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Sleep and Fatigue Linked Depression and PTSD in Firefighters

by GLOOM

MHD card showing a fire helmet silhouette lit by glowing embers beneath a small network of blue and orange nodes joined by bridge lines, illustrating a survey of Chinese firefighters in which sleep difficulties and fatigue linked depression and PTSD symptoms.

Sleep difficulties and tiredness were among the main symptoms linking depression and PTSD in a 2026 survey of 6,240 Chinese firefighters. Women reported somewhat higher scores for both conditions than men, although average scores were low.1 Research Highlights Three main bridges: a questionnaire item on thoughts of death or self-harm, sleep difficulties and feeling tired …

Women With Problematic Sexual Behavior Had Higher NSSI Risk

by GLOOM

MHD featured image for non-suicidal self-injury and problematic sexual behavior.

A 2026 preprint combining 2,189 university participants with 477 clinical patients with problematic sexual behavior found a gender-specific self-harm signal: women with problematic sexual behavior had higher non-suicidal self-injury risk, but clinical severity of problematic sexual behavior did not predict NSSI inside the patient cohort.1 Research Highlights Total sample was 2,666 people: Jiang et al. …