Psychiatry News

Anorexia nervosa during pregnancy was associated with several adverse neonatal outcomes, such as preterm and small for gestational age birth, compared with women without eating disorders, researchers reported.

Living in states with abortion trigger laws was associated with small but significantly greater increases in anxiety and depression symptoms after Dobbs compared with states without such laws, according to survey data published in JAMA.

Hospitalizations for eating disorders have increased steadily among adolescents in the United States, including a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported in Hospital Pediatrics.

Multidisciplinary strategies combining physical and psychological strategies were the most effective for patients with hypermobility spectrum disorders or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, according to a systematic review.

In utero exposure to amphetamine/dextroamphetamine or methylphenidate was not associated with increased risks for neurodevelopmental disorders in children, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Motivational interviewing, a weight loss intervention recommended by the AAP, showed no benefit reducing childhood obesity during a recent study, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Patients with autoimmune disease demonstrate a 30% higher risk for perinatal depression, while those with perinatal depression have a 30% higher risk for subsequent autoimmune disease, according to data published in Molecular Psychiatry.

Adults with obesity who report less social isolation and loneliness have a lower risk for all-cause mortality, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Chronic stress can be detrimental to health, but primary care providers can help patients manage its causes and effects, according to experts.

Physicians who were notified that a patient of theirs had died of an overdose and received a plan with guidance on what to do in the future were less likely to prescribe opioids, a study showed.