HCPlive (9/5, Walter) reports, “An older individual’s 24-hour activity pattern could help forecast their depressive symptom subgroup,” investigators concluded in a study that “identified four distinct subgroups – earlier rising/robust…shorter active period/less modelable…shorter active period/very weak…and later settling/very weak.” The findings were published online Aug. 31 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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— “Activity Patterns Related to Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, September 5, 2022

Healio (9/2, Monostra) reported, “Adults with type 2 diabetes [T2D] or a sleep disorder have an increased risk for depression compared with those with neither condition,” investigators concluded after conducting “a population-based cohort study of 115,807 adults with type 2 diabetes aged 40 years and older registered in the Danish National Diabetes Register from 2000 to 2012.” The findings were published online in the September issue of the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.

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— “Type 2 diabetes, sleep disorders linked to increased risk for depression “Michael Monostra, Healio, September 2, 2022

HealthDay (9/2, Mozes) reported, “Up to 9% of American teens say they’ve engaged in what’s known as ‘digital self-harm,’” that is, “anonymously posting negative comments about themselves on social media,” researchers concluded after examining “survey responses offered up by nearly 5,000 middle and high schoolers in 2019.” The study also revealed that “teens who engaged in digital self-harm were up to seven times more likely to have considered suicide and as much as 15 times more likely to have made an attempt.” The findingswere published online in the journal Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

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— “‘Digital Self-Harm’: When Teens Cyberbully Themselves “Alan Mozes, , September 2, 2022