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Mental health research

Everything we have read on mental health. Each paper is summarised from the full article rather than its abstract, so the limitations are in there too, and the funding wherever the paper declares it.

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• RNCohort2025Perceived Stress, Residential Indoor PM2.5 Concentration, and Motor Vehicle Traffic Exposure Among Adults with Asthma: A Secondary Analysis.The American journal of nursingIn adults with asthma, higher indoor PM2.5 levels correlated with higher perceived stress scores. Traffic exposure did not significantly increase stress or indoor PM2.5 levels. Nurses should assess home air quality and stress together, as traffic alone did not explain the link.
• RNOther2025Measuring Recovery Using the Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Center Study on Structural Validity in Dutch Mental Health Care.International journal of mental health nursingThe I.ROC total score can give a useful overall picture of recovery in Dutch mental health clients, but subscale scores are not consistently dependable. Use the 12 items and total score; be cautious with subscales.
• RNSurvey2025Resilience and its association with caregiving and psychosocial factors among lung cancer caregivers in Vietnam.European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing SocietyHalf of 213 lung cancer caregivers in Vietnam had low resilience. Higher preparedness, quality of life, and family support were associated with better resilience; depression, burden, and longer stays were associated with worse.
• RNOther2025Self-stigma profiles in schizophrenia: a Latent Class Analysis approach.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong 227 people with schizophrenia, poorer adjustment in social, school, and work roles before psychosis onset was linked to higher self-stigma profiles. Ethnicity, gender, untreated psychosis duration, and symptom severity were not significant predictors.
• RNOther2025Creating an Empirically Informed Mental Health Workbook for Racialised Newcomer Youth in Saskatchewan: Community-Based Participatory Action Research.International journal of mental health nursingPilot users reported the workbook increased mental health literacy, validated their stress experiences, and motivated self-care. This was a development report with no control group, so it shows the tool was well-received, not that it improves outcomes.
• RNRCT2025Lack of Association of Emotional Distress With Insulin Initiation in the GRADE Randomized Diabetes Comparative Effectiveness Trial.The science of diabetes self-management and careDepressive symptoms and diabetes distress showed no clear association with starting basal or rapid-acting insulin when A1C reached the trial's insulin intensification thresholds. In analyzed samples, 178 of 525 never started basal insulin, and 106 of 325 started rapid-acting insulin.
• RNSurvey2025Health and Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study on the Impact of Leadership and Person-Centred Care.Nursing openStaff-rated person-centred care was linked to better quality of life, fewer neuropsychiatric symptoms and better cognition in nursing home residents. Leadership was not. Some social interactions had mixed links, and links did not change over time.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Patient-Centered Digital Empowerment Programs in Hematological Cancer Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingFatigue did not improve when blood cancer patients used digital empowerment programs, but depression, distress, self-efficacy and quality of life showed small positive changes. Use them as support, not physical symptom treatment.
• RNRCT2025Effect of Snyder's hope theory-based nursing intervention on patients with breast cancer.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, a four-week nurse-led hope programme reduced fatigue, anxiety and depression scores, and raised hope and quality of life more than routine nursing.
• RNSurvey2025Psychological Distress Among Suicide Exposed and Subsequently Bereaved Carers.International journal of mental health nursingCarers who supported someone after a suicide attempt and then lost them to suicide reported more distress when their own suicidal thoughts were severe and when they felt the death had a large impact. Closeness alone did not track distress.
• RNQualitative2025Exploring Mental Health Consumer Perceptions and Experiences of Goal-Setting With the Physical Health Nurse Consultant.International journal of mental health nursingConsumers with psychosis described goal-setting with a physical health nurse as effective when it felt empowering, not prescriptive. They valued extracting their own goals, adapting them when symptoms or meds shifted, and having written plans for accountability.
• RNOther2025To Make Another Goal or to Dream a Different Dream-A Mixed Method Study of Experiences of People Using Mental Health Advance Care Planning.International journal of mental health nursingMental health advance statements were often not found or discussed, but when nurses or advocates engaged with them, consumers described value. Survey respondents reported 91% of items were followed; interviews showed varied experiences.
• RNSurvey2025A Survey of 1144 ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Does ECT Work?International journal of mental health nursing58.5% of ECT recipients and 60.1% of family/friends reported ECT was not at all helpful; 62.3% of recipients reported worse quality of life, while 41.0% reported better mood.
• RNQualitative2025Safety for Recovery During Admission to Acute Mental Health Hospitals: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study to Support Safety-Focused Recovery-Oriented Care in the Context of Risk Management Constraints.International journal of mental health nursingPeople with experience of acute mental health hospital admissions described feeling safer when nurses explored their beliefs, explained hospital rules, and noticed what mattered outside. These interactions helped them begin making sense of recovery under restrictive risk management.
• PTOTRNMeta-Analysis2025Efficacy and safety of exercise rehabilitation in the vulnerable phase in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of nursing sciencesExercise rehabilitation in the first three months after discharge for acute heart failure improves walking distance, physical performance, and quality of life. It reduces all-cause readmissions by six months. However, it does not significantly improve heart pumping function, reduce heart failure-specific readmissions, or lower mortality rates.
• RNQualitative2025An Exploration of Online Positive Feedback in Relation to Mental Health Nursing Practice.International journal of mental health nursingService users and carers praised mental health nurses for staying present in crisis, listening without judgement, building trust, and supporting recovery. The paper describes these experiences, not proof that any approach improves outcomes.
• RNRCT2025Using an aromatherapy intervention with Citrus bergamia (bergamot) essential oil in adults in treatment for substance use disorder: A randomized controlled trial.International journal of nursing sciencesBergamot aroma inhalers were feasible and acceptable for adults in substance use disorder treatment, but overall comfort and the combined depression, anxiety, and stress score did not differ from standard care. Some ease and separate depression, anxiety, and stress subscale scores differed.
• RNSurvey2025Cross-national prevalence of mental disorders in older adults exposed to COVID-19 information.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong older adults in Peru, Brazil and Mexico, 42.6% met the anxiety screening cutoff and 59.4% met the depression cutoff. Frequent social media exposure, plus television use, were associated with anxiety screening; television and radio exposure were associated with depression screening. This cannot show cause.
• RNOther2025ICNP® nursing diagnoses and outcomes for community mental health based on the Tidal Model.Revista brasileira de enfermagem426 ICNP nursing diagnosis and outcome statements were constructed for community mental health using the Tidal Model. Most were not already in ICNP 2019/2020, and content validation is still needed.
• RNSurvey2025Social alienation in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A latent profile analysis.International journal of nursing sciencesIBD patients fell into three social alienation groups: low, moderate, and high. The high group had more anxiety, depression, financial stress, and malnutrition risk. This survey did not test whether nursing interventions reduce alienation.
• RNOther2025Support for Recovery in Mental Health: A Delphi Study From the Family's Perspective.International journal of mental health nursingFamily caregivers of mental health service users identified presence, psychological support, communication and guidance as ways to support recovery. They also identified accessible services and caregiver training as key.
• RNQualitative2025Within the Walls: Experiences of Admission to Psychiatric Hospital in Ireland Prior to 2001.International journal of mental health nursingSix people who were psychiatric inpatients in Ireland before 2001 described the hospital as isolating and confusing. They felt stripped of their identity as mothers or individuals, struggled to understand their treatments, and carried lasting trauma from electroconvulsive therapy and medication.
• RNSystematic Review2025Consequences of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on child and adolescent mental, psychosocial, and physical health: A scoping review and interactive evidence map.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityAcross 826 pandemic articles, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship concerns, and isolation were the most commonly reported child and adolescent outcomes. Physical harms and tested treatments were rare, so this maps what has been studied, not proven interventions.
• RNOther2025Climate change effects in older people's health: A scoping review.Journal of advanced nursingHeat, cold, air pollution and extreme weather are linked to more hospitalizations, deaths, cognitive decline and mental health problems in older adults. Nurses should monitor dehydration, breathing, heart, kidney and mood changes during climate events.
• PTOTRNOther2026Multidimensional associations of physical performance, balance, wellness and daily activities with frailty in older adults with coexisting frailty and diabetes.Journal of clinical nursingIn older adults with diabetes and frailty, faster walking and sit-to-stand movement, better one-leg balance, more moderate-to-vigorous activity, less dependence, better nutrition and health perception were associated with being pre-frail rather than frail. Higher depression scores were associated with being frail.
• RNQualitative2025Adolescent and caregiver perceptions of addressing mental health in inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityAdolescents with IBD and caregivers said stigma, trust, and who was present shaped mental health talks. Direct, nonjudgmental questions were valued, but written screening alone was not enough. Ask each patient how they want these conversations.
• RNOther2025Implementation of Positive Advanced Recovery Connections in Primary and Secondary Mental Health Care-A Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner-Led Initiative.Journal of advanced nursingPeople referred to a nurse-led mental health clinic reported lower distress, symptoms and functioning problems after assessment, CBT, Decider Skills and signposting. Most were offered an appointment within one week; mild secondary-care cases made up 50% then 28% of caseload.
• RNOther2025Nursing assessment of mental health issues in the general clinical environment: A descriptive study.Journal of advanced nursingIn four general hospital wards, nurses screened 293 of 397 patients for mental health concerns; 20 were identified. Only 9 were referred, and past psychiatric or trauma histories were often missed.
• RNSurvey2026Factors Associated with Advance Care Planning Engagement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical nursingOlder adults with higher anxiety or decisional conflict engaged less in advance care planning. Depression showed no association. Decisional conflict mediated the link between anxiety and reduced engagement, suggesting clarity in care options is key.
• RNSystematic Review2026Virtual reality-based reminiscence therapy for older adults to improve psychological well-being and cognition: A systematic review.Journal of clinical nursingOlder adults generally enjoyed virtual reality reminiscence and had little cybersickness, but effects on anxiety, depression and cognition were mixed. It may help recall personal memories, not prove broader cognitive or mood benefits.
• RNSurvey2025Undergoing Orthopaedic Day Surgery: What Factors Are Associated With patients' Feeling of Safety and Their Recovery?Journal of clinical nursingPatients after orthopaedic day surgery who were more anxious before surgery felt less safe and reported poorer recovery. Those with previous surgery felt safer. Feeling safer was linked with better recovery.
• RNOther2025Returning to Work After Cancer Treatment: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study Guided by Transitions Theory.Cancer nursingCancer survivors returning to work reported anxiety, fear of recurrence, and relationship strain alongside lost productivity. They said gradual returns, workplace flexibility, and clear information about treatment effects helped; some had not been told about cognitive changes.
• RNRCT2024The Effect of Peer-Mentor Support for Older Vulnerable Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease-A 24-Week Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder, vulnerable heart patients who also got a trained peer mentor attended cardiac rehabilitation more often than those receiving usual care. The mentoring did not show clear improvement in anxiety, depression, quality of life, diet, physical activity, or self-efficacy.
• RNOther2024Psychological Symptom Cluster Severity Profiles Are Associated With Higher Levels of Stress and Worse Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer.Cancer nursingPostmenopausal women after breast cancer surgery grouped by anxiety, depression, fatigue, and sleep symptoms showed more posttraumatic stress and poorer quality of life as symptom severity rose. All groups reported clinically relevant sleep disturbance.
• RNQualitative2024"Share the Fear": Communication Concerns of Parents With Cancer With Dependents and Coparents: A Qualitative Needs Assessment Study.Cancer nursingParents with cancer and coparents both struggled with what to tell children, money, emotions, and end-of-life. Coparents often felt overwhelmed and hid distress. Most preferred virtual support. These are themes, not tested outcomes.
• RNSystematic Review2025Decision Regret About Treatment Amongst Women With Early Breast Cancer: An Integrative Review.Journal of advanced nursingWomen with early breast cancer can report treatment decision regret, especially after mastectomy. Regret was linked with poorer communication, lower health literacy, and anxiety.
• RNSystematic Review2025Conceptualisation and Measurement of Resilience of Adults With Cancer: An Umbrella Review.Journal of advanced nursingResilience in adults with cancer was defined differently across reviews, but four parts appeared: personal resources, social support, coping, and recovering mental health. Most resilience questionnaires measured only some of these.
• RNNarrative Review2025Language-specific approaches to reduce perioperative stress and anxiety related to anaesthesia for patients with limited English proficiency: A narrative review.Journal of perioperative practiceFor patients with limited English proficiency, perioperative anxiety appears linked to not understanding anaesthesia information. Native-language education, reliable interpreters and culturally adapted materials may help, but no method is proven to reduce anaesthesia stress.
• RNRCT2025A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Peer Recovery Coaches for Addiction Recovery Among Indigenous Americans.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationPeer recovery coaching did not show sustained reductions in alcohol or drug use among Indigenous adults. It was acceptable and early drinking days were lower, but differences did not persist. Do not expect it alone to prevent relapse.
• RNOther2025A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Nurse-Led Domestic and Family Violence Service.Journal of advanced nursing233 women in a nurse-led domestic violence service were contacted quickly and assessed for injuries, including strangulation. Staff said outreach and coordination helped them reach health care. This was a service evaluation, not a tested intervention.
• RNOther2025Differentiating Therapeutic Responses That Reduce Restrictive Practice Use and Situational Aggression in an Acute Mental Health Unit.Journal of clinical nursingIn an acute mental health unit, stand-alone verbal de-escalation was associated with lower seclusion, lower restraint and reduced situational aggression. Adding distraction, sensory modulation, environment change or individualised staff time did not show benefit.
• RNCohort2025Perceived Discrimination, Trauma, Mental Health, and Blood Pressure Outcomes Among Young African American/Black Mothers in the InterGEN Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingAmong young African American/Black mothers, more reported racial discrimination and race-related trauma was linked to increases in systolic blood pressure over 6 months. Depressive symptoms were not linked to systolic blood pressure change.
• RNQualitative2025A Practice Research Study of How Youth Understand and Manage Risks Associated With Their Food Allergy.Journal of advanced nursingYouth with food allergy described clinic risk advice as both reassuring and anxiety provoking. Nurses and doctors sometimes escalated warnings about adrenaline autoinjectors, which some experienced as frightening rather than helpful.
• RNCohort2026A 28-Day Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mental Health Among Psychiatric Outpatients With Suicidal Ideation.Journal of advanced nursingAverage 28-day suicidal ideation did not differ between high- and low-risk outpatients. Daily depression, anxiety and stress were associated with higher momentary suicidal ideation, especially depression, and high-risk showed flatter daily patterns.
• RNCohort2025Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease and Their Care Partners: An Analysis of Care Needs, Care Activities, and Care Partner Stress and Mental Health.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder adults with cardiovascular disease often need help with mobility, self-care, medications, and medical visits. Their unpaid care partners do many tasks and report stress, pain, and anxiety or depression symptoms. Ask who is helping, but this study did not test whether that changes outcomes.
• RNSurvey2025Association Between Red Cell Index and Depressive Symptoms in NHANES (2005-2018): A Cross-sectional Study.Cancer nursingAmong US cancer survivors, a blood index called RCI was not clearly linked to fewer depressive symptoms after accounting for demographics, blood tests, smoking and common illnesses. A lower likelihood appeared only below a threshold value.
• RNSystematic Review2026Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingAdolescents with substance use disorder described starting use through curiosity, family conflict, peers and easy access, then facing health, school, family and legal harms. They asked for motivated, nonjudgmental treatment with family support and coping skills.
• RNRCT2026Efficacy of Virtual Reality vs. Tablet Games for Pain and Anxiety in Children Undergoing Bone Pins Removal: Randomised Clinical Trial.Journal of advanced nursingFor children undergoing bone pin or suture removal, VR and tablet games produced similar pain and anxiety outcomes after the procedure. VR was not superior, though parents and healthcare professionals preferred it.
• RNSurvey2026Care Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Adults Living in Poverty and Their Relationship With Other Biopsychosocial Variables: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingHalf of older adults living in poverty had unmet needs for money and food budgets. Lower independence, higher loneliness, and poorer quality of life were linked to fewer met care needs. Assessing these social and functional factors is essential for this population.
• RNRCT2025Interactive AI Routines for Pain Symptoms and Loneliness in Older Adults.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesOlder adults living alone with chronic musculoskeletal pain did not report less pain severity after 12 weeks of voice-assistant routines combining meditation, games, music, and jokes. Pain interference, loneliness, and depression decreased in some groups, but no untreated control.