MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: April 25, 2025

MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND NURSING ARTICLES

Depression Prevalence in Adolescents and Adults: United States (opens new window)

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria’ Turns a Small Snub Into a Big Deal (opens new window)

Imagine a nail jabbing at a shiny blue balloon.Pop! That’s what rejection can feel like for someone with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, one TikTok creator told his audience: an explosion of emotions. Read more (opens new window)

Medical Debt and Forgone Mental Health Care Due to Cost Among Adults (opens new window)

Affordability remains one of the biggest challenges in US health care, with a growing burden of medical debt. Medical debt reflects prior health care engagement but may also influence care-seeking behavior. Fewer than half of adults with any mental disorder receive care, and medical debt may exacerbate this treatment gap.4 This study evaluated the association between medical debt and forgone mental health care due to cost in the subsequent year. Read more (opens new window)

I was going through perimenopause. My doctor thought I was bipolar (opens new window)

Last year, I told my doctor I thought I was going through perimenopause. I explained that while I was grieving the loss of a dear loved one, I didn’t think the strong emotions I was feeling were proportional to what I’d experienced from loss in the past. Read more (opens new window)

9 Signs of High Functioning Depression (opens new window)

The stigma clinging to depression (and other mental illnesses) is as insidious as it is pervasive, operating in discreet ways that often go unrecognised. Stigma lingers even in spaces where depression is openly discussed, limiting the popular perception of who a person with depression might be and how the illness might manifest. Read more (opens new window)

The Creative Habit That Might Ward Off Dementia Symptoms, Even if You Start Later in Life (opens new window)

Music does wonders for your mood, but did you know it might give your brain a boost, too? In fact, playing music—not just listening to it—has a positive effect on your cognition, even if you’re already showing signs of dementia, new research suggests. Read more (opens new window)

Effects of music participation for mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis (opens new window)

To examine randomized controlled trials with active music-making interventions, in which older adults with probable mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia physically participate in music, and their effects on cognitive functioning, emotional well-being, and social engagement. Participating in music-making is engaging and has shown diverse benefits. Additionally, this review categorized the music activities of each intervention. Read more (opens new window)

Surprising Findings From New Research About Dementia and Marriage (opens new window)

Unmarried people had a lower risk of dementia than those who were married, data from an 18-year cohort study of 24,000 older adults suggested. Read more (opens new window)

HOTLINE RESOURCES

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (opens new window) or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 

The Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (opens new window) provides COVID-19 guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities and sates across the country. The website is updated daily.

The National CLAS Standards

The National CLAS Standards are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. View the standards here (opens new window)