The Wall Street Journal (6/21, Reddy, Subscription Publication) reports that experts nationwide are saying the pandemic’s social isolation may have triggered eating disorders in many adolescents and young adults. Data show that the demand for treatment has risen to new levels.

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— “Eating Disorders Surged Among Adolescents in Pandemic “Sumathi Reddy, The Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2021

Healio (6/21, Marabito) reports “cognitive behavioral, behavioral activation, problem-solving, ‘third wave therapy,’ interpersonal psychotherapy, psychodynamic, and life-review therapy” may treat depression “more effectively and acceptably, with several” of these psychotherapies “having significant long-term effects after 1 year,” according to a studypublished in World Psychiatry. Study investigators “conducted network and random-effects pairwise meta-analyses on 331 randomized trials with 34,285 patients” and found “greater efficacies for all assessed therapies than care-as-usual and waiting list control conditions.”

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— “Certain psychotherapies offer effective, long-term treatment for adult depression “Maria Marabito, Healio, June 21, 2021

The Washington Post (6/20, Waters) reported “cities around the country are looking into or already pursuing” efforts to divert some emergency calls to mental health workers rather than police. For example, CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a Eugene, Oregon-based service “that sends a mental health crisis worker and EMT, rather than police, to people in mental health distress.” In Phoenix, a “consortium of nonprofit agencies led by Solari Crisis and Human Services, has built a crisis line and mobile response system that, in one recent 30-day period, handled 20,000 calls and dispatched mobile crisis teams composed of a mental health clinician and a paraprofessional – and not police – 2,200 times.”

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— “The Washington Post (requires login and subscription)

HealthDay (6/18, Preidt) reported, “Postpartum depression strikes fathers of premature babies more often than previously thought, and it can linger longer in fathers than in mothers,” according to researchers who “screened for depression in 431 parents of premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and identified depression symptoms in 33% of mothers and 17% of fathers.” The study was published in Pediatrics.

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— “Dads of ‘Preemie’ Babies Can Be Hit by Depression “Robert Preidt, HealthDay , June 18, 2021

Healio (6/18, Gramigna) reported, “Obsessive-compulsive disorder independently increased risk for subsequent dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, according to” longitudinal study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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— “OCD increases risk for any dementia, Alzheimer’s disease “Joe Gramigna, Healio, June 18, 2021