Depression News

SAN FRANCISCO — Participation in a therapeutic mother-baby program resulted in significant symptom reduction of perinatal psychiatric conditions, Nicole Tarui, MD, told Healio at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

Physicians should screen all adults for depression and adults aged younger than 65 years for anxiety disorders, according to final recommendation statements from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Among patients who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, a diagnosis or clinically relevant symptoms consistent with anxiety, depression or PTSD were common, especially in the first year, researchers reported.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients hospitalized for PTSD, there were associations between somatic symptom disorder and sex, race and psychiatric conditions, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

During its House of Delegates meeting, the AMA adopted a policy recognizing that children’s mental health and barriers to care in the United States represent a national emergency.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with multiple sclerosis, cognitive function was predicted by age, depressive symptoms and anxiety, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Treatment with ketamine may be an effective augmenter of risk mitigation for suicidality and effective modulator for suicide-related cognitive processing in adults, according to data presented here.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Neuronetics Inc. for its obsessive-compulsive disorder motor threshold cap technology for NeuroStar Advanced Therapy for Mental Health.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — For adults with major depressive disorder, treatment with zuranolone was linked to improvements in self-reported depressive symptoms, longer repeat treatment intervals and was generally well-tolerated.

Loneliness frequently plays an important mental health role for women who experience perinatal depression, according to a meta-synthesis published in BMC Psychiatry.