Mental Disorders

Possible biomarkers of an adolescent’s risk for developing mental health issues include alterations in proteins involved with immune responses, blood coagulation and other pathways, data show.

Individuals with mental disorders who attempted suicide were reported to have impaired or abnormal social decision-making, evidenced by neuro-electrophysiological activity, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

Migraine has a bidirectional relationship with mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, and one may increase the risk of the other, researchers reported in Cureus.

For adults in Denmark, diagnosis of mental disorders led to a significant impact on the number of working years when compared with the general population, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Among health care workers in England, prevalence estimates of PTSD and common mental disorders were markedly lower when assessed using diagnostic interviews compared with screening tools, per a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Multiple factors, including geography, gender, income and previous diagnosis, are linked to suicide risk for those recently hospitalized for mental disorders, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Individuals with comorbid mental disorders and general medical conditions had increased risk for premature mortality, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Healthy sleep behaviors may reduce the impact of genetic predisposition and lifestyle factors on the risk for mental disorders, according to results of a cohort study published in Psychiatry Research.

Prevalence of mental disorders among first- and second-generation immigrant and refugee children and youth was generally lower relative to similar populations of nonimmigrants, per a Canadian cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Diagnosis of mental disorders was associated with an increased risk for the onset of dementia later in life, according to results of a population-based administrative register study published in JAMA Psychiatry.