Rethinking minority stress: A social safety perspective on the health effects of stigma in sexually-diverse and gender-diverse populations

LM Diamond, J Alley - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

Understanding vulnerability to late-life suicide

OJ Ding, GJ Kennedy - Current psychiatry reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent evidence on suicide among older adults,
examine risk factors contributing to vulnerability to late-life suicide, and summarize possible …

[HTML][HTML] The association of smoking and smoking cessation with prevalent and incident symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance in the general …

O Hahad, M Beutel, DA Gilan, M Michal… - Journal of affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Smoking is a well-established risk factor for chronic non-communicable
diseases. However, the relationship between cigarette smoking and the risk of developing …

Sex-specific impacts of social isolation on loneliness, depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, and biomarkers: Results from the social environment and biomarker …

FY Hsiao, LN Peng, WJ Lee, LK Chen - Archives of gerontology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate sex-specific associations between social isolation and
psychological outcomes and biomarkers among community-dwelling middle-aged and older …

Role of inflammation in traumatic brain injury–associated risk for neuropsychiatric disorders: State of the evidence and where do we go from here

VB Risbrough, MN Vaughn, SF Friend - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decade, there has been an increasing awareness that traumatic brain injury (TBI)
and concussion substantially increase the risk for developing psychiatric disorders. Even …

Screening for loneliness in representative population samples: Validation of a single-item measure

AC Reinwarth, M Ernst, L Krakau, E Brähler, ME Beutel - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Loneliness is a highly relevant public mental health issue. This work presents
the validation of a single-item measure of loneliness and its subjective experience:“I am …

Treatment-resistant depression and risk of autoimmune diseases: evidence from a population-based cohort and nested case-control study

VKY Chan, H Luo, SSM Chan, CS Lau… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent literature indicates that patients with depression had increased immune activation.
We hypothesised that treatment-resistant depression (TRD), an indicator of non-responsive …

Neuroinflammation as a pathophysiological factor in the development and maintenance of functional seizures: a hypothesis

AA Sharma, JP Szaflarski - Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The neurobiological underpinnings of functional seizure (FS) development and
maintenance represent an active research area. Recent work has focused on hardware …

Pro-inflammatory cytokines and suicidal behavior among patients with bipolar I disorder

MH Huang, MH Chen, YLE Chan, CT Li, SJ Tsai… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Suicidal behavior and different mood states of bipolar I disorder (BD) have been
shown to be associated with dysregulated proinflammatory cytokines. Only a few studies …

Recalled parental rearing behavior shapes mental health after preterm birth: Evidence from the Gutenberg Prematurity Study

M Ernst, AK Schuster, E Mildenberger, D Otten… - Psychiatry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Associations of preterm birth with later-life mental distress are well-established. A research
gap concerns the role of psychosocial factors such as the family context. This study …