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Among older patients with chronic low back pain and depression who are treated with venlafaxine, exposure to opioids is associated with reduced likelihood of achieving early pain response but not that of attaining the combined pain/depression outcome, a study has shown.
Elderly adults in their final year of life suffer from a high burden of depressive symptoms, a recent study has shown.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) help reduce depression and anxiety and improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the short-term among patients with heart failure (HF), according to preliminary evidence of a systematic review.
Acceptance is an important psychological resource that healthcare professionals can tap to improve quality of life (QoL) and mental health in individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a recent systematic review suggest.
Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk of developing thyroid dysfunction, a study reports.
Distance-based interventions to assist smoking cessation (SC) appear to be effective among cancer survivors, reports a recent meta-analysis.
Children with high dental anxiety are more likely to develop dental diseases, which, in turn, negatively affect the family’s quality of life, a recent study has found.
Unhealthy eating behaviours, such as delaying or skipping breakfast and eating higher proportions of food later in the day, are associated with a higher likelihood of a mood disorder among adults, a study suggests.
Men with higher optimistic action traits are less likely to seek help for psychological needs after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, a new study has found.
Younger men with prostate cancer tend to experience greater psychological distress, a new study has found.