Tag: mental-health
Excess screen time impacting teen mental health
Research from The University of Queensland, Australia.
Pandemic adolescent mental health study reveals turnaround finding
Study from Lancaster University
Teens diagnosed with depression show reduction in educational achievement
Loss of potential: teens diagnosed with depression show reduction in educational achievement from primary school to GCSE
Sitting still linked to increased risk of depression in adolescents
Young people who are inactive for large proportions of the day throughout adolescence face a greater risk of depression by age 18
Children’s mental health is effected by sleep duration
Important associations identified between sleep duration in children, brain structure, and cognitive and mental health measures.
Study shows teenage girls far more likely to self-harm
Girls shown as the new ‘high-risk’ group – sexism and poverty are linked to poor mental health and wellbeing among 14-year-old girls
Study identifies possible genetic link between children’s language and mental health
Study demonstrates genetic effects but they need to be replicated in larger independent datasets to confirm the findings.
Frequent use of social media may compromise teenage girls’ mental health by increasing exposure to bullying and reducing sleep and physical exercise
First study to examine three mechanisms by which very frequent use of social media may harm mental health suggests efforts should be made to reduce young people’s exposure to harmful content, and the impact it has on healthy activities
Contact with nature during childhood could lead to better mental health in adulthood
Adults who had close contact with natural spaces during their childhood could have a better.
Mindfulness could promote positive body image
Awareness of internal body signals can affect the way we see ourselves