Mental Health

For Mental Health Awareness Month, David J. Hellerstein, MD, discusses psychedelic drugs as they pertain to treating mental health disorders.

With May serving as Mental Health Awareness Month, Healio has collected the top stories in nephrology that discuss mental health, burnout and the mental burden kidney disease can have on patients and providers.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW, discussed his advice for working with suicidal youth and their families.

WASHINGTON — Amid a national emergency in child mental health, two studies at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting explored ways that mental health is and can be treated at schools.

Young adults with kidney failure are likely to experience an increased risk for depression, anxiety and other mental health issues as they age, according to a letter to the editor published in Kidney Medicine.

BOSTON — Mental health symptoms in surrogate decision-makers were highest when patients survived in a dependent state after severe acute brain injury, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

On Nov. 29, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a directive clarifying that authorities can bring people experiencing homelessness and severe mental illness to a hospital for care, according to a city press release.

Each year, the NIH recognizes April as Stress Awareness Month.

The number of suspected suicidal cannabis exposures increased from 2009 to 2021, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

According to Benjamin Maxwell, MD, the new division chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, responding to pediatric mental health issues often starts in the pediatrician’s office.