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Daily Nicotine Vaping Doubled Among US Teenagers Since 2020, Study Finds

HealthDay (11/6, Thompson) reports a study found that “daily nicotine vaping nearly doubled between 2020 and 2024 among U.S. middle and high school students who use e-cigarettes.” According to the study, “the share of teen vapers who puff every day rose from 15% to nearly 29%.” Furthermore, “teens who vape daily also found it harder to quit their habit, researchers said. The percentage of daily vapers who unsuccessfully tried to quit rose from 28% to 53% during the same period.” The study was published in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Teen Nicotine Vaping Trends Show Powerful Evidence Of Addiction,”Dennis Thompson, HealthDay , November 6, 2025

Study Finds SAMHSA-Funded Stepped-Care Interventions Helped Youth, Young Adults At High Risk Of Psychosis

Psychiatric News (11/6) reports a study found that SAMHSA grants to “fund stepped-care intervention programs for youth and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P)” have “made a difference in young people’s lives: Individuals who participated in these comprehensive prevention and treatment programs experienced improvements across a range of behavioral, social, and medical outcomes.” Researchers observed, “Clients participating in these programs showed improved life functioning and social connectedness; decreased psychological distress; and low rates of hospitalization [and] emergency department visits.” They noted that “only 4% of participants overall experienced first-episode psychosis while enrolled in the program. By comparison, population-level studies have found that about 15% of youth at high risk of psychosis will experience a first episode within one year.” The study was published in Psychiatric Services.

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— “SAMHSA-Funded Stepped Care Interventions Benefit Youth at High Risk of Psychosis, Psychiatric News , November 6, 2025

Heavy Drinking Tied To Earlier And More Severe Brain Bleeds, Study Finds

The New York Times (11/5, Bajaj) reports, “Heavy drinking is tied to earlier and more severe brain bleeds,” according to a study published Wednesday in Neurology. Study researchers found “so-called heavy drinkers – people who had three or more drinks per day – developed a stroke on average 11 years earlier than those who had fewer than three drinks per day.” In addition, they “had larger brain bleeds that were more difficult to manage.”

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Pediatric Patients With Precocious Puberty More Likely To Develop Psychiatric Disorders, Study Finds

Endocrinology Advisor (11/5, Neale) reports a study found that “children with precocious puberty are much more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than those with standard puberty timing.” Researchers found that “in Cox proportional hazard regression models, precocious puberty vs control was associated with significantly higher risks” for: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; anxiety; autism spectrum disorder; depression; eating disorders; and schizophrenia. In addition, “addiction, bipolar disorder, and suicide were not significantly more likely to occur among patients with precocious puberty, although the point estimates trended in that direction. The results were similar for boys and girls, but with stronger relationships among boys.” The study was published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

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— “Precocious Puberty Tied to Higher Risk for Psychiatric Disorders,”Todd Neale, Endocrinology Advisor, November 5, 2025

Adolescent Girls With Greater Initial Post-Concussion Symptoms More Likely To Report Persisting Concussion Symptoms, Study Finds

Neurology Advisor (11/4, Rao) reports a study found that “adolescent girls who report greater emotional symptoms following concussion are more likely to experience persisting concussion symptoms.” The study included “included 732 adolescent girls. Most injuries (69.9%) were sport-related, and 37.5% required an emergency department visit. At 3 months, 44% of participants reported persisting symptoms.” Researchers observed that “clinical measures, including SCAT5 total and emotional cluster scores, GAD-7, PHQ-8, and PSQI, were significantly higher among those with persisting symptoms at both time points. The most common ongoing symptoms were difficulty concentrating (63.7%), difficulty remembering (56.6%), trouble falling asleep (52.3%), irritability (52.0%), and pressure in the head (45.2%).” In addition, “machine-learning and logistic-regression models both effectively predicted persisting symptoms.” The study was published in Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

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— “Predictors of Persisting Concussion Symptoms Identified Among Adolescent Girls,”Meghna Rao, Neurology Advisor, November 4, 2025

Foundation News

The Foundation Talks About Job Loss and Anxiety in These Trying Times

Losing your job can feel like losing a part of yourself. The financial and emotional strain can be very painful. The Foundation covers the current job loss in the federal workforce and economic instability in their latest Public Service Announcement.

Loss of EmploymentLoss of Employment, MP3, 1.3MB

You can listen to the ad using the player in the upper right of the website’s homepage. All past public service spots are also available for listening or to download on our Radio Advertisements page.

Latest Foundation Radio PSA Examine How Extreme Weather Changes Affect Mental Health

Hotter summers and more severe storms can seriously affect people with psychiatric disorders. Medicines prodded can make one more prone to heat stroke, and each degree rise in temperature has been shown to cause significant rises in hospitalizations for mental disorders. The Foundation covers this and more in their latest Public Service Announcement.

How Extreme Weather Changes Affect Mental HealthHow Extreme Weather Changes Affect Mental Health, MP3, 1.0MB

You can listen to the ad using the player in the upper right of the website’s homepage. All past public service spots are also available for listening or to download on our Radio Advertisements page.

Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller to Receive MFP Anti-Stigma Advocacy Award

The 2024 Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry (MFP) Anti-Stigma Advocacy Prize will be awarded to Maryland Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller for her Personal Interview on May 23, 2023 with WBAL News.
Lt. Gov. Miller was very helpful, conveying to the public in a very personal way the impact of her father’s mental illness – not only on him, but on their family. Her experience also demonstrated that one can live through this kind of experience and still become very successful adults. She also made an important point that mental illness isn’t a moral failing, but is a chronic health condition.

The Anti-Stigma Advocacy Award will be formally presented at the Maryland Psychiatric Society annual meeting on April 18.

The Foundation established this annual prize for a worthy media piece, preferably local or regional, that accomplishes one or more of the following:

  • Shares with the public their experience with mental illness in themselves, a family member, or simply in the community.
  • Helps others to overcome their inability to talk about mental illness or their own mental illness.
  • Imparts particularly insightful observations on the general subject of mental illness.

Click here for information about past winners.

PSA Examines Anxiety from Political and Social Media

The Foundation has re-released a Public Service Announcement to local Maryland radio stations that examines anxiety caused by political and social media. People experience a wide variety of feelings after a particularly divisive political campaign or a significant event getting 24 hour coverage across networks and online. Those feelings can include alienation from family and friends, anger at a system or event out of their control, and grief or helplessness at what may come. There are things that can be done to help, ranging from breaks from Facebook and TikTok and similar sites to seeking actual help from professionals.

Listen to the PSA on our home page or from our PSA collection, where you can listen to or download other advice given in past PSAs.

Call for Nominations for Anti-Stigma Advocacy Award

The Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry presents an annual award to recognize a worthy piece published in a major newspaper or on public media that accomplishes one or more of the following:

· Shares with the public their experience with mental illness in themselves, a family member, or in the community.
· Helps others to overcome their inability to talk about mental illness or their own mental illness.
· Imparts particularly insightful observations on the general subject of mental illness.

The article should be published or produced during the period from January 15, 2023 to January 9, 2024. A Maryland author and/or newspaper or major media outlet is preferred. Click here for past winners and published articles.

The award carries a $500 prize, which is given at the Maryland Psychiatric Society annual meeting in April. Please send nominations to mfp@mdpsych.org by January 10, 2024.