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College Students In States With Legalized Recreational Marijuana More Likely To Report Marijuana Use Than Students In States Where Such Use Is Not Legalized, Researchers Say

Psychiatric News (1/14) reports, “College students in states where recreational use of marijuana is legal appear to be using marijuana more frequently than peers in states where such use is not legal,” researchers concluded after analyzing survey responses from “undergraduates aged 18 to 26 to the National College Health Assessment survey between 2008 and 2018.” Included in that final sample were “234,669 students who attended 135 college in seven U.S. states where recreational use of marijuana was legalized, and 599,605 students who attended 454 colleges in 41 states where recreational use was not legal.” The study revealed that “students who attended college in states where recreational use of marijuana is legal were 23% more likely to report marijuana use than students in states where such use is not legal.” The findings were published online Dec. 13 in the journal Addiction.

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— “College Students in States With Legalized Marijuana Report Greater Use of Drug, Psychiatric News, January 14, 2020

Women With PCOS More Likely To Have A Sleeping Or Eating Disorder, Review Study Suggests

Healio (1/14, Schaffer) reports, “Women with polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS] are more likely to have an eating or sleeping disorder and report decreased sexual satisfaction than those without PCOS,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from 36 studies conducted through August 2018 assessing prevalence of any eating, sleep or sexual function disorders among women with PCOS (n = 349,529).” The findings of the systematic review and meta-analysis were published online in Clinical Endocrinology.

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— “PCOS increases likelihood of eating, sleeping disorders, “Regina Schaffer, Healio, January 14, 2020

Massachusetts Program Offers Obstetricians, Gynecologists Support In Screening For, Treating Depression In Pregnant Women, New Moms

NPR (1/15, Chatterjee) reports that “an estimated 1 in 7 pregnant women and new mothers become clinically depressed during pregnancy or postpartum” across the US, but their obstetricians “often lack the skills to address this common problem,” which results in few women getting “a diagnosis or treatment.” However, “a statewide program in Massachusetts offers support to obstetricians and gynecologists in screening for and treating depression in pregnant women and new moms.” Nancy Byatt, founding medical director of the program known as the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms), “says she developed the program after doctors told her they didn’t know how to help pregnant and new moms recover from depression, and that they needed a ‘lifeline’ to support them.”

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— “‘A Lifeline’ For Doctors Helps Them Treat Postpartum Depression , “Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, January 15, 2020

Children And Teens Who Self-Harm May Have Increased Risk For Future Suicide Compared With Those In The General Population, Research Suggests

Healio (1/13, Gramigna) reports, “Children and adolescents who self-harm have a significantly increased risk for future suicide compared with those in the general population,” investigators concluded in a 9,173-individual “prospective observational cohort study conducted in England.” The study also revealed that “this risk is especially prevalent among those who repeated self-harm, older adolescents and males.” The findings were published online Jan. 8 in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

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— “Suicide rate among youth who self-harm 30 times higher than general population, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, January 13, 2020

Psychiatrist Says He Counsels Young People To Consider Genetic Risk For Mental Illness Before They Use Marijuana

HealthDay (1/13, Thompson) reports, “As legalization of recreational marijuana spreads across the United States, more people are showing up in” emergency departments “with psychotic symptoms after consuming too much pot, said” Itai Danovitch, MD, “chairman of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.” Some people “with a family history of mental illness might wind up with a full-fledged psychotic disorder that will require extended treatment, Danovitch noted.” Dr. Danovitch “said he counsels young people to consider their genetic risk for mental illness before they use marijuana.”

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— “Can Pot Bring on Psychosis in Young Users? It May Be Happening, Experts Say, ” Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, January 13, 2020

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