Psychiatry News

People with head and neck cancer experience depression twice as often as those with other types of cancer, according to results of a retrospective study.

Sleep disturbance at age 10 years was associated with a greater risk for suicidal ideation and behavior by age 12, underscoring the importance of sleep in the prevention of youth suicide, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

In patients with type 2 diabetes, semaglutide was associated with a significantly lower risk for an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis within 3 years compared with other diabetes medications, according to a study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD, discusses his presentation at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress, “Sleep Disorders and Cardiometabolic Health.”

Researchers estimated that 6%, or one in 16, U.S. adults had an ADHD diagnosis, more than half of whom were diagnosed in adulthood, according to findings published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Individuals receiving methadone for opioid use disorder had a lower risk for discontinuing treatment compared with the combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, study results published in JAMA showed.

A genetic analysis of postmortem brains from individuals in various stages of Alzheimer’s disease revealed two distinct phases of cell deterioration, according to research published in Nature Neuroscience.

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BOSTON — Having pulmonary arterial hypertension plus a mental health comorbidity did not result in differing treatments or outcomes from those without this comorbidity, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

A recently published CDC study painted a detailed picture of mental health and suicide risk among high schoolers in the United States.