Afterwards, many young adults are left without help. Mental health & drug addiction problems, coupled with unemployment & housing costs, bring them to the street, where they may be helped by psychiatric & community services but will remain at risk & may develop new difficu...
With increases in mental health problems concentrated among adolescents and young adults, “the results suggest that cultural trends in the last 10 years may have had a larger effect on mood disorders and suicide-related outcomes among younger people compared with older people,” according to the r...
During the 10-year period, young adults in the study who had experienced multiple successive years of high-frequency discrimination showed a much more pronounced, cumulative risk for mental illness,psychological distress, drug use and worse overall health. The findings shed light on the multidimensiona...
examining aspects such as Leaving Certificate results, social isolation and how often they used health services as young adults, poorphysical healthissues (e.g. obesity, sleep difficulties), heavy substance
Arecent study in theAmerican Psychological Association'sJournalofAbnormalPsychology foundmental health issues increasing among young Americans. The research found that while older adults have not had a significant increase in psychological distress, it has increased with young adults, with partial blame gi...
As dental professionals, it's our responsibility to educate patients on the critical role that dental health plays in their overall health. We often serve as the first line of defence in detecting oral health conditions that could indicate early signs of systemic health issues like diabetes or ...
Asking for help, especially for mental health, is often stigmatized in America. But it doesn’t have to be. For college students, most counseling centers are a free resource that anyone can use. For young adults not enrolled in college,most health insurance plansalso offer mental health covera...
health concerns, Americans put the opioid epidemic near the top, with more than two-thirds of people identifying it as a crisis rather than merely a problem. More than half identified mental health issues among children and teenagers as a crisis, as well as severe mental illness in adults. ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A high number of teens and young adults with an overdose involving a benzodiazepine (BZD), like Xanax, or psychostimulant, like Adderall—medications commonly used to treat mental health issues like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety disorders—have a recen...
About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new UC San Francisco study found.