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March 27, 2024
Q+A with David H. Rosmarin about his team's research into why patients being treated for anxiety weren’t reporting the worsening symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a cohort of 764 individuals, they found that cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy appear to have been protective against pandemic-related anxiety.
Original article in: PLOS One >
November 13, 2023
Harvard Gazette article on new research from Martin Kathrins and colleagues, first author Zachary Walker, assessing the effects of anxiety and depression in men on fertility and IVF outcomes. They found no correlation between anxiety, regardless of antidepressant use, and IVF outcomes or live birth rate.
Original article in: Human Reproduction >
September 27, 2023
Boston Children's Hospital Answers article on new research from Charles Nelson and colleagues at HMS, Boston Children's Hospital, The University of San Francisco, and the University of Minnesota, suggesting a possible way to detect anxiety disorders in children before they become apparent clinically using electroencephalograms (EEGs).
Original article in: Frontiers in Psychiatry >
September 13, 2023
HMS News article on new research from Sharon K. Inouye and colleagues from Harvard Medical School and Hebrew SeniorLife, pinpointing several risk factors that contributed to older adults’ likelihood of experiencing loneliness, including older age, inability to complete daily activities, vision impairment, depression, and anxiety.
Original article in: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry >
April 20, 2023
HMS News article on new research from Rebecca Robbins and colleagues finding that in-person interactions with friends, family, and health care providers were associated with fewer mental health concerns. In contrast, interactions using digital technologies, including emails and video calls, were associated with feelings of depression and anxiety about COVID-19.
Original article in: Journal of Applied Gerontology >
September 1, 2021
Harvard Gazette article on new research from the labs of Katie L. McLaughlin and colleagues at the University of Washington, first author Maya L. Rosen, suggesting practical strategies to help children through a pandemic.
Original article in: PLOS One >
May 4, 2021
HMS News article on new research from the Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance’s Health Equity Research Lab, first author Ana Progovac, finding that transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) patients in an urban safety-net health system experienced more suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, and violence victimization than other patients in the health system
Original article in: World Medical & Health Policy >
April 30, 2021
David G. Weissman shares new research from the labs of Katie McLaughlin and Leah Somerville, investigating if low emotional awareness contributes to the severity of mental health problems in teenagers.
Original article in: Clinical Psychological Science >
April 23, 2021
Harvard Gazette article on new research from Katie A. McLaughlin and colleagues, first author Jorge Cuartas, suggesting that spanking may affect a child’s brain development in ways similar to more severe forms of violence.
Original article in: Child Development >
February 3, 2020
New findings from the lab of Ya-Chieh Hsu (first author Bing Zhang) involving nervous system and stem cells suggest just how stress may trigger the change.
Original article in: Nature >
October 15, 2019
New research from the labs of Sara Lazar and colleagues, first author Gunes Sevinc, suggests that mindfulness meditation training alters how we process fearful memories.
Original article in: Biological Psychiatry >
September 30, 2019
HMS News article on new research from the lab of Mark Weisskopf, first author Andrea Roberts, and colleagues suggesting that longer careers and playing position each appear to spell greater long-term risk for serious cognitive problems in NFL players.
Original article in: American Journal of Sports Medicine >
April 15, 2019
Brain imaging reveals neural network changes that may explain resistance to changes in brain structures caused by childhood maltreatment.
Original article in: Biological Psychiatry >
April 9, 2019
HMS News article on a new study from the lab of Joseph DeGutis (first author Elizabeth Riley) shedding light on associations between psychological distress symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in returning combat veterans.
Original article in: Neuropsychology >
September 28, 2018
BCH Vector Blog post on new research from the labs of Charles Nelson and colleagues, involving children in Romanian orphanages—tells cautionary tale about the psychiatric and social risks of family separation
Original article in: JAMA Psychiatry >