Depression News

When treating a patient with multiple diagnoses, it can be difficult to know which to address first.

Results showed that compared with no sport participation, adolescents who participate in team sports experience fewer mental health difficulties, while those who compete in individual sports experience more mental health difficulties.

Patients on dialysis and patients receiving care for transplantation reported a need for increased mental health resources, patient-focused education and support following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to published data.

Transgender individuals who said they received supportive primary care were more likely to report better mental health, according to survey results published in Family Practice.

A report released during Mental Health Awareness Month in May highlights the growing link between mental and oral health.

NEW ORLEANS – Healio/Psychiatry peer perspective board member Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, discussed the mental health of female veterans, or “invisible veterans,” at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Although commonly referred to as an “invisible illness,” lupus — and some of its treatments — can manifest in ways that are not only visible, but also heavily impact the daily lives of patients.

NEW ORLEANS –A special issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry will highlight the pervasive negative effects of structural racism on mental health, the American Psychiatric Association announced at its annual meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Higher levels of depression, anxiety and PTSD were reported by Lebanese expatriates following explosions in Beirut in 2020, according to a speaker at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory addressing the alarming rate of burnout among health care workers.