Psychiatry News

Gun death rates persisted at high levels in 2022, particularly among Black youth, and gun-related suicides increased 1.6% from 2021, reaching an all-time high, according to provisional CDC data.

Physical activity was associated with improvements in mental health conditions compared with usual care, and primary care physicians should discuss the benefits of it with their patients, according to researchers.

Patients with behavioral health challenges who used telehealth had higher odds of missing scheduled appointments compared with those receiving in-person care, according to the results of research published in JAMA Network Open.

BOSTON — Replacing mayonnaise and margarine with olive oil may reduce the risk for mortality from dementia among adults in the United States, according to study results presented at NUTRITION 2023.

Fifty million people worldwide and 6.7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately, I know firsthand the suffering this disease can cause.

Primary care physicians should recommend at least 20 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous activity 5 days per week to manage the odds of depression in older adults, according to an expert.

Youth suicides unexpectedly declined in the United States during school closures for COVID-19, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open¸ which found a potential association between suicidality and the school calendar.

In 2021, unintentional opioid toxicity was attributed to one in 22 deaths among all adults and one in 10 deaths among those aged 15 to 19 years, a recent study found.

Learning disorders are common among children in the United States, affecting approximately nine out of every 100, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Young adults who used prescription stimulants as children were not more likely than their peers to use illicit drugs later on, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.