MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: April 25, 2025

Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.

How to Feel Grounded in an Uncertain World (opens new window)

The best day ever: have scientists found the secret of happiness? (opens new window)

Counting steps is good — is combining steps and heart rate better? (opens new window)

The inflammatory and genetic mechanisms underlying the cumulative effect of co-occurring pain conditions on depression (opens new window)

Chronic pain conditions frequently coexist and share common genetic vulnerabilities. Despite evidence showing associations between pain and depression, the additive effect of co-occurring pain conditions on depression risk and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Read more (opens new window)

Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? (opens new window)

In the early 1990s, James Swanson was working as a research psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, where he specialized in the study of attention disorders. It was a touchy time for the field. The Church of Scientology had organized a nationwide protest campaign against the psychiatric profession, and Ritalin, then the leading medication prescribed to children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, was one of its main targets. Read more (opens new window)

Notes from the Field: Suicidal Thoughts and Knowing Someone Who Died by Suicide Among Adults — United States, 2023 (opens new window)

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, with approximately 49,000 deaths in 2023. Many more persons experience suicidal thoughts. Using data from two probability-based online survey panels that approximate nationally representative estimates for U.S. adults, during October–November 2023 CDC estimates that more than two in five U.S. adults (42.4%) personally knew someone who died by suicide, and 5.3% of U.S. adults had suicidal thoughts during the past 12 months. Read more (opens new window)

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Mental Disorders in Adults - A Unified Series of Meta-Analyses (opens new window)

To examine the effect sizes of CBT for 4 anxiety disorders, 2 eating disorders, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psychotic and bipolar disorders on symptoms of the respective disorders using uniform methodologies for data extraction, risk of bias (RoB) assessment, and meta-analytic techniques. Read more (opens new window)

Stress, Employment Changes, and Psychological Distress Among Caregivers of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer (opens new window)

Question How are the burdens of caregiving for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) associated with caregiver employment status and psychological well-being during the first year after initiation of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT)? Read more (opens new window)

Ohio launches first national financial education course on substance use, mental health (opens new window)

Ohio has launched the nation’s first continuing education course for financial professionals focused on the economic impact of substance use and mental health disorders. Read more (opens new window)

Taking a mental health leave from work is an option most people don’t know about (opens new window)

Her first panic attack came at a company-wide meeting, right before her scheduled presentation. Carolina Lasso had given many similar talks about her marketing team’s accomplishments. When her name was called this time, she couldn’t speak. Read more (opens new window)

Risks to children playing Roblox ‘deeply disturbing’, say researchers (opens new window)

“Deeply disturbing” research exposes how easy it is for children to encounter inappropriate content and interact unsupervised with adults on the gaming platform Roblox. Read more (opens new window)