Reuters (6/22, Seaman) reports that approximately 23 percent teens may be cyberbullied through social media, according to a review published online June 22 in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers came to that conclusion after examining 36 studies.

HealthDay (6/23, Dotinga) reports that in addition, the review “found an association between depression and cyberbullying.”

MedPage Today (6/23, Walker) reports that the “association with suicidal thoughts or anxiety was inconsistent,” however. The review also revealed that “the most common forms of cyberbullying were name-calling or insults, gossip or rumors, and circulating pictures.”

Related Links:

— “Social-media cyberbullying not uncommon among youths,” Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters, June 22, 2015.

The Wall Street Journal (6/23, Subscription Publication) reports that a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine suggests that women may not develop signs of postpartum depression until months after an initial screening. Data from 1,432 women in 16 US states also found that women that appeared to have the lowest likelihood of developing depression were at highest risk.

Related Links:

— “Signs of Postpartum Depression May Appear Months After Initial Screening,” Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2015.

In The Hill (6/19) “Congress Blog,” Stephanie Parker, PhD, a public voices fellow with The OpEd project, and Rosi Andrade, PhD, an associate research professor at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women, observe that people with “serious” mental illnesses “have been swept into our nation’s jails and prisons along with those without mental illness, disregarding their mental illness and discounting their need for mental health treatment.” After pointing out that “twenty percent of inmates in jails and 15 percent of inmates in state prisons are estimated to have a serious mental illness,” Parker and Andrade call for a paradigm shift “from incarceration and punishment” to treatment.

Related Links:

— “Silent epidemic: The incarceration of the seriously mentally ill,” Stephanie Parker and Rosi Andrade, The Hill, June 18, 2015.

Reuters (6/18, Gaitan) reports that Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) has produced a series of short, free animation videos available online that provide useful advice to communities throughout the world. Animations address a wide variety of subjects, including on how to handle depression. The animations are narrated in over 50 languages and are available on SAWBO’s YouTube Channel.

Related Links:

— “Free animations spread lifesaving tips via smartphones,” Daniel Gaitan, Reuters, June 17, 2015.

The AP (6/18) reports that the New York “Senate has followed the Assembly and voted for a new tax check-off intended to help end the stigma around mental illness.” The bill “would establish a gift check-off” on state income tax forms “to a special fund that would be used by the state Office of Mental Health to provide grants to organizations dedicated to eliminating the stigma.” The measure now heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for his consideration.

Related Links:

— “New York Senate approves mental health tax check-off,” Associated Press via Washington Times, June 17, 2015.