Depression News

High school-aged teens experiencing depression or suicidal ideation have increased perceived access to firearms compared with their peers, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, has issued an advisory urging for more actions to ensure safer social media use in youth to limit potential mental health risks.

SAN FRANCISCO — For patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder, deep transcranial magnetic stimulation significantly improved symptoms and quality of life compared with sham, according to a poster presented here.

Zachary A. Cordner, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, spoke with Healio about the relationship between sleep and depression and anxiety.

Unemployment, depression, female sex and older age appeared associated with increased pain frequency among patients with sickle cell disease, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

CHICAGO — Patients with tardive dyskinesia reported greater impact on quality of life than health care providers, according to a poster at the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders World Congress.

Among people with depression, the most common reasons for hospitalization were physical conditions rather than psychiatric ones, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

People with major depressive disorder experienced a significantly greater improvement in symptoms on zuranolone compared with placebo after 2 weeks of treatment, according to findings published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

The first patient with treatment-resistant depression has received a dose of a novel intranasal psychedelic in a phase 2a trial, according to a press release from its manufacturer.

Young adults with any mental disorder are at 58% greater risk for MI and 42% greater risk for stroke compared with those without a mental illness, data from a population-based study show.