Stress, low support, loneliness and depression during pregnancy were the factors most strongly linked to postpartum depression in a 2026 survey of 975 mothers from German-speaking countries. Medical factors such as cesarean delivery and gestational diabetes showed no significant link.1 Research Highlights Life stress after birth stood out: feeling stressed by one’s general life situation …
A 2026 study of 250 mothers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) found that family burden was strongly tied to lower social support, lower family quality of life, and lower happiness. In the structural model, the burden-happiness link was explained by perceived support and family quality of life rather than a direct burden-to-happiness …
A 2026 mixed-methods study of group physical activity inside psychiatric treatment found that 90% of participants joined to have a healthy body and get fresh air, 97% felt supported by activity leaders, and 91% wanted to stay active with others after treatment.1 The useful message is not “tell people with severe mental illness to exercise”; …
A 2026 survey of 327 international students in Germany found high symptom burden: 46.5% screened positive for moderate-to-severe depression, 46.8% for moderate-to-severe anxiety, and 31.2% endorsed recent death or self-harm thoughts on PHQ-9 item 9. Only 10.9% of students with moderate-to-severe depression and/or anxiety reported professional help.1 Research Highlights 327 international students were surveyed: Karing …
The “men have shallower friendships” story is too blunt. In a 2026 Sex Roles analysis of 1,899 young adults, the familiar gender friendship gap was largely driven by one group: white men reported the lowest closeness to best friends, while Black men, Latino men, and women across ethnoracial groups looked much more similar after adjustment.1 …
A 2026 DIVERGE analysis of 3,677 antidepressant-exposed patients with major depressive disorder in Pakistan classified 34% as treatment resistant, while 86% received psychotropic polypharmacy and only 6% received psychotherapy.1 The CYP2C19 signal is real enough to study prospectively, but the main treatment-system finding is medication stacking in a setting where psychological care was rare. Research …
A 2026 survey of 230 Farsi-speaking refugees in German camps found a hard double signal: 69.1% screened above the RHS-15 threshold for depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms, while 4 protective factors explained 61% of posttraumatic-growth variance.1 Research Highlights High distress and growth coexisted: 159 of 230 participants (69.1%) scored ≥12 on the RHS-15 symptom scale, …