Psychiatry News

Significant dose-response associations were found for transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation across several mental disorders, including schizophrenia and depression, according to research.

Adolescents who experienced housing insecurity beginning in infancy reported worse overall health outcomes, including anxiety and depressive symptoms, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

Detecting bipolar disorder and initiating treatment early can improve outcomes for individuals, but discerning bipolar disorder from other illnesses in adolescents and young adults is not easy, according to an expert.

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it has donated $1 billion to make Johns Hopkins University’s medical school free for most of its students seeking an MD.

In the United States, 41,116 people died by suicide in 2021, making suicides the leading type of violent death that year, MMWR data showed.

CHICAGO — Vitamin D levels may be associated with mental health — particularly, depressive symptoms, according to research presented at the annual NUTRITION meeting.

There is insignificant evidence to support recommendations that children with autism will benefit from intensive interventions, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

NEW YORK — The prevalence of substance use disorders is high among patients with schizophrenia, Randall F. White, MD, said in this Healio Video Perspective from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

Twenty percent of pregnant women reported using CBD-only products during pregnancy despite limited available data on potential adverse outcomes of CBD, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Like many sports, such as soccer and basketball, financial independence requires simultaneous offense and defense. One of the most important defensive plays a physician must make is buying disability insurance.