This research project examines the long-term effects of maternal-neonatal bonding during a mother\'s \"sensitive period.\" The review explores how early contact between a mother and her newborn can affect their psychosocial and emotional well-being in the future. Within an hour after birth, oxytocin levels increase for mothers, while catecholamine surges enhance neonates\' memory retention to encourage immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC), which promotes breastfeeding with benefits, such as quicker placenta expulsion, less bleeding, and lower stress. As per sources to date, there is no systematic review on this subject; however, numerous studies exist regarding short-term outcomes, exclusive breastfeeding, and childhood problems. The exploration involves rigorous searches of academic databases following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for transparency and reproducibility by using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO) framework. Of the 516 initially identified articles, only five were relevant based on refined selection criteria, making it clear from the analysis that sensitive-period bonding produces long-term impacts in infants. Few studies are available, particularly in recent years; thus, more research is required in this area.

UNASSIGNED: Older Veterans are at elevated risk for psychological distress and may encounter barriers to accessing mental health services. Compassion Meditation (CM) promotes positive emotions and outcomes among distressed individuals; thus, we conducted a preliminary feasibility study of CM among distressed older Veterans.
UNASSIGNED: Participants included 25 Veterans aged 55+ (M = 69.0, SD = 10.6) with anxiety and/or depressive symptoms, recruited from primary care, mostly male (76.0%), and White (60.0%). CM consisted of 10 groups, which were transitioned from in-person to telehealth due to COVID-19. Feasibility indices included rates of intervention initiation and completion, and attendance. Participants completed measures of symptom severity and well-being pre- and post-intervention.
UNASSIGNED: Of 25 enrolled participants, 88.0% (n = 22) attended at least one session, and 52% (n = 13) completed the intervention (attended six or more sessions). Among intervention completers, the average number of sessions attended was 9.46. Seven Veterans withdrew from intervention due to difficulties engaging via telehealth.
UNASSIGNED: These findings support the feasibility of CM training in older Veterans with psychological distress, though dropouts highlighted potential need for additional strategies to facilitate telehealth participation.
UNASSIGNED: Older Veterans appear amenable to meditation-based practices, provided they are easy to access.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between hearing loss and depression in older adults longitudinally. This paper uses a dimensional approach to conceptualising depression, with the aim of further enhancing understanding of this relationship.Method: 8344 community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and above enrolled in the Three-City prospective cohort study were included. Relationships between baseline self-reported hearing loss (HL) with the trajectory of different dimensions of depression symptoms over 12 years were examined using linear mixed models. Depression dimensions were determined using the four-factor structure of the Centre for Epidemiology Studies-Depression Scale (CESD): depressed affect, positive affect, somatic symptoms and interpersonal problems.Results: HL was associated with somatic symptoms of depression both at baseline (b = .07, p = .04) and over 12 years (b = .01, p = .04). HL was associated with poorer depressed affect and interpersonal problems at baseline (b = .05, p = .001, b = .35, p < .001; respectively), but not over follow-up. HL was associated with poorer positive affect symptoms over time (b = -.01, p = .01).Conclusion: HL had varied relationships with different dimensions of depression symptoms, and there were different patterns of adjustment for the dimensions. HL was primarily associated with somatic symptoms, suggesting that shared disease processes might partly underlie the relationship between HL and depression. Targeted assessment and treatment of somatic and positive affect symptoms in older adults with HL might facilitate better wellbeing in this population.