Anxiety

Despite the holiday cheer, this time of year can trigger anxiety, depression and other mental health issues — and men and women experience them differently, according to Phyllis Watson, MS, PsyD.

According to a poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association, almost 70 million adults resolve to find ways to improve their mental health in the coming year.

About one in 333 women experienced a severe maternal morbidity event or illness during postpartum that could have resulted in death, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Psychiatric conditions such as exposure to trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety disorders and suicidal ideation are frequent among children with type 1 diabetes and may influence disease self-management, data show.

Mental health outcomes among health care workers have improved compared with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a longitudinal cohort study conducted in Italy.

Referrals from primary care providers to Pediatric Mental Health Care Access programs rose and involved more complex mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results.

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Climate Committee published a children’s book focused on helping caregivers navigate children’s anxiety about the changing climate.

Patients with major psychiatric disorders appeared to have higher rates of medical comorbidities linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for postpartum depression delivered by women who have experienced it improved symptoms of this disorder and anxiety, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Despite a significant decrease in anxiety related to COVID-19, patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease continue to experience frequent interruptions in their medication use, according to survey data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.