Depression News

HHS announced that it has awarded nearly $245 million to support youth mental health programs and help the health care workforce address the growing challenges of mental health in adolescents.

Historically underrepresented populations are more at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death compared with white individuals, the CDC reported in November 2022.

On Sept. 15, the AMA released a statement saying that the burnout rate among United States physicians spiked during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

For psychiatric nurses in China, occupational stress was negatively associated with psychological resilience and state of mental health, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

The mental health of medical students in China was significantly worse during postgraduate entrance examinations compared with 6 months after, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

As the world continues to grapple with effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals around the globe are still dealing with symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection for months, even years, after their initial infection.

Among children and adolescents in Israel, use of psychiatric emergency departments declined sharply during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the year prior, according to a study in BMC Psychiatry.

For those with major depressive disorder, early intervention is crucial to address treatment-resistant depression, which may lead to higher disease burden on the patient and health care system, per a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Migraine has a bidirectional relationship with mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, and one may increase the risk of the other, researchers reported in Cureus.

Vistagen announced it has agreed to acquire Pherin Pharmaceuticals Inc., to bolster its efforts on discovery and development of therapeutics to treat a range of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions.