Psychiatry News

Suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth increased significantly following the passage of state-level anti-transgender laws, study results in Nature Human Behavior suggested.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Johan Luthman, PhD, discusses new data from post hoc analyses evaluating the efficacy of Rexulti for Alzheimer’s-related agitation.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder who received semaglutide had significantly lower risk for opioid overdose compared with those taking other diabetes medications, a research letter in JAMA Network Open showed.

Around one-third of former professional football players perceived themselves as having chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to results from a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Neurology.

Although screen use before bedtime did not affect sleep onset or duration in children, using screens in bed not only impacted sleep quality but was also associated with cyberbullying and psychological distress, research showed.

Among patients with schizophrenia, TV-46000 had a favorable safety profile that was consistent with other formulations of risperidone and previous studies of TV-46000, according to a study published in CNS Drugs.

Youth with chronic pain experience anxiety and depression symptoms more often and more intensely than their peers without chronic pain, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduced the risk for multiple neurodegenerative diseases in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to study results published in Neurology.

Physicians can use social media to combat medical misinformation that spreads through it, according to a speaker at the Osteopathic Medical Education Conference.

Research into the relationship between rising temperatures and rates of violence in different settings has existed for decades, according to Jack Rozel, MD, MSL.