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A cognitive model of PTSD best predicted PTSD, complex PTSD, depression and anxiety among youth who experienced a single-event trauma, according to research published in Psychological Medicine.

Nearly 5% of older adults initiate benzodiazepine after discharge for acute ischemic stroke, half of which receive up to a 30-day supply, despite known risks for cognitive decline, researchers reported in Stroke.

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.

According to results of a six-nation global survey, individuals with migraine experienced a high level of symptom burden and severity, negatively affecting their quality of life including mood.

More women and providers in both psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology are becoming aware of the high prevalence of postpartum depression and treatments available, including recently approved zuranolone.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective, Reid Robison, MD, MBA, senior principal investigator at Numinus, a company that conducts clinical trials in psychedelics, discusses promising new treatment options for psychiatric conditions.

Among patients with atrial fibrillation, those with wearable cardiac monitors had greater use of the health care system for AF purposes compared with those without wearables, researchers reported.

BOSTON — In the first year after stopping anabolic steroid misuse, men had worse sexual function than those who continued using or never used the agents as well as more depression and anxiety, according to a presenter at ENDO 2024.

NEW YORK — Time, financial and energy constraints are the leading barriers to mental health care access for health care workers, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.