MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: March 28, 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.

Worrying - and the worry window (opens new window)

The Habits Guide: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones (opens new window)

Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of major depression in adults: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (opens new window)

Psychological interventions are increasingly discussed as a method to prevent major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults who already experience subthreshold depressive symptoms. In this individual participant data meta-analysis, we quantify the effect of preventive interventions against control on MDD onset in this population, and explore effect modifiers.Read more (opens new window)

Prevalence and Correlates of Anger in the Community: Results from a National Survey (opens new window)

There is growing recognition in the fields of public health and mental health services research that the provision of clinical services to individuals is not a viable approach to meeting the mental health needs of a population. Despite enthusiasm for the notion of population-based approaches to mental health, concrete guidance about what such approaches entail is lacking, and evidence of their effectiveness has not been integrated. Read more (opens new window)

First trial of therapy chatbot suggests AI can provide 'gold-standard' mental-health care (opens new window)

Dartmouth researchers conducted the first clinical trial of a therapy chatbot powered by generative AI and found that the software resulted in significant improvements in participants' symptoms, according to results published (opens new window) in NEJM AI, a journal from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more (opens new window)

Spring cleaning is self-care: How tidying up boosts your mental health (opens new window)

There’s a reason your feed is full of cleaning montages and dramatic “before and afters” — TikTok’s obsession with CleanTok isn’t just about spotless countertops. It’s about the emotional reset that comes with tidying up.“I do not care that your house is dirty,” Kylie Perkins, a 27-year-old TikTok creator who’s exploded in popularity this year, said in a recent video (opens new window). “I care that your home needs help. I care that you need help.” Read more (opens new window)

Dementia Risk Linked With Processed Red Meat (opens new window)

Over up to 43 years of follow-up, participants in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who ate at least a fourth of a daily serving of processed red meat -- approximately two servings a week -- had a significant 14% higher risk of dementia compared with those who averaged less than a tenth of a serving per day, reported Yuhan Li, MHS, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, in a poster presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (opens new window). Read more (opens new window)

Americans Unhappier Than Ever; Smartphone Brain Rot? TikToks Miss Mark on ADHD (opens new window)

The U.S. ranked 24th on this year's World Happiness Report (opens new window), falling to its lowest-ever spot. (CBS News) College students who were night owls had higher odds of depressive symptoms (opens new window) compared with early birds, a cross-sectional study showed. (PLOS One) Read more (opens new window)