https://mentalhealthdaily.com/Mental health research, clearly explained.en-UShttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/11/02/breast-cancer-chemotherapy-depression-anxiety-quality-of-life-saudi-arabia/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12411Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:00:00 GMTIn a survey of 246 Saudi women on adjuvant breast cancer treatment, 54% screened positive for depression and 50% for anxiety; chemotherapy was linked to scores about 9.5 points higher.AnxietyDepressionDrugsSide Effectshttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/11/01/autism-parents-short-video-douyin-hope-anxiety-qualitative-study/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12414Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMTIn interviews, 24 Chinese parents of autistic children said short-video apps like Douyin taught them practical skills and gave them hope, but also fed confusion, comparison, urgency and sales pressure, until they learned to filter what they watched.AnxietyAutismPsychologyhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/11/01/autism-diagnosis-parents-family-impact-qualitative-study-spain/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12417Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMTIn interviews, 17 parents of autistic children in Spain described a long road to diagnosis, shock and sadness sometimes mixed with relief, little guidance afterward, family life reorganized around routines, and deep worry about support in adulthood.AutismPsychologyhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/11/01/volunteering-helping-others-cognitive-decline-apoe4-alzheimers-gene/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12420Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMTIn 17,972 US adults followed for up to 22 years, starting to volunteer was linked to slower cognitive decline associated with the APOE e4 Alzheimer's gene variant, with the clearest link at up to about 4 hours a week. The study was observational.CognitionGeneticsNeurodegenerative Diseaseshttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/11/01/tyg-frailty-index-perimenopause-depression-cognitive-impairment-charls/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12423Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:00 GMTIn 2,596 Chinese women aged 45 to 59, a score combining blood sugar, triglycerides and frailty was linked to depressive symptoms and, more weakly, to cognitive impairment at a single visit.CognitionDepressionPsychiatryhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/11/01/tsimane-moseten-dementia-incidence-indigenous-bolivia/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12426Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:00:00 GMTAbout 7 in 1,000 Tsimane and Moseten adults aged 60+ developed dementia each year, and about 2% had it at any time. People with dementia died far sooner, which helps keep it rare.BrainCognitionNeurodegenerative Diseaseshttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/31/shame-ptsd-social-support-sexual-violence-arabic-speaking-women/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12429Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTA 2026 study of 3,419 Arabic-speaking women with a history of sexual violence found that more severe PTSD symptoms were linked to feeling less supported, and trauma-related shame explained more of that link than guilt or self-blame.PsychiatryPsychologyPTSDhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/31/schisandrin-b-schisandra-anxiety-rats-hippocampus-gut-barrier/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12432Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTIn a 2026 study of 48 male rats with fear-conditioned anxiety, 10 days of schisandrin B at 10 or 20 mg/kg increased time in the open arms of an elevated plus maze, similar to diazepam, but no dose changed open-field behavior; hippocampal glutamate and stress hormones fell, and gut-barrier repair was partial.AnxietyDiet & NutritionNeuroscienceStresshttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/31/rtms-spinal-cord-injury-neuropathic-pain-depression-sham-trial/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12435Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTIn a 29-person randomized trial, 2 weeks of motor cortex rTMS lowered nerve pain after spinal cord injury more than sham. Depression and anxiety fell in the active group but did not beat sham.BrainDepressionNeurostimulationhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/31/perinatal-depression-anxiety-screening-psychiatric-referral-korea/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12438Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMTAt a Korean hospital, nearly 1 in 4 women screened positive for depression after birth, and a similar share for anxiety, but only 7 of 66 women referred to psychiatry attended a first visit there.AnxietyDepressionPsychiatryhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/31/neuroticism-anxiety-depression-attention-emotional-faces-eye-tracking/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12441Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTIn an eye-tracking study of 103 Norwegian students, higher neuroticism was linked to faster first looks at fearful and sad faces. Anxiety symptoms sped up looks at all emotional faces, and depression symptoms showed no extra pull toward sad faces.AnxietyCognitionDepressionPsychologyhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/30/late-life-depression-alzheimers-dementia-mortality-women-spain/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12444Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTIn a Spanish cohort of 3,085 adults aged 65 and older followed up to 23 years, depressive symptoms were linked to a 1.76-times higher risk of Alzheimer's-coded death, and 2.23 times in women.DepressionNeurodegenerative DiseasesPsychiatryhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/30/ketamine-antidepressant-nucleus-reuniens-prefrontal-hippocampus-circuit-mice/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12447Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTIn a 2026 mouse study, a single 10 mg/kg dose of ketamine reduced swim immobility in stressed mice with the circuit intact (7 mice, P = 0.0093) but did nothing when the thalamic nucleus reuniens, the prefrontal fibers entering it, or its fibers to the ventral hippocampus were chemogenetically silenced; the same blocks prevented ketamine from restoring hippocampal long-term potentiation. No human data.BrainDepressionDrugsNeurosciencehttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/30/insomnia-anxiety-dementia-risk-cognitive-impairment-older-adults/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12450Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTIn 2 cohorts of adults over 60, having both insomnia and anxiety was linked to double the odds of cognitive impairment and a 54% higher rate of new dementia. Either condition alone was not.AnxietyCognitionNeurodegenerative DiseasesSleephttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/30/first-time-mothers-labor-anxiety-perceived-control-childbirth-uae/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12453Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMTIn a survey of 169 UAE mothers right after vaginal birth, higher anxiety was linked to less control during labor. First-time mothers had the most anxiety and the least control.AnxietyPsychologyStresshttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/30/ear-acupuncture-anxiety-nada-patient-experiences-qualitative-study/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12456Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMTIn interviews after 10 sessions of NADA ear acupuncture, Swedish psychiatric outpatients with anxiety described calm, better sleep and relief that often faded, while some reported pain, headaches or no clear benefit.AnxietyPsychiatryTherapyhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/29/depression-social-anxiety-approach-avoidance-conflict-fmri/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12459Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTIn a brain-scan study of 135 young adults, higher depression and social anxiety symptoms were linked to giving up rewards to avoid demanding judges, with a stronger threat response and weaker reward response in the brain.AnxietyDepressionNeurosciencePsychologyhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/29/depression-gallstones-nhanes-us-adults/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12462Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMTIn 7,952 US adults from NHANES 2017-2023, depression was linked to 61% higher odds of a gallstone diagnosis and severe depression to 2.4 times the odds, but the link weakened and lost significance after accounting for weight, smoking and other health conditions.DepressionPsychiatryhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/29/depression-asthma-mortality-survival-income-nhanes/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12465Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMTIn 4,945 U.S. adults with asthma, depressive symptoms were linked to about 10 fewer months of survival over 15 years and a 41% higher adjusted death risk. Lower income accounted for about a quarter of the gap in an exploratory analysis.DepressionPsychiatryhttps://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/10/29/dementia-mci-driving-cessation-doctors-communication-qualitative-study/https://mentalhealthdaily.com/?p=12468Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMTIn interviews, 12 older Australians with dementia or mild cognitive impairment said they wanted early, clear and kind conversations with doctors about giving up driving, and those who had stopped got no follow-up support from health professionals.CognitionNeurodegenerative DiseasesPsychology