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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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• RNSystematic Review2025Effects of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression of Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingSpiritual meditation ranked as the most effective nonpharmacological intervention for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in pregnant women. Mindfulness-based stress reduction was the top choice specifically for stress. Most other therapies, including yoga and music, showed no significant benefit over standard prenatal care.
• RNOther2025Are EDs the Only Option? Hospital-Based Alternatives to the Emergency Department for Mental Health Crises: A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursingHospital-based alternatives to emergency departments for mental health crises include short observation units, psychiatric emergency services, peer-led safe havens, and specialised programmes. Evaluations report patient satisfaction and some reduced ED use, but the review cannot prove these services work better than standard care.
• RNSurvey2025Association between the COVID-19 infodemic and depression symptom screening in older adults.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemDepression symptom screening in 3,307 Brazilian older adults was linked to COVID-19 media exposure, but after accounting for background factors, those with frequent television or radio, or two to five hours social media, were less likely to screen positive than no exposure.
• RNRCT2025The Effect of Mother's Gentle Human Touch on Preterm Neonate's Pain and Maternal Anxiety During Venipuncture in Turkiye.Research in nursing & healthPreterm babies whose mothers used gentle touch on the head and abdomen during blood draws had lower pain scores, less crying, lower heart rate and higher oxygen levels. Their mothers also reported less anxiety. All babies had mothers present, a lullaby, and standard care.
• PTOTRNMeta-Analysis2025The Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.International journal of mental health nursingPrescribed aerobic, resistance, or mixed exercise reduced depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with diagnosed conditions compared to usual care. Effects were large for depression and moderate for anxiety. The specific type of exercise did not change the benefit for depression.
• RNQualitative2025Shame and Experiences of Psychosis: A Qualitative Inquiry.International journal of mental health nursingPeople with psychosis described shame as exposing hidden vulnerabilities, causing shame after behaviours, and being triggered by locked doors, restraint, medical language, and unequal staff relationships. They described talking about experiences in their own words and having choices as ways to manage shame.
• RNCohort2025Lower Adherence to Breastfeeding Recommendations in Mothers Treated With Antirheumatic and Antidepressant Medications.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant AssociationMothers using antirheumatic medications at delivery were less likely to breastfeed, more likely to supplement with formula, and more likely to stop before 6 months. Mothers continuing antidepressants also supplemented more.
• RNQualitative2025Improved Mental Health Support for Patients With Self-Harm Injuries in the Emergency Department: Design and Development of a Future Patient Care Pathway.International journal of mental health nursingPatients, families and staff developed two nurse-led emergency department pathways for self-harm: 24/7 mental-health outreach, and two nurses split between emergency and psychiatric services. Neither was tested.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Effectiveness of Nursing Care Intervention for Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing openNursing care packages for pulmonary TB were linked to higher medication compliance, better psychological and social function, lower anxiety and depression, and fewer adverse reactions. Knowledge gains were not confirmed.
• RNQualitative2025Optimising Weight Management Advice for Adults Prescribed Antidepressants: A Qualitative Interview Study of Experiences.International journal of mental health nursingAdults taking antidepressants said healthcare professionals should bring up weight gain during reviews, not leave it to a leaflet. Shame and fear of judgement made many avoid talking about weight, especially when mental health felt more urgent.
• RNSurvey2025The Relationship Between Staff and Patient Interactions and Patients' Perceptions of Good Quality of Care in Psychiatric Outpatient Services-A Structural Equation Model.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatients who felt staff showed interest in their feelings rated care as more empowering, especially when staff invited a relationship and gave clear information. These are associations, not proof of cause.
• RNQualitative2025I Just Want to Know if I Was Safe: Views of Consumers About Sexual Safety on Acute Mental Health In-Patient Units.International journal of mental health nursingTwelve consumers described feeling sexually unsafe on acute mental health wards, often because other consumers or staff actions made them uneasy. They wanted nurses to ask about safety at admission and check in daily, and most used avoidance instead.
• RNRCT2025Central Nervous System Polypharmacy Among People Living With Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationDeprescribing education did not reduce the proportion of people with dementia meeting criteria for risky central nervous system polypharmacy. The most common high-risk medication combinations involved antidepressants, opioids, and gabapentin or pregabalin.
• RNOther2025Nursing and Continuing Care Management Work Plan for People Living With COVID-19: Case Study of the Nakhon Pathom Province.JMIR nursingA community database and post-COVID care plan was rated highly by health professionals. It sets out monitoring, education and referral steps, but does not test patient outcomes.
• RNRCT2025A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Telehealth Group Intervention to Reduce Perinatal Depressive Symptoms: A Mixed Methods Analysis.Journal of midwifery & women's healthThe mindfulness telehealth group did not reduce perinatal depression symptoms more than childbirth/parenting classes; both groups improved similarly, and participants valued connection and shared experience.
• RNSurvey2025Exploring Determinants of Foot Self-Care Behaviors Across Adherence Levels in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcer History: A Quantile Regression Approach.Nursing & health sciencesIn adults with prior diabetic foot ulcers, foot care knowledge was linked to better self-care across all adherence levels. Stigma, severe depression and social support were linked mainly at higher adherence.
• RNCohort2025Frailty, Latent Health Profiles, and Antiretroviral Therapy: Predicting Success of Skilled Nursing Facility Care in an HIV Population.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAfter a skilled nursing stay, people with HIV who were frail or pre-frail had more days not at home over a year than robust people, especially those frail.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Efficacy of Nurse-Delivered Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Individuals With Mental Health Issues: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesNurse-delivered psychosocial and psychotherapeutic interventions showed improvements in depression, anxiety and quality of life in people with mental health issues. The trials varied widely in condition, intervention and duration, so this does not point to one best programme.
• RNSurvey2025Factors Associated With Dementia Worry Among Middle-Aged or Older Adults Living in a Japanese Community: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of mental health nursingAmong middle-aged or older community adults without dementia, greater worry about developing dementia was linked to greater knowledge of dementia, more bothersome symptoms, moderate or severe depression, and a parent diagnosed with dementia.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions on Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Parents of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs.Nursing & health sciencesAcross 21 randomized trials, psychosocial interventions for parents of children with cancer reduced anxiety, depression, stress, and improved quality of life. CBT and other approaches did not differ clearly, and long-term benefit is unclear.
• RNQualitative2025The Role of Stigma in Help-Seeking Strategies Among African Migrants in Australia: A Qualitative Study.International journal of mental health nursingAfrican migrants described stigma delaying mental health help-seeking: fear of being called mad, communal shame, and spiritual beliefs led some to suffer silently or seek church first. Clinicians should expect late presentation and ask about stigma and spiritual beliefs.
• RNCohort2025Efficiency of AIMS: A 4-Week Recovery Oriented Suicide Prevention Pathway.International journal of mental health nursingIn 552 people in suicidal crisis, a 4-week team pathway was entered mainly from emergency or acute care and discharged participants to community services; 6-month re-presentation was low, but no control group.
• RNSurvey2025Determination of the Relationship Between Care Burden, Health Anxiety and Depression Levels of Caregivers of Patients Who Have Undergone Oncological Surgery.Nursing & health sciencesAmong 162 family caregivers after cancer surgery, 52% had health anxiety, 38% severe burden, and 42% mild depression. Burden, anxiety, and depression tended to rise together. Only 13.6% had received caregiving training.
• RNSurvey2025Psychological Symptom Risks in Spouses of Cancer Patients and Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Counselling: A Descriptive and Correlational Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesSpouses of cancer patients reported high-risk depression, anxiety and somatization, yet none received psychological help despite 94.03% saying they needed it. Stigma about help within their community and lack of knowledge were the main barriers.
• RNSurvey2025Identifying the key influencing factors of psychological birth trauma in primiparous women with interpretable machine learning.International journal of nursing sciencesPain scores above 6 and anxiety scores above 2 were linked to more psychological birth trauma in first-time mothers. Resilience scores above 20 were linked to less trauma.
• RNSystematic Review2025The Factors That Affect Sexual Safety on Adult Mental Health Inpatient Units: A Scoping Review and Content Analysis.International journal of mental health nursingConsumers and staff in adult mental health units described unsafe spaces, disbelieved reports and limited trauma training as threats to sexual safety. Women-only areas helped some feel safer, but did not alone solve it.
• RNQualitative2025Experience of Families During Admission of Their Minors to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Phenomenological Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesFamilies of children with long intensive care admissions described fear, anxiety, helplessness and loneliness, but also trust and comfort when staff communicated clearly, included them in care and taught practical tasks.
• RNQualitative2025A framework for developing spouse-inclusive digital applications in preventing perinatal depression and anxiety.International journal of nursing sciencesWomen and spouses described adjusting to a new period of life, dealing with perinatal distress, and mobilizing needs and supports. Experts judged the proposed spouse-inclusive digital framework appropriate, but no app was tested.
• RNQualitative2025Impact of Music Therapy on Patients in the Critical Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.Nursing in critical careAdult ICU patients described live, personalised music therapy as a distraction from monitors and loneliness. They said they felt accompanied, relaxed and motivated, although some said the experience varied with their physical and emotional state.
• RNSurvey2025Understanding the Burden: Exploring Key Factors in Dementia Caregiving in Residential Care Homes.The journal of nursing research : JNRDementia caregivers reported mild-to-moderate burden. Attitudes and confidence predicted burden, but basic dementia knowledge did not. Agitation and medication count were key resident factors. Weekly hours predicted burden inconsistently, varying by care home type.
• RNSurvey2025On Patient Quality of Life: Impacts of Knee Osteoarthritis on Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue and Sleep Disorders.Nursing openKnee osteoarthritis patients grouped into low symptoms, high psychological distress, and high fatigue and sleep problems. The latter two groups had worse quality of life, so nurses should ask about mood, fatigue and sleep, not just knee pain.
• RNSystematic Review2025Caregiving Experiences of Caregivers of Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Nursing openCaregivers of teenagers with inflammatory bowel disease felt shocked, guilty and financially strained, but many found strength through family and healthcare team support.
• OTRNCohort2025Brief Admission by Self-Referral: A 4-Year Follow-Up on Utilisation Patterns and Experiences.International journal of mental health nursingBrief admission use dropped for most participants over four years, leaving only eight who used it consistently. These high users had worse self-care but rated the service highest. Some were refused emergency care because they held a brief admission contract.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Chatbot-Delivered Interventions for Improving Mental Health Among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingChatbot interventions for young people reduced psychological distress compared with controls, but did not significantly improve well-being. Effects varied by platform and chatbot type, and many studies had high risk of bias.
• RNOther2025Association Between Smartphone Attachment and Mental Health in Adolescents.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncAdolescents with stronger smartphone attachment reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms, even after accounting for sleep and overall health. Forty-five of 137 exceeded a moderate-to-severe attachment threshold and had higher anxiety and depression scores.
• RNQualitative2025Structural analysis of women's social representations of urinary incontinence.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PWomen's immediate words for urinary incontinence were urine, shame, pee, discomfort and pain; many knew pelvic floor exercises but did not practice them, and shame linked to fear and embarrassment.
• RNSystematic Review2025Experiences and Perspectives of Families of Psychiatric Hospitalisation of Their Adult Family Member: A Qualitative Systematic Review.International journal of mental health nursingFamilies of adults hospitalised for mental illness described feeling excluded, unheard and treated as outsiders by inpatient staff. They said experiences became more positive when staff shared information in everyday language, respected their knowledge, and involved them in care and discharge planning.
• RNOther2025Mental Health Screening in a Rural Trauma Center: Feasibility and Impact.Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma NursesPsychiatric consultations rose only from 1.0% to 1.4%, an increase the study could not distinguish from chance, while trauma RN screening reached 84.2% of eligible patients.
• PTOTSLPRNOther2025The Effect of a Health-Promoting Program on Quality of Life of Thai Homebound Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyHomebound older adults whose family caregivers completed a 12-week empowerment program reported significantly better quality of life than those receiving usual care. The caregivers learned practical skills like fall prevention and hygiene, directly improving the patients' physical, psychological, and social well-being.
• RNSurvey2025Validity evidence for the Brazilian version of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA Brazilian postpartum anxiety scale identified four types of worry in mothers and gave consistent scores when repeated after 14 days. It kept 43 of 51 items and scored in step with anxiety and depression scales. Use it to screen, not to show treatment works.
• RNOther2025An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study Among Adolescent Patients Who Attempted Suicide and Their Childhood Mobility.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncIn emergency department records, adolescents with a prior zip code change were more likely to be recorded as having attempted suicide than those with none. Ask about recent moves during risk assessment.
• RNOther2025The effect of auriculotherapy on individuals with anxiety in follow-up in Primary Health Care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn 60 primary care users with anxiety, ten needle sessions, taped cowpea seeds and daily seed pressing were followed by lower anxiety, stress and depression scores and better self-rated quality of life. This before-after study cannot prove the treatment caused the change.
• 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.