Category: Mental Health

Glob Health Action. 2026 Dec 31;19(1):2752483. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2026.2752483. Epub 2026 Oct 27.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Disasters can have important consequences for health, yet much evidence is cross-sectional and...

J Rehabil Med. 2026 Oct 26;58:jrm46250. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v58.46250.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The LAST-long randomized trial tested a multidimensional, stroke coordinator-led, community-based intervention and found no overall functional benefit....

Br J Psychiatry. 2026 Oct 26:1-3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2026.10870. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA significant minority of women experience perinatal depressive or anxiety disorders, perhaps because mothers...

BJPsych Open. 2026 Oct 26;12(6):e273. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12139.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Psychiatric in-patient populations are heterogeneous. Severe and enduring psychiatric illness (SEPI) and trauma, stressor-related and substance use (TSRS)...

BJPsych Open. 2026 Oct 26;12(6):e277. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12127.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Little is known about health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in familial intellectual disability. Economic evaluations of interventions for...

BJPsych Open. 2026 Oct 26;12(6):e271. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12109.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cognitive function is a significant predictor of daily functioning in the population, yet the extent to which common...

BJPsych Open. 2026 Oct 26;12(6):e272. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12117.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The first year after diagnosis and the last year of life are critical periods for people with dementia.AIMS:...

BJPsych Open. 2026 Oct 26;12(6):e276. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12118.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: A proportion of patients with anorexia nervosa require compulsory admission due to treatment refusal in the context of...

BJPsych Open. 2026 Oct 26;12(6):e274. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2026.12146.ABSTRACTPsychostimulant prescribing for individuals with comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorders appears increasingly common despite limited evidence...

J Adolesc. 2026 Oct 26. doi: 10.1002/jad.70300. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Research indicates adolescence, specifically puberty, is a critical period of psychological and physiological development....

Depress Anxiety. 2026 Oct 25;2026:5711923. doi: 10.1155/da/5711923. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTInhibitory control deficits are central to cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder (MDD), yet how such deficits...

PeerJ. 2026 Oct 22;14:e21811. doi: 10.7717/peerj.21811. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Dance and music are two of the oldest and most universal forms of artistic expression, each requiring...

Wellcome Open Res. 2026 Oct 14;11:562. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27426.2. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Despite widespread recognition of the value of lived experience involvement (LEI) in healthcare research and...

Indian J Psychol Med. 2026 Oct 23:02537176261497543. doi: 10.1177/02537176261497543. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Valid and culturally appropriate instruments are essential for suicide research and risk...

Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2026 Oct 26:207640261496238. doi: 10.1177/00207640261496238. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In recent years, the concept of hikikomori has been redefined due to...

Eval Health Prof. 2026 Dec;49(4):469-478. doi: 10.1177/01632787251386039. Epub 2025 Oct 14.ABSTRACTThe Transitional Impact Scale (TIS-12) is a self-reported psychological assessment tool that measures the impact...

Curr Sleep Med Rep. 2026;12(1):51. doi: 10.1007/s40675-026-00404-9. Epub 2026 Oct 23.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: The waking and working times of night shift workers are displaced relative...

Cureus. 2026 Sep 24;18(9):e116825. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116825. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTMental health disorders (MHD) contribute substantially to long-term disability and social exclusion, requiring interventions that extend beyond...

Int J Clin Health Psychol. 2026 Jul-Sep;26(3):100728. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2026.100728. Epub 2026 Oct 17.ABSTRACTIdentifying objective cognitive markers in the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD), particularly...

medRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Oct 11:2026.10.08.26365058. doi: 10.64898/2026.10.08.26365058.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Examine whether prenatal adversity is associated with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) severity and the need for pharmacological...

Res Sq [Preprint]. 2026 Oct 5:rs.3.rs-10654615. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10654615/v1.ABSTRACTObjectives To compare US methadone treatment episodes with co-occurring mental health disorders in 2013 and 2023. Methods We...

Res Sq [Preprint]. 2026 Oct 6:rs.3.rs-11156962. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-11156962/v1.ABSTRACTBackground Identifying biologically meaningful epigenetic signatures of childhood internalizing and externalizing behaviors has been challenging because conventional epigenome-wide...

Front Public Health. 2026 Oct 9;14:1909032. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1909032. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women, and postoperative self-management is critically associated...

Prim Care Diabetes. 2026 Oct 23:S1751-9918(26)00181-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2026.09.005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: Substance use is common among adults with diabetes yet remains poorly characterized in...

Public Health. 2026 Oct 22;260:106532. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2026.106532. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: Adolescent pregnancy has well-documented socioeconomic consequences, yet its long-term associations with adult mental health...

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 Oct 16;288:113400. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113400. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Adolescent substance use and exposure to neighborhood violence frequently co-occur in U.S. urban...

Growth Horm IGF Res. 2026 Oct 13;85:101730. doi: 10.1016/j.ghir.2026.101730. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In the field of childhood growth hormone therapy (rhGH), patient and parent/observer-reported...

EBioMedicine. 2026 Oct 22;133:106533. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106533. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Early life is a critical window for co-development of the brain and gut microbiome (GM)....

Schizophr Res. 2026 Oct 22;298:254-260. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2026.09.035. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The five canonical domains of negative symptoms in schizophrenia - blunted affect, alogia, asociality,...

Mol Genet Metab. 2026 Oct 18;149(4):110297. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2026.110297. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBiotin-dependent carboxylases (BDCs), including pyruvate carboxylase (PC), propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC), and...

Int J Drug Policy. 2026 Oct 22;158:105566. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105566. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndicators of GHB-related harms are increasing. While quantitative research has identified demographic patterns...

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2026 Oct 10;195:108045. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2026.108045. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) improves cognition in psychosis, yet response variability remains high. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal...

Int J Nurs Stud. 2026 Oct 19;185:105729. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2026.105729. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Nurse staffing is fundamental to patient safety, yet meta-analyses to date have...

Epilepsy Behav. 2026 Oct 22;186:111342. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2026.111342. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The current lack of an unambiguous and widely applicable quality indicator for epilepsy care...

Nutr Res. 2026 Sep 28;155:132-141. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2026.09.008. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInsufficient sleep has been linked to diet, but its relation to longer term folate status...

Placenta. 2026 Oct 16;186:167-178. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2026.10.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a promising non-pharmacological approach to improve mental health during pregnancy....

J Med Internet Res. 2026 Oct 22;28:e92432. doi: 10.2196/92432.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of virtual care, including patient-to-provider asynchronous secure messaging (ASM). However,...

Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2026 Oct 22:1-5. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2026.2748324. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42912875 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2026.2748324

Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2026 Nov;9(6):e70372. doi: 10.1002/edm2.70372.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Adolescent overweight and obesity are increasing across South Asia, contributing to diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases. Previous reviews...

Am J Cancer Res. 2026 Sep 15;16(9):3855-3867. doi: 10.62347/FHOI7268. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTPostoperative fatigue (POF) is a common complication following major or medium-sized surgeries. It is influenced...

Health Inf Sci Syst. 2026 Oct 20;14(1):89. doi: 10.1007/s13755-026-00483-6. eCollection 2026 Dec.ABSTRACTAccurately modeling RNA-ligand interactions is essential for understanding RNA function and for designing RNA-targeted...

Front Psychol. 2026 Oct 7;17:1882113. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1882113. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Intergenerational trauma research has often treated transmission as unidirectional and static, overlooking dyadic and reciprocal processes....

Front Med (Lausanne). 2026 Oct 7;13:1966334. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1966334. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Functional brain time-series classification is constrained by small clinical cohorts. Handcrafted features are sample-efficient but...

Brain Behav. 2026 Oct;16(10):e71864. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71864.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Moral dilemmas have been extensively used to probe the hierarchy of moral preferences. However, human moral judgment frequently operates...

Trauma Violence Abuse. 2026 Oct 20:15248380261487139. doi: 10.1177/15248380261487139. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTScam-based human trafficking is an emerging form of digitally mediated exploitation in which individuals...

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2026 Oct;17(5):e70405. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.70405.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal neurological disorder for which reliable preclinical biomarkers to...

Soc Sci Med. 2026 Oct 19:119964. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119964. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe US has seen an alarming rise in overdose mortality among people experiencing homelessness...

Sci Bull (Beijing). 2026 Oct 5:S2095-9273(26)01222-3. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2026.10.011. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42901827 | DOI:10.1016/j.scib.2026.10.011

Can Urol Assoc J. 2026 Oct;20(10):E398-E406. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.9558.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Psychological distress is common among men treated for localized prostate cancer and is often presumed to stem...

JCPP Adv. 2026 Oct 18:e70182. doi: 10.1002/jcv2.70182. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Around 10% of young people have a diagnosed neurodevelopmental condition or consider themselves neurodivergent...

Cureus. 2026 Sep 18;18(9):e116510. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116510. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation (GNRFA) has emerged as an effective therapy for chronic knee pain. Although...

Sleep Health. 2026 Oct 20:S2352-7218(26)00238-X. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2026.09.010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To examine the sociodemographic and sleep-related characteristics of Canadian children aged 3 to 4...

JMIR Ment Health. 2026 Oct 19;13:e91884. doi: 10.2196/91884.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Design research on AI technologies for mental health has expanded rapidly, yet existing work has largely focused...

J Sch Health. 2026 Nov;96(11):e70260. doi: 10.1111/josh.70260.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Most school districts lack infrastructure to systematically identify whole-person needs and connect students to coordinated services. We developed...

Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2026 Oct 18. doi: 10.1111/camh.70129. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: There is a need for more longitudinal research exploring temporal associations between...

Womens Health (Lond). 2026 Jan-Dec;22:17455057261498119. doi: 10.1177/17455057261498119. Epub 2026 Oct 18.ABSTRACTBackgroundInformational support is crucial for women living with endometriosis to cope with the consequences their...

J Adolesc Health. 2026 Oct 17:S1054-139X(26)00355-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2026.08.015. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: This research examines how contextual stress exposure within the immigration environment predicts sleep...

Depress Anxiety. 2026 Oct 17;2026:3448143. doi: 10.1155/da/3448143. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While peer support can alleviate depressive symptoms of college students, peers' willingness to intervene and factors...

Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2026 Oct 12;19:640605. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S640605. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Social anxiety is common during the transition to university, creating a need for brief,...

Glob J Qual Saf Healthc. 2026 Oct 16;9(4):92-95. doi: 10.36401/JQSH-26-X6. eCollection 2026 Nov.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42892890 | PMC:PMC13675597 | DOI:10.36401/JQSH-26-X6

J Interpers Violence. 2026 Oct 17:8862605261493556. doi: 10.1177/08862605261493556. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFestschrift for Jon Conte's research idea. Effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in...

Eur J Neurol. 2026 Oct;33(10):e70787. doi: 10.1111/ene.70787.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Transition from paediatric to adult care is essential for young people with paediatric-onset neurological disorders, yet remains inconsistently...

J Res Adolesc. 2026 Dec;36(4):e70295. doi: 10.1111/jora.70295.ABSTRACTAs adolescents increasingly engage with social media, concerns have emerged about its potential implications for youth mental health and...

Crim Behav Ment Health. 2026 Oct 16. doi: 10.1002/cbm.70054. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Homelessness is a pervasive societal problem for large numbers of people, leading...

Encephale. 2026 Oct 16:S0013-7006(26)00194-6. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2026.08.011. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: Despite sustained advocacy by autistic individuals over the years, autism research has largely overlooked autistic...

Health Expect. 2026 Oct;29(5):e70931. doi: 10.1111/hex.70931.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic disrupted adolescents' access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for adolescents in Nepal. This study explored...

Am Fam Physician. 2026 Oct;114(4):393-411.ABSTRACTFamily physicians are uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive care of patients across the cancer care continuum. Their longitudinal relationship with patients...

Am Fam Physician. 2026 Oct;114(4):358-365.ABSTRACTAlcohol use disorder is one of the most common chronic conditions encountered in primary care. In the United States, 1 in...

J Comp Neurol. 2026 Oct;534(10):e70217. doi: 10.1002/cne.70217.ABSTRACTAging is associated with progressive alterations in cortical circuits that compromise cognitive function. Somatostatin-positive (SST+) Martinotti interneurons, which regulate...

Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Oct;22(4):e70257. doi: 10.1111/mcn.70257.ABSTRACTThe Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) is a federal initiative that addresses the critical impact of early nutrition and...

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Oct 15. doi: 10.1111/jgs.70771. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Aging transgender adults experience unique medical and social challenges, but limited data...

Public Health Nutr. 2026 Oct 15;29(1):e197. doi: 10.1017/S1368980026103462.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To examine changes in food insecurity among Syrian refugees after resettlement in Norway by length of stay.DESIGN:...

Psychother Res. 2026 Oct 15:1-16. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2026.2744366. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) improves psychotherapy outcomes, yet its integration into routine clinical practice...

Biol Open. 2026 Oct 15:bio.062716. doi: 10.1242/bio.062716. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMonitoring heart rate (fH) accurately is fundamental for fish eco-physiological studies. However, these measurements rely...

J Am Coll Health. 2026 Oct 14:1-9. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2026.2737810. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBackground: The deep integration of digital technology is reshaping the health service model...

J Am Coll Health. 2026 Oct 14:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2026.2745119. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To develop a grounded theoretical understanding of how female college students navigate...

J Clim Chang Health. 2026 Oct 1;32:100754. doi: 10.1016/j.joclim.2026.100754. eCollection 2026 Nov-Dec.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: As climate change intensifies extreme heat, lived experiences of hazardous conditions are increasingly...

Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2026 Aug 31;40:93. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.40.93. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing...

Memory. 2026 Oct 14:1-15. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2746740. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTImpairments in autobiographical characteristics of Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) and Autobiographical (AM), such as reduced specificity,...

FASEB J. 2026 Oct 31;40(20):e72211. doi: 10.1096/fj.202602267R.ABSTRACTThe functional properties of excitable cells, including skeletal muscle, are regulated by electrical activity. Distinct motoneuron firing patterns control...

Addiction. 2026 Oct 13. doi: 10.1111/add.70627. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: To provide a comprehensive national profile of substance use patterns, drug-related harms, treatment and harm...

Front Public Health. 2026 Sep 28;14:1930488. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1930488. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Psychological distress is a common yet frequently overlooked complication among stroke survivors, significantly impacting their...

Front Public Health. 2026 Sep 28;14:1930488. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1930488. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Psychological distress is a common yet frequently overlooked complication among stroke survivors, significantly impacting their...

Farm Hosp. 2026 Oct 12:S1130-6343(26)00206-0. doi: 10.1016/j.farma.2026.08.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To describe the level of adherence to pharmacological treatment and explore, using a bivariate...

Semergen. 2026 Oct 12:102868. doi: 10.1016/j.semerg.2026.102868. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSuicidal behavior is a major public health concern and one of the leading causes of preventable...

Womens Health Issues. 2026 Oct 12:S1049-3867(26)00145-3. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2026.09.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Infertility is an increasingly common women's health concern with well-documented mental health consequences,...

J Pers Disord. 2026 Oct;40(5):391-410. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2026.40.5.391.ABSTRACTPrevious studies have shown that mothers with categorically defined personality pathology experience substantial difficulties in parenting, but research using...

Health Educ Behav. 2026 Oct 12:10901981261491342. doi: 10.1177/10901981261491342. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health concerns are the leading complication of childbearing and have long-lasting impacts on...

Cureus. 2026 Sep 10;18(9):e116068. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116068. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTLatinx patients possess a rich cultural background and shared heritage; they also possess culturally distinct medical beliefs...

J Chiropr Humanit. 2026 Sep 25;33:eECHU-D-25-00008. doi: 10.67400/ECHU-D-25-00008. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore how work-life balance was perceived to influence...

Sex Med Rev. 2026 Sep 30;14(4):qeag074. doi: 10.1093/sxmrev/qeag074.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Sexual health is a core component of long-term care for patients with prostate cancer, yet treatment-related sexual...

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2026 Oct 9;14:e95414. doi: 10.2196/95414.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Mobile mental health (MH) apps are increasingly promoted as tools for self-care. However, less is known about...

Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2026 Oct;47(10):1031-1032. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2026.2740982. Epub 2026 Oct 9.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42854098 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2026.2740982

Am J Mens Health. 2026 Sep-Oct;20(5):15579883261496845. doi: 10.1177/15579883261496845. Epub 2026 Oct 9.ABSTRACTO'Donnell et al.'s (2023) qualitative study of 41 men with low socioeconomic status engaged...

Sci Adv. 2026 Oct 9;12(41):eaeh3957. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aeh3957. Epub 2026 Oct 9.ABSTRACTChimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T cell) therapy has shown limited efficacy in solid...

PLOS Ment Health. 2026 Oct 9;3(10):e0000744. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000744. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTMental health care (MHC) utilization remains uneven among middle-aged and older adults in the United States,...

PLoS One. 2026 Oct 9;21(10):e0359314. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0359314. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTThe impact of language and culture on screening, assessment, and care for people from minoritised ethnic groups...

PLOS Ment Health. 2026 Oct 9;3(10):e0000745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000745. eCollection 2026.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42853838 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pmen.0000745

PLoS One. 2026 Oct 9;21(10):e0360527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0360527. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Adequate selenium (Se) status is important for biological mechanisms involved in cognitive functioning and mental health....

PLOS Digit Health. 2026 Oct 9;5(10):e0001066. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001066. eCollection 2026 Oct.ABSTRACTEating disorders (ED) continue to be a concern worldwide. There is a growing focus on...