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Posts about: ## Mental Health (3) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/pexels-vova-krasilnikov-3968083.jpg) [Mental Health,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) [Covid-19 and our Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/covid-19-and-our-health) ### [Staying Safe during Covid 19 | Truth About Bathroom Hand Dryers](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/staying-safe-during-covid-19-truth-about-bathroom-hand-dryers) Thu, Nov 12, 2020 @ 08:38 AM ## Mental Health and germs | warm hand dryers are not always a safe alternative If you're a germophobe who wants to use a public bathroom ever again, you might want to stop reading this. Because it turns out, while bathroom hand dryers can be more environmental than paper towels, they can also be a whirlpool of faecal matter. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/staying-safe-during-covid-19-truth-about-bathroom-hand-dryers) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/pexels-christian-domingues-731022.jpg) [Sleep,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/sleep) [Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) ### [Starting School an hour later study | Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/starting-school-an-hour-later-study-mental-health) Thu, Oct 22, 2020 @ 06:00 AM ## Mental Health for students | Delaying high school start times by about an hour increased the amount adolescents slept on school nights, and also reduced their catch-up sleep on weekends, according to results from a cohort study. For their research published in JAMA Pediatrics, Rachel Widome, PhD, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues followed a cohort of students at five public high schools in suburban and rural Minneapolis, randomly selecting 455 (225 girls; mean age, 15 years) for wrist actigraphy to track sleep and activity. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/starting-school-an-hour-later-study-mental-health) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/masks.jpg) [Mental Health,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) [Covid-19 and our Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/covid-19-and-our-health) ### [Understanding Covid-19 | Lets prevent person-to-person transmission](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/understanding-covid-19-lets-prevent-person-to-person-transmission) Thu, Aug 20, 2020 @ 08:25 AM ## Mental / Physical health matters | COVID-19 is spread person-to-person through close contact. We aimed to investigate the effects of physical distance, face masks, and eye protection on virus transmission in health-care and non-health-care (eg, community) settings. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/understanding-covid-19-lets-prevent-person-to-person-transmission) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/Clipboard.png) [Mental Health,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) [Covid-19 and our Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/covid-19-and-our-health) ### [Mental Health | COVID-19 Affecting Many Americans](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-covid-19-affecting-many-americans) Thu, Jul 23, 2020 @ 06:00 AM ## Mental Health | A survey from the American Psychiatric Association provides a glimpse into the mental well-being of Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic: 48% are anxious about the possibility of getting the coronavirus, 40% are anxious about becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19, and 62% are anxious about the possibility of a friend or loved one getting the infection. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-covid-19-affecting-many-americans) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/angry-collection-tom-009.png) [Bullying,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/bullying) [Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) ### [Mental Health | Cyber-bullying Intensifies Psych Symptoms in Teens](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-cyber-bullying-intensifies-psych-symptoms-in-teens) Fri, Jul 10, 2020 @ 03:00 PM ## Mental Health | Adolescent psychiatric inpatients who were cyberbullied had significantly higher scores….   ….. on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anger, and fantasy dissociation scales than their hospitalized peers who were not cyberbullied, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-cyber-bullying-intensifies-psych-symptoms-in-teens) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/men-and-women-standing-infront-of-dining-table-1655329.jpg) [Mental Health,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) [Family](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/family) ### [Mental Health | Teen depression risk lower in close families](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-teen-depression-risk-lower-in-close-families) Wed, Mar 04, 2020 @ 09:27 AM ## Mental Health | Teens with positive family relationships may be less likely to develop depression ....   ..during adolescence or early adulthood, a new study suggests.   Researchers followed 18,185 volunteers starting when they were age 15 on average and continuing until ages 32 to 43. In a series of surveys, researchers asked them about family dynamics and depression symptoms. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-teen-depression-risk-lower-in-close-families) ![](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/tomatoes-carrots-and-radish-on-the-top-of-the-table-196643.jpg) [Mental Health,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) [eating healthy](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/eating-healthy) ### [Mental Health | Diet Can Help Depression, Boost Mood](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-diet-can-help-depression-boost-mood) Wed, Feb 26, 2020 @ 06:00 AM Depression symptoms dropped significantly in a group of young adults who ate a Mediterranean-style diet for three weeks. ## It's the latest study to show that food can influence mental health. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-diet-can-help-depression-boost-mood) ![Mental Health | Suicide](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/exhausted-collection-tom-004.png) [Suicide,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/suicide) [Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) ### [Mental Health | Bullying and Suicide, what do they all hv in common?](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-bullying-and-suicide-what-do-they-all-hv-in-common) Tue, Dec 24, 2019 @ 06:00 AM ## Adolescents who were bullied within the past month were approximately 3 times more likely to report having attempted suicide, ....compared with peers who did not experiencing bullying, according to a study of 12- to 15-year-olds across 48 countries published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/mental-health-bullying-and-suicide-what-do-they-all-hv-in-common) ![Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/Warning-Triangle.png) [Sleep,](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/sleep) [Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) ### [> Obesity Risk in Women Exposed to Artificial Light at Night While Sleeping](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/obesity-risk-in-women-exposed-to-artificial-light-at-night-while-sleeping) Thu, Nov 14, 2019 @ 06:00 AM ## Exposure to artificial light was associated with higher average BMI. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/obesity-risk-in-women-exposed-to-artificial-light-at-night-while-sleeping) ![Mental Health get outside](https://www.maryaprn.com/hubfs/cartoon_art/animated_people/_0014_Nutty_Professor-44.png) [Mental Health](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/topic/mental-health) ### [Improve your Mental Health by getting outside](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/improve-your-mental-health-by-getting-outside) Wed, Oct 30, 2019 @ 06:00 AM ## Improving Mental Health | Spending just 2 hours a week in green spaces .... ....such as parks, woodlands and fields has been linked with people feeling healthier and happier. [MaryAPRN.com/ Advanced Practice Psych LLC](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/author/maryaprn-com-advanced-practice-psych-llc) [Read More](https://www.maryaprn.com/blog/improve-your-mental-health-by-getting-outside)