Mental Health

SAN FRANCISCO — Providing educational resources to people who serve as authority figures in the lives of children and young people may enable prevention and earlier treatment of mental illness, a presenter here said.

With the country in the midst of a national emergency in pediatric mental health, we spoke with Marian Earls, MD, chair of the AAP’s council on healthy mental and emotional development, about the crisis and the resources available to pediatricians caring for patients with mental health issues.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this video exclusive from the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Emily Rubin, LICSW, MSW, MA, discusses a unique support program for families with a child dealing with mental illness.

BALTIMORE — The pandemic, political discord, misinformation and what the U.S. Surgeon General has called an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” confront OB/GYN providers as intensely as the rest of the population, according to a speaker.

BALTIMORE — Today, the president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spoke to attendees of the 2023 annual meeting regarding the importance of mental health and overcoming women’s health challenges in the past year.

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Psychiatric Association is hosting its annual meeting in San Francisco with the theme “Innovate, collaborate, motivate: Charting the future of mental health.”

With May serving as Mental Health Awareness Month, Healio spoke with experts to discuss how nephrologists and dialysis staff can improve the mental health of patients with kidney disease.

Poor mental and social health among caregivers of preschoolers with wheeze was associated with more symptoms and wheezing among those children, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Most self-harm diagnoses occurred within 24 months of a dementia diagnosis, and vice versa, with a greater risk for self-harm within 6 to 12 months after dementia diagnosis, according to findings published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

The American Psychological Association has outlined new guidelines suggesting adolescents be trained on social media literacy before using those platforms, according to a press release from the organization.