Food insecurity linked with anxiety, shame, and isolation in low-income adults
Food insecurity can harm mental wellbeing through more than hunger: stress, shame, identity, and social disconnection also matter. This paper follows low-income adults in England. Food worries touched family life. They also shaped anxiety, shame, isolation, and identity. Quick summary What the study found: In Lived experiences of food insecurity and mental health: the role […]
Parental warmth linked with lower young adult depression and anxiety symptoms
In a Swedish cohort, warmth at age 18 stayed linked with lower depression and anxiety symptom probability at age 21; parental knowledge did not. Warmth stood out. Knowing more was less decisive. The study followed Swedish adolescents into young adulthood. Quick summary What the study found: Prospective associations between parental warmth and knowledge in late […]
Work-family conflict linked with higher depression and anxiety symptoms in Australian adults
Work-family conflict was linked with more severe depression and anxiety symptoms among working adults in an Australian community sample. Competing demands can add up. This paper measured that pressure. The link with symptoms was clear. Quick summary What the study found: In Work-Family Conflict in association with Depression and Anxiety symptoms: An Australian community-based study, […]
Child hospitalisation linked to high parent anxiety and depression symptoms after discharge
Parents’ anxiety and depression symptoms stayed high after a child’s hospital stay. The drop was small. Support appeared to matter. Unmet basic needs pointed the other way. Quick summary What the study found: In Factors associated with the mental health of parents during and after their child’s hospitalisation: an international longitudinal prospective cohort study., depression […]