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...
Young Adults with Mental Health Issues Finding PeersByline: LAURA E. SMITH For a young person diagnosed with a mental illness, the thought of...Smith, Laura E
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...
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...
Young adults experiencing homelessness are a group that are particularly vulnerable to experiencing mental health problems (Edidin et al., 2012; Hodgson et al., 2013). One in ten young adults in the United States, approximately 4.2 million, experience housing instability or homelessness each ...
outcomes, 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 use (alcohol, smoking), and/or the young person's general feelings of well-...
This virtual platform allows young adults experiencing mental health concerns to access support without leaving home. It also ensures privacy, which many adolescents appreciate when dealing with sensitive issues such as anxiety or depression. Talkspace’s mental health service for teens helps protect thei...
We measured the retrospective estimates of change in wellbeing and health behaviours of young people currently in lockdown, as well as their current mental wellbeing using validated psychometric instruments. We repeated the mental wellbeing assessment one month later as the various lockdown ...
Even when the COVID-19 crisis is over, Saxena explained that 10% of these adults will have long-lasting effects from mental health issues they're currently dealing with. A woman displays symptoms of depression in an undated stock photo. "About one-third might actually be having a problem ...
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...