Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cancer Face Higher Risk of Suicide
In U.S. patients who underwent major cancer operations, the incidence of suicide was significantly higher than the general population.
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Meditation or Medication for Anxiety?
A new study found that mindfulness and meditation can help some cope with anxiety as well as medication can. Learn more.
Caitlin’s story: A compassionate approach to care allows diver to pursue her college athlete dreams
By the time she was 12, Caitlin Bryan sustained and recovered from three stress fractures in her spine. A diagnosis of sacroiliitis threatened to put a halt to Caitlin’s love for competitive sport. With help from her care team at MGfC, Caitlin is able to stay in the game as a competitive diver who doesn't let her condition stop her.
Research Spotlight: Environmental Influences Account for More Differences in Child Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms Than Genetic Factors
The environment may play at least two key roles in children’s mental health: it affects their mental health directly and through its interplay with genetic factors.
Blum Center Program: Climate Change and Health Series – Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change
Drs. Patrice Nicholas and Suellen Breakey offer an overview of how extreme heat and weather, poor air quality, hurricanes, flooding, rising sea levels, and post-disaster health challenges affect our mental health.
Psychiatry Department Announces New Center for Racial Equity and Justice
Olivia Okereke, MD, MS, inaugural director of the newly established Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Racial Equity and Justice, is leading anti-racism efforts in the department, the psychiatry field, psychiatric research and more. We recently caught up with her to learn more about her work.
Youth Mental Health
MGH Youth Programs team partnered with Mass General doctors to provide a safe space for students to talk about mental health issues and effective coping strategies.
What a Troubling rise in Gun Ownership and Depression Rates Means for the Risks of Gun-Related Suicide
While most of the conversations on gun safety come down to the harm that guns can do to other people, the evidence shows that guns are just as deadly—if not more deadly—to gun owners themselves.
Discrimination Took A Toll on the Mental Health of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic
People who reported experiencing discrimination more than once a week early in the pandemic had seventeen-fold increased odds of moderate to severe depressive symptoms and ten-fold increased odds of suicidal ideation.
An Alzheimer's-defying Brain Offers Clues to Treatment and Prevention of Dementia
The brain of a woman with a family history of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease who lived dementia-free into her 70s is providing researchers with important information about the pathobiology of Alzheimer’s dementia and possible ways to prevent or treat it.
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