The Washington Post (2/28, Searing) reports, “Experiencing three or more concussions, even mild ones, can lead to cognitive problems decades later, according to research published in the Journal of Neurotrauma.” However, “just one moderate to severe concussion – or traumatic brain injury (TBI), in medical terms – was found to have a long-term impact on brain function, including but not limited to memory issues.” The study “found that cognitive problems were dose-dependent, meaning the effects on long-term cognitive performance increased as the number of TBIs grew – with thought-processing speed and working memory suffering.”

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Healio (2/28, Schaffer) reports, “Teens and young adults who report vaping nicotine, marijuana or both are significantly more likely to experience anxiety and depression compared with never vapers, survey data show.” In the “survey of more than 2,500 teens and young adults, researchers also found that dual use of nicotine and marijuana vaping products may compound the addictive nature of vaping or attract those more prone to addiction, as well as have an impact on depression.” These results were presented at the Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2023.

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— “Anxiety, depression more common among teens, young adults who vape nicotine, marijuana “Regina Schaffer, Healio, February 28, 2023

CNN (2/28, Chavez) says that “a quarter of Black transgender and nonbinary youth reported a suicide attempt in the previous year, according to” research from the Trevor Project, “more than double the rate of suicide attempts among Black cisgender LGBQ youth.” The study, “which surveyed nearly 34,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 24 across the United States in fall 2021, also found that Black and nonbinary young people reported higher rates of anxiety and depression than their Black cisgender LGBQ peers.” Furthermore, the study “found that Black transgender and nonbinary young people experience discrimination, violence and homelessness at alarmingly high rates.”

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HealthDay (2/27, Murez) reports that while burnout is “not listed in the diagnostic manual used by psychiatrists, it is a workplace-associated condition, according to the World Health Organization, said” American Psychiatric Association Council on Communications member Jessi Gold, MD. Gold explained, “There are lots of reasons why it happens. It depends on the person and how work is impacting them.” The article adds, “How you recover from burnout might look different, depending on who you are and the techniques you find helpful.” Gold discusses several techniques to help recover from burnout.

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— “How to Recover From Burnout “Cara Murez, HealthDay, February 27, 2023

MedPage Today (2/27, George) reports, “Sparks of visual artistic creativity occurred early in frontotemporal dementia and were disproportionately observed in patients with temporal lobe-predominant degeneration, a case-control study showed.” The “burst of visual art expression was associated with damage to brain regions that normally suppress dorsomedial occipital cortex function, reported” researchers. The findings of the 17-patient study were published online in JAMA Neurology.

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