Mental Health
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Emergency Department Visits for Suicide Attempts Rise Across the United States
The number of ED visits owing to suicide attempts and intentional self-harm increased from 1.43 million in 2011-2012 to 5.37 million in 2019-2020...
From the Journals
Sharp Rise in US Pediatric ADHD Diagnoses
The prevalence estimates can be used by clinicians, policymakers, and others “to plan for the needs of children with ADHD, such as by ensuring...
Child Psychiatry Consult
The Effects of Immigration on the Parent-Child Relationship
Immigrant parents can become dependent on their children to negotiate social structures instead of vice versa,...
Letters from Maine
The Smartphone Problem
Cell phone overuse, particularly in school, is something most of us see as a problem deserving an immediate solution. That solution, however, is...
Feature
Chronotherapy: Why Timing Drugs to Our Body Clocks May Work
More research showed circadian medicine — timing drug-taking to one’s body clock — could reduce side effects and improve the effectiveness of a...
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Early-Life Exposure to Pollution Linked to Psychosis, Anxiety, Depression
Both air and sound pollution were detrimental to mental health of adolescents and young adults.
Letters from Maine
The Value of Early Education
For many children in this country, being at home is considerably less healthy than being in school.
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Teen Cannabis Use Tied to Dramatic Increased Risk for Psychosis
Although there was a strong association between cannabis use and psychosis in teens, no such association was found in young adulthood.
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Gene Tests Could Predict if a Drug Will Work for a Patient
Pharmacogenetics could help physicians determine which patients would and would not benefit from medications.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA Approves Nonstimulant Liquid Onyda XR for ADHD
The once-daily extended-release oral suspension, with nighttime dosing, can be used alone or as an adjunctive therapy to FDA-approved stimulant...
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Is Mental Illness ‘Transmissible’?
Teens whose classmates have mental illnesses are 3% more likely to later receive a psychiatric diagnosis, study finds.