Neurology Advisor (7/22, Via) reports, “Prolonged depressive symptoms during young adulthood may lead to worse cognitive function later in life, especially among Black adults, according to study findings.” The findings were published in Neurology.
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— “More Depressive Symptoms in Young Adulthood May Lead to Poorer Midlife Cognition,”Colette Via, Neurology Advisor, July 22, 2024
HCPlive (7/19, Derman) reported, “A new study observed the high prevalence of medical debt among adults with depression and anxiety, a factor that may prevent people from receiving mental health care.” Compared to people “without the respective mental disorders, medical debt was more prevalent among adults with lifetime depression…lif etime anxiety…curren t depression…and current anxiety.” Additionally, “medical debt was linked to delayed health care among adults with lifetime depression…lif etime anxiety…curren t depression…and current anxiety…compar ed to participants without mental disorders.” The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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— “Medical Debt Causes Many People to Delay or Forgo Mental Health Care,”Chelsie Derman, HCPlive, July 19, 2024
USA Today (7/20, Chernikoff) reported new research “found that some gun laws can prevent firearm suicides among children and teens.” The study found “states with safe storage laws and mandatory waiting periods had lower rates of suicide deaths among children 18 and younger.” Those “same laws did not decrease the risk of kids being murdered by a firearm, the research found.” The findings were published in the Journal of Surgical Research.
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— “Gun laws lower firearm-related suicides among youth, study shows,”Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, July 20, 2024
CNN (7/18, Holcombe ) reports humor “may be an important skill in parenting, according to new research.” In a study, “researchers surveyed about 300 people about their experiences being raised with or without humor and their views on their childhood.” Researchers found “people who were raised by adults who used humor were found to have a better view of their parents or caregivers, more likely to say they have a good relationship with them, more likely to say they did a good job, and reply that they would use the same parenting techniques.” The findings were published in PLOS One.
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— “Even if your kids roll their eyes, keep making jokes, research says,”Madeline Holcombe , CNN, July 18, 2024
NBC News (7/18, Syal) reports, “Mushroom edibles are soaring in popularity across the U.S., claiming to offer a variety of mind-altering experiences, from the mild – a boost in focus from a ‘microdose’ – to psychedelic trips.” However, “the effects don’t necessarily stem from psilocybin, the Schedule I chemical found in so-called magic mushrooms.” Often, it is “a mushroom called Amanita muscaria – at least according to the product label.” According to NBC, “in reality, what’s going into many of these products remains an open question.”
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— “Mushroom edibles are rising in popularity. It’s hard to say what’s in them.,”Akshay Syal, M.D., NBC News, July 18, 2024
The New York Times (7/17, Barry ) reports “researchers who conducted a large study of adults in Denmark” found that “adults who moved frequently in childhood have significantly more risk of suffering from depression than their counterparts who stayed put in a community.” The research found “adults who moved more than once between the ages of 10 and 15…were 61 percent more likely to suffer from depression in adulthood compared with counterparts who had not moved, even after controlling for a range of other individual-levelfactors.” The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Psychiatric News (7/17) reports the study “found that individuals who lived in neighborhoods during childhood that were more income deprived were more likely to develop depression in adulthood, but the experience of moving during childhood – regardless of income – was associated with significantly higher rates of depression compared with those who did not move.”
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MedPage Today (7/17, DePeau-Wilson ) reports, “A lack of institutional support topped the list of reasons why clinicians may be reluctant to intervene in addiction, according to a systematic review of 283 studies.” About “81.2% of articles stated the institutional environment was the most common reason for not intervening in addiction,” researchers found. Among “other common reasons for not intervening” were “a lack of knowledge (71.9%), a lack of skill (73.9%), and a lack of cognitive capacity (73.5%), they reported.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
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Healio (7/17, Jenkins) reports, “Individuals discharged from psychiatric inpatient care appeared vulnerable to premature death and suicidal behavior, according to a study.” Researchers found that “in fully adjusted sex-stratified hazard models, cognitive disorders…and alcohol-related disorders…increased risk for premature death following psychiatric discharge.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Risk for premature death, suicide significantly higher following psychiatric discharge,”Cassandra Jenkins, Healio, July 17, 2024
ABC News (7/16, Kekatos ) reports, “Dangerously high temperatures have been sweeping across the southern, central and eastern U.S., leaving more than one-third of the country under heat alerts as of Tuesday afternoon.” Experts “tell ABC News that heat can…have a serious impact on mental health.” Research has “shown that extreme heat can exacerbate conditions such as depression, anxiety and suicide ideation.” Some “groups are especially vulnerable to the impacts of extreme heat including elderly adults, children and those with preexisting conditions, according to the American Psychiatric Association.” But, “anyone can be vulnerable to extreme heat.”
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— “How extreme heat can impact your mental health as high temperatures sweep US,”Mary Kekatos, ABC News, July 16, 2024
The New York Times (7/16, Weiland ) reports, “More than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been answered by counselors working for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s three-digit hotline in the two years since it debuted, federal officials said on Tuesday.” Almost “two million of the 10 million interactions were text messages, while 1.2 million were calls answered by the Veterans Crisis Line, an option that allows service members and veterans to press 1 on a phone’s dial pad to reach help.” So far, “the Biden administration has funneled almost $1.5 billion into 988, federal officials said on Tuesday, and more than $200 million in grants will be given to states in the 2024 fiscal year to support the work.”
CNN (7/16, Davis) reports that “this year, text messages to 988 have increased 51% and calls 34% from the year before, a sign of the effects of expanded services, according to senior administration officials.”
The Hill (7/16, O’Connell-Domenech ) reports the hotline “has also answered roughly 20,000 chats and texts in Spanish, 20,000 video calls in American Sign Language and more than 475,000 calls, texts and chats from LGBTQ Americans since last year, according to” HHS.
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