When teens with depression were hospitalized after a suicide attempt, they and their parents described stress moving in both directions, from child to parent and back again. That pattern came from separate interviews with 12 teens and 12 of their parents at a psychiatric hospital in China.1 Research Highlights Parents’ moods reached their teens: all …
Children as young as 2 told preschool staff “I’m full” at well-timed moments during lunch, and staff usually took them at their word, according to a 2026 video study of 97 lunches at 4 Swedish preschools.1 Research Highlights 77 “I’m full” moments: 44 children aged 2 to 6 said they were full at least once, …
In a 2026 interview study involving 6 adults with long-term chronic pain in Quebec, participants said their deepest suffering came less from how much they hurt than from what pain did to their social lives: loneliness, judgment and the strain of trying to look normal.1 Research Highlights Social losses, not pain intensity, defined suffering: all …
People on hemodialysis in Japan who received a small card summing up their own life story described it as a keepsake, a way to be heard and a source of courage to keep going, according to a 2026 interview study of 21 patients.1 Research Highlights A one-page life story: researchers with dialysis nursing experience interviewed …
A 2026 qualitative study of 71 UK National Health Service workers argued that a shift into “war-mode” leadership during an atypical crisis could push moral stress, distress, conflict, and suffering toward moral injury.1 Moral-injury endpoint: moral injury was the severe endpoint, while unresolved lower-consequence moral phenomena may become the pathway to it. Research Highlights 71 …
A 2026 qualitative study of a 10-week Danish Arts on Prescription program found that young adults aged 18 to 30 often described more stable daily routine, confidence, and belonging, but some activities also caused stress, fatigue, or discomfort.1 The useful interpretation is structured creative groups may help some disconnected young adults rebuild daily life when …
A 2026 Australian interview study involving 27 adults with methamphetamine use problems found that 21 participants, or 77.8%, had never previously sought treatment for methamphetamine use. Research Highlights Most had never sought treatment: Peart et al. interviewed 27 adults and found that 77.8% had not previously sought methamphetamine treatment before entering the parent trial.1 3 …