Psychiatric News (10/18) reports, “A history of trauma in pregnant women can negatively impact the experience of pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting,” but “psychiatrists caring for women in the perinatal period are in an ideal position to screen for trauma and work with obstetrical (OB) clinical care teams to respond to the trauma-related challenges that can arise during obstetric care,” the authors of a review article conclude in findings published in the September-October issue of the Journal of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.

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— “Psychiatrists Caring For Women In Perinatal Period Are In Ideal Position To Screen For Trauma, Review Article Says, Psychiatric News, October 18, 2022

HealthDay (10/18, Thompson) reports, “Up to 15 states now can apply for $1 million grants to help plan new Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) in their region, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced” on Oct. 18. Monies for the grants were “included in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed earlier this year.” What’s more, “the $15 million in…planning funds is in addition to nearly $300 million awarded in September for new and existing CCBHCs, the agency said.”

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— “Feds Make Big Funding Push for More Mental Health Clinics ” Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, October 18, 2022

Healio (10/18, Downey) reports, “The COVID-19 pandemic and H1N1 epidemic were associated with adverse mental health events in adolescents and youth from low- and middle-income countries, researchers” concluded in a study that “used six databases to assess the mental health outcomes of adolescents and youth aged 10 to 24 years associated with four major pandemic outbreaks from January 2009 to January 2021 in low- and middle-income countries.” The findings of the 57-study systematic scoping review were published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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— “Disease outbreaks linked to adverse mental health issues in adolescents, young people “Ken Downey Jr., Healio, October 18, 2022

Healio (10/17, Monostra) reports, “Adolescents with subclinical hypothyroidism do not have an increased risk for major depressive disorder [MDD] compared with those with normal thyroid function,” investigators concluded in a 4,118-adolescent study, the findings of which were published online Sept. 12 in the journal Thyroid.

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— “No link between subclinical hypothyroidism, major depressive disorder among adolescents “Michael Monostra, Healio, October 17, 2022

HealthDay (10/17) reports, “A diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (AD/HD) “does not appear to lower overall self-reported quality of life (QOL) among adolescents,” investigators concluded in a study that “compared QOL in 393 matched adolescents with and without” a diagnosis of AD/HD. The findings were published online Oct. 13 in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Teens With ADHD Do Not Report Worse Quality of Life, HealthDay, October 17, 2022