Mental Health
Commentary
Medical students and psychiatry
Psychosis can be caused by at least 40 different factors, according to Dr. Carl C. Bell.
Opinion
Failure to launch can happen to college students
Asking college students questions about their academic challenges, social lives, self-care, and sleep on campus will help you get them back on...
From the Journals
In California, opioids most often prescribed in low-income, mostly white areas
Opioid-related overdose deaths are highest in low-income white areas.
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Acceptance and commitment therapy reduced IBD stress, depression
The 8-week mindfulness course improved stress and depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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USPSTF recommends counseling for perinatal depression prevention
Evidence supports benefits of counseling interventions to prevent perinatal depression in women at increased risk.
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Treatment missing for U.S. children with mental illness
In North Carolina, 72.2% of children with a mental health disorder did not receive care in 2016.
Conference Coverage
Use three phases of psychiatric disorders in children to guide treatment
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The treatment of pediatric anxiety, like other psychiatric disorders, becomes more complex over time.
From the Journals
LGBTQ youth struggle in foster or unstable housing situations
Analyses assessed risks including problems with mental health issues, in school, and with substance use.
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High prevalence of sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder
Children with ASD are more likely to have anxiety, which may predispose them to sleep problems.
Opinion
ADHD: When and how do we choose to start medications?
Deciding when to prescribe ADHD medication is something of a balancing act.
Conference Coverage
Mood and behavior are different targets for irritability in children
Internalizing and externalizing irritability require distinct therapeutic approaches, said Dr. Gabrielle A. Carlson.