Mental Health

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, has issued an advisory urging for more actions to ensure safer social media use in youth to limit potential mental health risks.

SAN FRANCISCO — Providing educational resources to people who serve as authority figures in the lives of children and young people may enable prevention and earlier treatment of mental illness, a presenter here said.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this video exclusive from the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Emily Rubin, LICSW, MSW, MA, discusses a unique support program for families with a child dealing with mental illness.

The American Psychological Association has outlined new guidelines suggesting adolescents be trained on social media literacy before using those platforms, according to a press release from the organization.

May marks Mental Health Awareness Month.

The prevalence of substance use among high school students was lower in 2021 compared with that in 2009 and 2019, although lifetime inhalant use was up from 2019, findings in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement showed.

Adolescent ED visits related to mental health decreased between 2021 and 2022 but remained elevated, especially among teen girls, according to findings published in MMWR.

Adolescents who casually used cannabis had two to four times greater odds of negative psychosocial events, including depression and suicidal thoughts, than those who did not use cannabis, according to a recent study.

Rates of suicidal behavior and ideation increased among high school girls, according to findings published in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW, discussed his advice for working with suicidal youth and their families.