Mental Health
News
Major depression linked to insulin resistance
The findings suggest that [insulin resistance] “is a state, rather than a trait, biomarker of depression,” the study authors noted.
News
Rap music mention of mental health topics more than doubles
References to mental health issues such as suicide and depression in rap music may help reduce stigma for adolescents suffering from these issues...
News
COVID-19 fuels surge in overdose-related cardiac arrests
“We need to invest heavily in ... the structural drivers of overdose as core elements of the COVID-19 response,” said Joseph Friedman, MPH, a...
News
COVID-19: Hand sanitizer poisonings soar, psych patients at high risk
More needs to be done to protect those at risk of unintentional and intentional swallowing of alcohol-based hand sanitizer, said Georgia Richards...
Opinion
Treating insomnia, anxiety in a pandemic
We have unequivocally seen a worsening of complaints of sleep disruption including insomnia and midcycle awakening during the pandemic.
Commentary
What the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Advisory Board is missing
Not having a single behavioral health provider on the advisory board will prove to be a mistake, said Dr. Ranna Parekh and Dr. Kali Cyrus.
News
Immunodeficiency strongly linked to mental illness, suicidal behavior
Clinicians managing patients with primary humoral immunodeficiency “should ... perhaps screen for them,” said Dr. Josef Isung.
News
Antidepressant shows early promise for mild COVID-19
The findings on fluvoxamine “need to be interpreted as hypothesis generating rather than as a demonstration of efficacy,” the study authors wrote...
Conference Coverage
Siblings of patients with bipolar disorder at increased risk
“Strategies to prevent onset of psychiatric illness in individuals with a first-generation family history ... should be lifelong,” said Dr. Lars...
News
Nearly one in five develop mental illness following COVID-19