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Mortality and mental health funding—do the dollars add up? Eating disorder research funding in Australia from 2009 to 2021: a portfolio analysis

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume , 2023
Background: Eating Disorders (EDs) are among the deadliest of the mental disorders and carry a sizeable public health burden, however their research and treatment is consistently underfunded, contributing to protracted illness and ongoing paucity of treatment innovation. Methods: We compare absolute levels and growth rates of Australian mental health research funding by illness group for the years 2009–2021, with a specific focus on eating disorders analysed at the portfolio level.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population, Oceania

Research in China about the biological mechanisms that potentially link socioenvironmental changes and mental health: A scoping review

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume , 2023
China's rapid socioeconomic development since 1990 makes it a fitting location to summarise research about how biological changes associated with socioenvironmental changes affect population mental health and, thus, lay the groundwork for subsequent, more focused studies. An initial search identified 308 review articles in the international literature about biomarkers associated with 12 common mental health disorders.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population, Asia

Associations between sedentary behavior and negative emotions in adolescents during home confinement: Mediating role of social support and sleep quality

Elsevier,

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Volume 23, 1 January 2023

The results of this research suggest that social support and sleep quality are important factors mediating the relationship between sedentary behavior and negative emotions in adolescents during a COVID-19-related home confinement in Shenzhen.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education

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Health and wellbeing, Asia

Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder and common mental disorders in health-care workers in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a two-phase cross-sectional study

Elsevier,

The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 10, January 2023

Background: Previous studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of health-care workers have relied on self-reported screening measures to estimate the point prevalence of common mental disorders. Screening measures, which are designed to be sensitive, have low positive predictive value and often overestimate prevalence. We aimed to estimate prevalence of common mental disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among health-care workers in England using diagnostic interviews.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health Disorders, Europe

Health related quality of life of HIV-positive women on ART follow-up in north Shewa zone public hospitals, central Ethiopia: Evidence from a cross-sectional study

Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2023, e13318

This study reveals a high magnitude of poor Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among HIV-positive women. Therefore, as HRQoL domains are comprehensive indicators of living status, healthcare service providers should be dedicated to screening and supporting HIV-positive women with poor HRQoL.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Africa

Trends in hospital admissions during transition from paediatric to adult services for young people with learning disabilities or autism: Population-based cohort study

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 24, January 2023
This Article supports SDG 3 by assessing continuity of care in people with learning disabilities or autism transitioning from paediatric to adult care, finding that planned care decreased.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population, Europe

The migrant Hazara Shias of Pakistan and their social determinants for PTSD, mental disorders and life satisfaction

Elsevier,

Journal of Migration and Health,
Volume 7,
2023

This article ties to SDG 3. The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of life satisfaction and mental health disorders in Hazara Shias and ascertain which socio-demographic characteristics are associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Middle East

Does elevated CO2 cause human malnutrition? A new understanding from small and slow CO2 change across generations in rice grain quality

Elsevier,

Environmental and Experimental Botany, Volume 208, April 2023, 105236

This study contributes to Goal 2 - Zero Hunger beacuse it shows that gradual increases in CO2 will decrease the amount of calories supplied by starch in rice-based diets, therefore potentially having an impact causing hunger all over the world if further increases in CO2 in the frame of climate change are not prevented.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Advancing rare disease policy in Latin America: a call to action

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas,
Volume 18,
2023,
100434

In response to the UN-resolution from 2021, these authorsprovide recommendations for lawmakers and policymakers in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia on how to improve public policies and national legislation for persons living with rare diseases in these three countries, based on interviews with patient advocacy groups.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing; Human rights; Disaster risk reduction, South America

Increased hydropower but with an elevated risk of reservoir operations in India under the warming climate

Elsevier,

iScience, Volume 26, Issue 2, 17 February 2023, 105986

In this paper the authors investigate the effects of climate changed and hydroclimatic extremes on hydropower production in India
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action

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Energy; Disaster risk reduction, Asia

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