Mood Disorder

NEW ORLEANS — Former NFL wide receiver and longtime mental health advocate Brandon Marshall emphasized the importance of maintaining mental health and shared his methods for staying mentally “fit.”

Published results showed patients with pre-existing mood disorders had worse postoperative pain and functional outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair compared with patients without mood disorders.

Hospitalization rates for psychiatric disorders vary by procedure type and psychiatric diagnosis for adults with obesity who undergo bariatric surgery, according to a study published in Obesity.

Among cardiac arrest survivors, women were more likely to report anxiety, depressive symptoms and PTSD than men, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology’s Acute Cardiovascular Care congress.

Childhood poverty was associated with increases in externalizing problems, but not internalizing, over time in early adolescence, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Manpreet Kaur Singh, MD, MS, spoke with Healio about her presentation on personalized treatment selection for mood disorders using biotypes at this year’s NEI Congress.

Psilocybin is one the most well-known psychedelics — and one of the most widely touted for its potential to confer benefit in the medical setting.

OxfordVR has announced a successful new virtual reality therapy for patients with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and mood disorders with psychotic symptoms.

Healio’s most-viewed psychiatry stories in February highlight a study on antidepressant combination therapies, updates in ADHD treatments and the pandemic’s impact on those with mood and anxiety disorders.