Psychiatry News

In a cohort of healthy adults in Italy, being able to recall dreams upon waking was influenced by a number of factors, including sleep patterns, age, time of year and attitude toward dreaming, according to research.

A death from suicide occurs every 43 seconds worldwide annually, according to an analysis published in The Lancet Public Health.

Individuals who required hospital-based care for cannabis use disorder faced nearly three times the risk for premature death, results from a cohort analysis published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Opinions varied among practitioners regarding psychological support when treating with psychedelics, although an emotive approach was slightly preferred, according to results of a survey published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Less than 7% of individuals with mental health or substance use disorders receive effective treatment worldwide, according to a cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The effect of levetiracetam, an antiseizure therapy, on high-frequency oscillation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease as well as epilepsy may prove its viability as a biomarker of disease pathology, according to data.

Antidepressants were more effective than placebo in reducing anxiety symptoms among adults with moderate to severe generalized anxiety disorder, according to a review published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

The rates of fatal drug overdoses stayed higher than expected in most states from 2020 to 2023 compared with trajectories before 2020, a cross-sectional analysis in JAMA Network Open showed.

Self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy was non-inferior in reducing atopic dermatitis symptom severity as clinician-guided cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a study.