When Parents Have Low Mental Health Literacy, Teens Show More Depression and Anxiety
In a large study of 4,697 adolescents and their primary caregivers in Guangdong, China, researchers found that teens whose parents had lower mental health literacy scored higher on measures of depression and anxiety. Mental health literacy here means a parent's ability to recognize symptoms, understand their causes, and know when and how to seek help. Because the study measured everyone at a single point in time, it shows an association rather than proving that one causes the other.
Source: Nature Scientific Reports Women With Autoimmune Diseases Are More Likely to Hear Their Symptoms Are "Psychological"
Researchers at the University of East Anglia, the University of Cambridge, and partner NHS hospitals surveyed 6,607 adults with confirmed autoimmune or rheumatic conditions about their diagnostic journeys. Women were notably more likely than men to report that their symptoms had been attributed to a mental health problem (43.3% versus 32.7%) or labeled psychosomatic (33.9% versus 21.5%), and they typically waited much longer for a diagnosis. The data are self-reported and show associations rather than proven bias, but the authors suggest that better clinician awareness could shorten these long diagnostic roads. The findings appear in eClinicalMedicine.
Source: Psychreg When a Younger Sibling Has a Disability, Older Children Feel the Strain — but State Support Can Help
A study of more than 60,000 Danish families over 30 years, published by the Rockwool Foundation Berlin, found that second-born children whose younger sibling has a disability were 13% more likely to seek psychological support between ages 9 and 20. Visits to psychiatrists rose 23% and psychiatric medication prescriptions 18% among these siblings, with the effects becoming visible around age 9 and intensifying through the teenage years. Strikingly, after Denmark expanded social benefits for parents of seriously ill children in 1998, the siblings' uptake of mental health support fell from 21% to 9% — suggesting practical family support can soften the strain.
Source: idw-online
In a large study of 4,697 adolescents and their primary caregivers in Guangdong, China, researchers found that teens whose parents had lower mental health literacy scored higher on measures of depression and anxiety. Mental health literacy here means a parent's ability to recognize symptoms, understand their causes, and know when and how to seek help. Because the study measured everyone at a single point in time, it shows an association rather than proving that one causes the other.
Source: Nature Scientific Reports Women With Autoimmune Diseases Are More Likely to Hear Their Symptoms Are "Psychological"
Researchers at the University of East Anglia, the University of Cambridge, and partner NHS hospitals surveyed 6,607 adults with confirmed autoimmune or rheumatic conditions about their diagnostic journeys. Women were notably more likely than men to report that their symptoms had been attributed to a mental health problem (43.3% versus 32.7%) or labeled psychosomatic (33.9% versus 21.5%), and they typically waited much longer for a diagnosis. The data are self-reported and show associations rather than proven bias, but the authors suggest that better clinician awareness could shorten these long diagnostic roads. The findings appear in eClinicalMedicine.
Source: Psychreg When a Younger Sibling Has a Disability, Older Children Feel the Strain — but State Support Can Help
A study of more than 60,000 Danish families over 30 years, published by the Rockwool Foundation Berlin, found that second-born children whose younger sibling has a disability were 13% more likely to seek psychological support between ages 9 and 20. Visits to psychiatrists rose 23% and psychiatric medication prescriptions 18% among these siblings, with the effects becoming visible around age 9 and intensifying through the teenage years. Strikingly, after Denmark expanded social benefits for parents of seriously ill children in 1998, the siblings' uptake of mental health support fell from 21% to 9% — suggesting practical family support can soften the strain.
Source: idw-online