Mental Health Disorder
Leadership in health care vital during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
As more Americans have reported losing faith in societal institutions, namely the federal government, trust in physicians remains high due to several “dimensions of trust,” according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association Spring Highlights Meeting.
Transdiagnostic approach needed to combat limits of disorder-specific mental health research, treatment
Life histories of most mental disorders involved various successive disorders, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
Preeclampsia increases risk for mental disorders in children
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy predicted an increased risk for childhood mental disorders, according to a study published in Hypertension.
On-the-job psychosocial stressors increase risk for sickness absence due to mental disorders
Psychosocial stressors at work were linked to a higher risk for sickness absence among workers because of a mental disorder, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Children, adolescents with mental disorders may experience lower educational achievement
Almost all mental disorders among children or adolescents appeared associated with a lower likelihood of taking the final examination at the end of ninth grade, according to results of a population-based cohort study conducted in Denmark and published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Age-related effect size differences of psychotherapies show depression not a ‘monolithic entity’
Effect sizes of psychotherapies differed by patient age, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Mental health concerns affect two-thirds of young mothers in Canadian study
About 64% of young mothers reported at least one mental health problem and 37% had reported experiencing more than one, according to the results from a study conducted in Canada.
Antidepressant trials often exclude individuals with suicidality
Individuals with suicidality often are excluded from antidepressant trials, which creates uncertainty about medication efficacy and safety in segments of the target population, according to study findings published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
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MDD, noncombat trauma associated with suicide ideation among deployed soldiers
Major depressive disorder and noncombat trauma can serve as identifiers of suicide ideation risk among United States Army soldiers during combat deployment, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.