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Fact or Fiction? New Research Shows How Susceptible You Are to Fall for Misinformation
Misinformation abounds in the information age, but a new measurement tool published by the University of Cambridge shows promising results in helping us better understand and fight its spread.
The Relevance of Childhood Resilience Factors and Culture in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Research looks into how developing resilience can help shield against the negative effects of adversity and adverse childhood experiences. In addition, how can we support students in building resilience?
ADHD Diagnoses in Women
Why have ADHD diagnoses been on the rise? One possible explanation is the increase in diagnoses of ADHD in women and girls.
Can Economic Development Lead to Lower Wellbeing?
For the nearly 500,000 adolescents in middle and high income countries in 2018, greater economic development in their country predicted lower life satisfaction and subjective wellbeing. Rudolf and Bethmann look into why that is.
The Social Self’s Impact on Mental Wellbeing
Unlike previous decades, young people are now reporting worse mental wellbeing than all other age groups. The Global Mind Project at Sapien Labs suspects a lacking Social Self to be the cause.
Facebook and Campus Mental Health
Research published in 2022 by Braghieri and colleagues demonstrates a decline in mental health of student populations after the introduction of Facebook, represented in the figure by the vertical dotted line. The different colored bars begin to move upwards after the dotted line, indicating a decline in mental health.
Trends in Emergency Department Visits
Adolescents and adults of all ages are seeking assistance at emergency departments at an increasing rate for mental health struggles, however the sharpest increases have been in adolescents, according to Genevieve Santillanes and colleagues at USC’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.
Major Depressive Episodes
Percent of people experiencing a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) in the prior 12 months, by age range. MDEs have risen disproportionately in adolescents and younger adults.
Technology use and mental health
Greater mental well-being is associated with some screen engagement but declines after excessive use for several different modalities shown: a) watching TV and movies; b) playing video games; c) using computers; and d) using smartphones. However, these researchers did not find support that screen time itself was responsible for most of the trends.