Mental Health

LAS VEGAS — Presented results showed patients who underwent Girdlestone resection arthroplasty had poor physical outcome scores, with only a moderate effect on mental health and social interaction.

WASHINGTON — Food insecurity and housing instability were associated with self-reported negative mental and physical health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a poster presented here.

Improving the parental mental health and preschool attendance of disadvantaged children reduced socioeconomic differences in their mental health compared with nondisadvantaged peers, an Australian study found.

People who increased their alcohol consumption or began binge drinking during the beginning of the pandemic had greater odds of developing mental health disorders, according to findings published in Alcohol and Alcoholism.

Approximately 40% of patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease report adverse physical and mental impacts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.

Nearly half of people living with mood disorders such as anxiety and depression after stroke did not receive mental health treatment, and those being treated tend to only receive medication, researchers reported.

Exercise significantly decreased suicide attempts, according to researchers, highlighting the importance of prescribing exercise to patients with mental illnesses.

Analyses of blood metabolite profiles showed that people with a history of mental illness had a biological age older than their actual age, according to a presentation at the European Congress of Psychiatry.

The United Health Foundation has awarded a 3-year, $2 million grant to Rainbow Health to address mental health disparities in underrepresented youth and young adults in Minnesota, according to a press release.

HHS has announced two funding opportunities totaling $123.6 million for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic expansion through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.