Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases dementia risk

Even light drinking is unlikely to be protective; risk rises in tandem with quantity consumed Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases the risk of dementia, suggests the largest combined observational and genetic study to date, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. Even light drinking—generally thought to be protective, based ...

2025-09-25T08:20:39+00:0025 September 2025|BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, Press release|

Childhood verbal abuse shows similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse

While often not immediately obvious, its effects may be no less damaging or protracted Prevalence of verbal abuse has risen substantially while that of physical abuse has halved Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in ...

2025-08-06T16:02:25+00:006 August 2025|BMJ Open, Press release|

‘Solastalgia’ might help explain effects of climate change on mental health

It’s caused by environmental change and is linked to depression, anxiety, and PTSD ‘Solastalgia’ might help explain the negative effects of climate change on mental health, suggests a review of the available research, published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health. Solastalgia is caused by changes to the home ...

2025-08-06T15:59:07+00:006 August 2025|BMJ Mental Health, Press release|

Annual UK cost of mental health disorder PTSD likely tops £40 billion

But figures based on 2020-21 data and don’t include all indirect costs Societal and financial impacts of increasingly common condition “gravely” undervalued  The annual UK cost of the mental health disorder PTSD is likely to top £40 billion, but the figures are based on 2020-1 prevalence rates—the most recently available—and ...

2025-07-23T15:22:07+00:0023 July 2025|BMJ Open, Press release|

Autoimmune disease linked to doubling in depression, anxiety, bipolar risks

Risks higher in women than in men with the same condition Chronic exposure to systemic inflammation may explain associations, say researchers Living with an autoimmune disease is linked to a near doubling in the risk of persistent mental health issues, such as depression, generalised anxiety, and bipolar disorder, with these ...

2025-06-25T09:33:47+00:0025 June 2025|BMJ Mental Health, Press release|

Low calorie diets linked to heightened risk of depressive symptoms

Men and the overweight may be especially vulnerable to effects of restrictive eating Following a low calorie diet is linked to a heightened risk of depressive symptoms, finds research published in the open access journal, BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. Men and those who are overweight may be especially vulnerable to ...

US general military service may lower, rather than heighten, depression risk

Despite relatively high prevalence of condition among active duty and veteran personnel Potentially protective effects challenge some previous assumptions, suggest researchers General service in the US military may lower, rather than heighten, the risk of depression, despite the relatively high prevalence of the condition among active duty and veteran personnel, ...

2025-05-30T09:41:20+00:0030 May 2025|BMJ Military Health, Press release|

GP-led talking therapy eases PTSD symptoms after critical illness

Effects modest but intervention may bridge long waiting times between ICU discharge and access to specialist mental health services, say researchers A brief spell of talking therapy with a general practitioner reduces symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for survivors of critical illness, finds a trial from Germany published by The ...

2025-05-08T08:00:17+00:008 May 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure—at least in the short term

But longer term effects unclear and bias likely in much of the existing research  Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure—at least in the short term—but the longer term effects are unclear, finds a pooled data analysis of the existing research published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine. And ...

2025-04-09T15:42:13+00:009 April 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|
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