Mental Health

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Climate Committee published a children’s book focused on helping caregivers navigate children’s anxiety about the changing climate.

The American Psychiatric Association commended provisions made within the $2 trillion Build Back Better Act that are intended to broaden investments needed to boost treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.

Cannabis use during pregnancy may predispose children to stress susceptibility and anxiety, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Universal school-based screening helped identify depression among high school students in Pennsylvania, according to a randomized clinical trial, which found that participating students were twice as likely to begin treatment.

Azstarys significantly improved ADHD symptoms in children aged 6 to 12 years vs. placebo, according to results of a randomized, controlled laboratory classroom study published in Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.

Adolescent depression appeared linked to lower sexual functioning and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors with impaired orgasm, according to results of a prospective study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Simultaneous initiation of benzodiazepine and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment was somewhat common among young adults with anxiety disorders, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

The antidepressant fluvoxamine reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk patients with COVID-19, according to results of the randomized, placebo-controlled TOGETHER trial.

Approximately one-third of children aged 7 to 9 years and almost half of children aged 10 to 12 years use social media apps, parents reported in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.

Several factors, including age at onset during adolescence, can differentiate the future course of adolescent depression, according to results of a longitudinal, population-based study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.