A new large-scale study finds obesity often precedes mental-health disorders. About one in three people worldwide are overweight and there is increasing evidence that obesity as a physical health issue may also be connected to many mental health problems. A new study, published in the scientific journal “Translational Psychiatry” (Leutner et al., 2023), was focused on investigating the link between obesity and mental health problems in a huge dataset of several million people.
Antidepressants lead to emotional blunting in users: now it is finally clear why In many cases, antidepressants do what they are supposed to do. But that comes at a price in some patients. Scientists now know why they feel emotionally blunted. Depressed people feel down and no longer enjoy the things they normally enjoy. To solve their problem, they take antidepressants. In the Netherlands, approximately one million people are prescribed these drugs every year. This makes it one of the most commonly used drugs. Yet half of the users have a nasty side effect: they feel emotionally dulled. Scientists now think they know why: the resources have an effect on reinforcement learning, or our ability to learn through reward.
It’s important to identify the warning signs and seek help early on! Unfortunately, there is no easy way to determine whether certain behaviors are a sign of mental illness. However, people who feel they are going crazy often have one thing in common: something feels amiss. Mental health problems are common, with about 1 in 5 people at least one problem throughout their lives. With situation of (past) pandemic, economic recession and war threats in many parts of the world, many have also dealt with increasing stress.
Childhood trauma significantly increases the risk of being diagnosed with a mental health disorder later in life. For children who experienced emotional abuse, the most prevalent disorder reported was anxiety. Trauma also increased the risks for psychosis, OCD, and bipolar disorder. Significantly, those who experience trauma during childhood were 15 times more likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder later in life.
Teens and Millennials can’t keep their hands off their smartphones Daily smartphone screen use is skyrocketing among Gen Z teens and young adults. The most common smartphone use is for connecting with others. Pilot studies using strategies to reduce smartphone use did not produce significant changes.
Living with a narcissistic husband, wife or partner, or anyone else with narcissistic traits is undoubtedly challenging. What is narcissm? Narcissistic personality disorder involves a pattern of self-centered, arrogant thinking and behavior, a lack of empathy and consideration for other people, and an excessive need for admiration. Others often describe people with NPD as cocky, manipulative, selfish, patronizing, and demanding. This way of thinking and behaving surfaces in every area of the narcissist’s life: from work and friendships to family and love relationships.
Stress does not make anyone a nicer person, so it can also cause problems in your relationship. Scientists have now discovered that it even has an indirect effect. A short fuse, crankiness, tension and impatience, stress can lead to all kinds of unpleasant behavior, which can also have an impact on your relationship. This is called the spillover effect in psychology: the extent to which your own emotions influence how the people around you feel.
New research sampled people with BPD who reported having auditory hallucinations. 76 percent of the people with BPD heard voices telling them to hurt themselves; 33 percent heard voices ordering them to hurt others. Caregivers and clinicians need to be aware that hearing voices is common in BPD, and there could be risks of self-harm.
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