A large UK Biobank study tracked sleep in over 77,000 adults. Here’s what the data reveals about age, sex and mood.
[read the full story...]How sleep changes across later life, and what it means for mental health
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When the treatment doesn’t work: what predicts difficult-to-treat postpartum depression?
Swedish nationwide study of 58,618 women found 6% experienced treatment-resistant postpartum depression. Risk factors included lower socioeconomic status, smoking, pre-existing health conditions, caesarean or preterm birth.
[read the full story...]Changing sleep patterns linked to cognitive decline and dementia
Two large cohorts (one UK, one Chinese) found shifting from optimal to non-optimal sleep or stopping napping linked to higher dementia risk. But reverse causation limits certainty about prevention.
[read the full story...]Growing up hungry: food insecurity’s lasting impact on eating
Children who experienced food insecurity in early childhood had higher odds of binge eating and compensatory behaviours in adolescence, even when food insecurity resolved.
[read the full story...]Involuntary psychiatric patients face prolonged suicide risk post-discharge
Suicide risk following involuntary psychiatric care remains elevated for years, with highest risk in the first month. Personality disorder patients face greatest long-term vulnerability.
[read the full story...]Alcohol use disorder and IQ: Does social context matter?
Recent research suggests that lower IQ and cognitive performance link to higher alcohol use disorder risk, but education and societal factors can amplify or reduce this vulnerability, not genetics alone.
[read the full story...]Mental health admissions to medical wards: 65% increase in a decade for young people
Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022), with eating disorder admissions up 515% and anxiety admissions doubling in 10 years. Self-harm admissions accounted for more than half of the total. Adolescent girls by far the biggest group affected.
[read the full story...]“It’s not all in your head”: Sexual assault raises risk of functional somatic disorders
Sexual assault survivors face six-fold increased risk of multiorgan functional somatic disorder (unexplained physical symptoms like chronic pain and fatigue).
[read the full story...]Internet-delivered CBT for depression: real-world evidence shows similar benefits to face-to-face therapy
This Finnish study of 5,834 healthcare records found therapist-guided internet CBT showed similar depression improvements to face-to-face therapy, providing real-world evidence beyond selective RCT populations.
[read the full story...]Body dissatisfaction in adolescence: does it cause eating disorders and depression later?
This twin study of nearly 14,000 UK adolescents found that body dissatisfaction at age 16 was linked to eating disorder symptoms at 21 and depression at 26. Comparing twins helped researchers show these were likely causal relationships, not just correlations, though genetics also played a substantial role.
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