Publications by authors named "J A Spitzer"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore the connection between traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and mental health issues, particularly substance use disorders (SUD), in young adults who participated in sports.
- It involved 534 varsity and club sport athletes from a northeastern U.S. university and found significant associations between the number of head injuries and past psychiatric diagnoses, including SUD.
- The results indicate that higher occurrences of head injuries and concussions correlate with increased likelihood of experiencing mental health issues, raising questions about recovery in young athletes.
Background: Psychiatric diagnoses are common among adults with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 kg/m) and may be associated with hypertension.
Objectives: To determine the association between lifetime and current psychiatric diagnoses, separately, with hypertension, uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), and systolic BP (SBP) among adults with severe obesity undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS).
Setting: Academic medical center.
Importance: Data from surveys show increased mental health disorders in youths. However, little is known about clinical diagnosis over time.
Objective: To assess the incidence, prevalence, and changes from 2017 to 2021 for depression and anxiety diagnosed clinically among children, adolescents, and young adults and to identify potential disparities.
Article Synopsis
- - Microglia play a vital role in brain health by connecting to neurons through tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), allowing the quick exchange of essential materials.
- - In neurodegenerative diseases, microglia utilize these TNTs to help neurons eliminate toxic protein aggregates like alpha-synuclein and tau, thereby improving neuronal health and function.
- - Genetic mutations in microglia, such as Lrrk2(Gly2019Ser) and Trem2 variants, hinder their ability to transfer protective materials to neurons, highlighting their potential involvement in neurodegenerative disease progression.
Background: Climate anxiety is increasingly prevalent among adolescents worldwide. Are climate-anxious adolescents prone to engage in pro-environmental behavior? Or might the association between climate anxiety and pro-environmental be curvilinear, such that high levels of climate anxiety become 'paralyzing'? And do these associations depend on whether adolescents believe that, with effort, the worst impacts of climate change can still be prevented?
Methods: We addressed these questions in three studies (two preregistered; combined N = 2,211), conducted across two countries. We used cross-sectional and longitudinal methods, and various measures of climate anxiety and pro-environmental behavior.