Publications by authors named "Mark P Tyler"
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- The study explores the connection between the thermosensory system and depression, showing that changes in body temperature regulation are linked to depressive symptoms.
- It involved 529 participants who reported their depressive symptoms, experiences related to body temperature, and behaviors related to seeking warmth.
- Findings indicate that individuals with more severe depression tend to sweat more, prefer cooler environments, and engage in warmth-seeking behaviors, suggesting that the thermoregulatory system plays a crucial role in understanding and potentially treating depression.
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- Depression is a major global health issue, with traditional antidepressants often having limited effectiveness and side effects, prompting interest in new treatments that focus on body signaling, like thermosensory responses.
- This study explored how local skin warming affects stress responses in individuals with varying levels of depressive symptoms, finding that warming significantly reduced sympathetic nervous system activity (indicated by increased fingertip temperature) in participants with high depressive symptoms.
- The results suggest that peripheral physiological changes—such as those triggered by warmth—could play a key role in understanding and treating depression.
Introduction: Prehospital providers are at increased risk for psychological distress. Support at work after critical incidents is believed to be important for providers, but current guidelines are in need of more scientific evidence. This study aimed to investigate: (1) to what extent prehospital providers experience support at work; (2) whether support at work is directly associated with lower distress and (3) whether availability of a formal peer support system is related to lower distress via perceived colleague support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPre-hospital providers, such as paramedics and emergency medical technicians, are in a position to provide key emotional support to injured children and their families. Our goal was to examine (a) pre-hospital providers' knowledge of traumatic stress in children, attitudes towards psychosocial aspects of care, and confidence in providing psychosocial care, (b) variations in knowledge, attitudes, and confidence according to demographic and professional characteristics, and (c) training preferences of pre-hospital providers regarding psychosocial care to support paediatric patients and their families. We conducted a cross-sectional, online survey among an international sample of 812 pre-hospital providers from high-income countries.
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