…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mental Health Treatment and Access