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Analysis of data from over 150,000 adults across 29 countries from 2001-2022 showed a high prevalence of mental health disorders, with 50% of the population developing at least one mental health disorder by the age of 75 years old, according to a cross-national study led by researchers from the University of Queensland and Harvard Medical …
Looking beyond the picky eating of childhood, researchers looked at this behavior in college students. Self-identified picky eaters ate significantly less fiber and vegetables and reported greater levels of social phobia than non-picky eaters, according to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier. Social phobia is the fear …
Methods of assessing depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, and alcohol and drug abuse or dependence affecting middle-aged Americans and older adults may be inadequate. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Maryland, USA) researchers warn that mental disorders in mid-life and older adulthood may be far more prevalent than previously reported. Yoichiro Takayanagi, …