Healio (6/12, Monostra) reports, “People who spend more time per day using wireless mobile devices are more likely to have a higher BMI, lower-quality sleep and other adverse health outcomes, according to” a medical literature review, the findings of which were presented at ENDO 2022. The review revealed that “each hour per day increase in mobile screen time was associated with an increase in BMI, and excessive device use was linked to insufficient sleep, greater daytime tiredness, sleepiness and depression.”

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— “Excessive mobile device use linked to higher BMI, other adverse health outcomes “Michael Monostra, Healio, June 12, 2022

Psychiatric News (6/10) reported, “The majority of boys and men who die by suicide have no known mental health conditions,” researchers concluded after having “analyzed data from the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System…for 70,376 males aged 10 years and older who died by suicide between 2016 and 2018.” The findings were published online June 7 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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— “Most Males Who Die by Suicide Have No Known Mental Health Conditions, Psychiatric News, June 10, 2022

Healio (2/22, Gramigna) reported, “Among patients with first-episode psychosis [FEP], the effectiveness of antipsychotics for relapse prevention decreased significantly after the second occurrence,” researchers concluded after using “the nationwide Hospital Discharge register in Finland” to identify 5,367 “inpatients with first-episode schizophrenia aged 45 years or younger who were followed for five years of illness or until a fifth relapse episode.” The findings were published online Feb. 16 in The Lancet Psychiatry.

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— “Antipsychotics for relapse prevention less effective a second time “Joe Gramigna, Healio, February 22, 2022

MedPage Today (5/25, Monaco) reported, “The COVID-19 pandemic spurred” clinicians “to get creative in their shift to telepsychiatry for patients with schizophrenia, a subanalysis of the OASIS study” revealed. In fact, “across all types of visits – from routine to crisis visits – the percentage conducted via telepsychiatry increased more than threefold during the pandemic among 35 sites across the country,” researchers concluded.

Healio (5/25, Hemphill) reported, “According to the study, 94% of the investigators said telepsychiatry maintained the standard of care for patients with schizophrenia who are being treated with” long-acting injectables (LAIs). The findings were presented at the American Psychiatric Association 2022 Annual Meeting.

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Healio (6/9, Herpen) reports, “Specific phenotypes of autism spectrum disorder [ASD], including issues with visual processing, found in older siblings are likely predictors of ASD in younger siblings,” researchers concluded in a study involving magnetic resonance imaging and including “384 pairs of siblings, the oldest of which had been diagnosed with ASD.” The findings were published online May 26 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Phenotypic indicators predict ASD in siblings “Robert Herpen, MA, Healio, June 9, 2022