Mental Health

Exposure to virus media coverage and personal experience, not state restrictions, were the culprit of worsening mental health at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.

CHICAGO — Pain, sleep and mood disorders were the most commonly found comorbidities among those with narcolepsy, with chronic pain being more than twice as likely to occur compared with matched controls, a poster showed at ANA 2022.

According to a recent poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association, 75% of Americans said mental health support should be provided to incarcerated persons.

HHS, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced $109.4 million in funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act for states and territories to improve mental health services.

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued a framework that outlines the foundational role employers should play in promoting mental health and well-being in the workplace.

From Oct. 22 to 26, ASRM will host its Scientific Congress & Expo in a fully in-person format for the first time in 3 years.

Following its announcement of nearly $300 million in funding — $27 million specifically for youth — the Biden administration has announced an additional $15 million in funding for state-based mental health clinics.

The COVID-19 pandemic and H1N1 epidemic were associated with adverse mental health events in adolescents and youth from low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

Recent data from the American Heart Association show social isolation and loneliness are associated with a 29% increased risk for MI and/or CV death and a 32% increased risk for stroke and stroke death.

Adolescents with subclinical hypothyroidism do not have an increased risk for major depressive disorder compared with those with normal thyroid function, according to a study published in Thyroid.