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In this study involving a murine skin infection model, researchers found that the Trichophyton mentagrophytes strain TIMM 2789, specific to rodents, induced typical symptoms of superficial dermatophytosis, while revealing that the fungal gene SUB6 is not essential for virulence.

This study highlights that Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, primarily transmitted sexually among men who have sex with men, has established itself in Europe, necessitating awareness and surveillance to prevent its spread.

This study found that ozonated olive oil exhibited antifungal activity against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, comparable to the standard antifungal terbinafine, in an in vivo rat study, suggesting it may serve as an alternative treatment for dermatophytosis.

Nursing staff's mental health was affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This case report highlights that treating ulcerative colitis with azathioprine and mesalamine led to hair regrowth in a middle-aged man with recent onset alopecia universalis, suggesting skin manifestations can be an extraintestinal indication of the disease.

Tinea can cause scarring alopecia in children, and fungal culture is crucial for diagnosis.

This article discusses the classification of mental retardation based on IQ ranges and provides no new experimental findings.

This review found that patients with depression generally have higher hair cortisol concentrations compared to healthy controls, while those with PTSD tend to have lower concentrations.

This study found that people with alopecia areata have higher rates of depression and anxiety, leading to increased mental health treatment burden, more time off work, and higher unemployment compared to the general population.

This study suggests that using an appropriate tool for measuring quality of life is vital, particularly as factors like severity, female sex, and eyebrow involvement may increase the psychosocial burden of alopecia areata.

This study reports that transgender, non-binary, and/or gender expansive individuals often experience improved mental health and social relationships after accessing desired gender-affirming care, despite facing significant barriers.

This position statement from the Androgen Excess-Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society highlights the need to address the overlooked behavioral and psychosocial issues like depression, anxiety, and eating disorders in women with PCOS, emphasizing the lack of adequate evidence-based treatments for these challenges.

This study introduced an innovative metric for assessing college students' mental health, incorporating temporal perception and a hybrid clustering algorithm, and found it achieved over 90% accuracy, outperforming existing methods in evaluating mental health during public health challenges.

This study observed that 77% of nurses working in selected Indian tertiary care hospitals have negative attitudes towards mental illness, with no significant association found between these attitudes and nurses' background variables.

This narrative account, reported by C&EN, describes how Houston's use of a hormone-related hair loss treatment may have triggered unexpected panic attacks, contributing to ongoing mental health challenges, and highlights broader issues with mental health disorders that resist traditional treatments.

This review reports that alopecia, particularly alopecia areata, significantly impacts mental health and quality of life through stress and immune mechanisms, with treatments like Janus kinase inhibitors showing promise for improving both hair regrowth and psychological well-being.

This review found significant psychosocial impacts of alopecia, noting that those with alopecia, particularly alopecia areata, experience higher rates of depression and anxiety. The review also highlighted new treatments like Janus kinase inhibitors that improve both hair regrowth and quality of life.

This study found a bidirectional causal association between major depression disorder and alopecia areata, but no association between mental disorders and androgenetic alopecia, suggesting a focus on mental health strategies for alopecia areata management.

In this literature review, it was reported that mental health disorders may both contribute to and be exacerbated by various types of hair loss, and an interdisciplinary treatment model is recommended for effective diagnosis and patient care.

In this case study, a 24-year-old female with treatment-resistant trichotillomania achieved a 9-month remission of hair-pulling and hair regrowth through mindset reframing, physical barriers, and community support, suggesting these approaches may offer promising interventions for individuals with similar conditions.

This study reviews literature indicating that certain drugs used to treat dermatological conditions, such as retinoids and glucocorticoids, may rarely cause psychiatric symptoms like depression and anxiety, which are more commonly observed in patients with skin disorders compared to the general population.

This study found that 12 weeks of melatonin supplementation improved mental health and metabolic parameters in women with polycystic ovary syndrome compared to a placebo.

This study found that an 8-week practice of pranic meditation was associated with improved quality of life and mental health scores in breast cancer survivors, though further research is needed for confirmation.

This case report details a rare instance of scurvy linked to anorexia nervosa in a 48-year-old woman, characterized by atypical symptoms and successfully treated with vitamin C supplements.

This study observed that PCOS patients from migration or minority backgrounds often face lower quality of life, higher depression rates, and reduced self-esteem, suggesting that socioeconomic and sociocultural factors may play significant roles.

This study found that patients with alopecia areata had a higher prevalence of autoimmune, inflammatory, and mental health conditions compared to a matched cohort without alopecia areata.

This case report highlights the role of mental symptoms in tailoring homoeopathic treatment for a 24-year-old male with alopecia barbae, a localized non-scarring hair loss condition affecting the beard, emphasizing the psychological component in its management.

This systematic review found that probiotic supplementation improved sleep quality, reduced depressive symptoms, and enhanced aspects of quality of life in women with PCOS, though the findings are limited by a small number of studies and variable methods.