Mood Disorders News

The American Diabetes Association’s updated 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes includes several new updates that will affect patient care, including new drug recommendations for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, updated bariatric surgery guidelines and a focus on psychosocial health.

The risk for type 2 diabetes is elevated in young adults with severe mental illness, especially among ethnic minority groups, compared with middle-aged and older adults with severe mental illness and adults without the condition, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Black and Latina mothers who believed in a higher power and engaged in spiritual practices, such as praying and attending church, reported decreased stress and risk for self-harm.

Women who were denied a wanted abortion had poorer mental health outcomes compared with those who received an abortion, according to recent findings.

Phase 3 findings indicated Abilify Maintena, extended-release injectable aripiprazole, significantly delayed time to mood episode recurrence and hospitalization among adults with bipolar I disorder.

Recent findings showed comparable medium-term efficacy and cost among cognitive behavioral therapy, short-term psychoanalytical therapy and a brief psychosocial intervention for depression in adolescents.

WASHINGTON — Severity of mental health symptoms predicted the severity of inflammatory arthritis disease, according to an abstract presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting.

Recent findings identified multiple developmental pathways to first-onset adolescent depression in individuals with familial risk, with irritability and fear or anxiety as significant clinical antecedents of adolescent depression.

Findings from an international WHO survey indicated that more than half of adults who met criteria for major depression did not receive adequate treatment for the disorder.

The AAP’s Council on Early Childhood released a policy statement encouraging pediatricians to advocate for increased access to care and additional evidence-based therapies, especially nonpharmacological therapies, for children with emotional or behavioral problems.