The New York Times (6/10, Corkery , Irvine) reports on efforts by Montana resident Ali Mullen to reduce firearm suicide rates in the state, where over the last three years the “suicide rate was the highest in the nation, according to an analysis of federal mortality data by The New York Times.” Ms. Mullen lost her husband in January 2021 to suicide by firearm, and now distributes gun locks to help other families avoid dealing with a similar situation.

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Psychiatric News [mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com] (6/7) reported, “Skills-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotion-focused psychotherapy were equally effective at preventing relapse in patients with bipolar disorder when added to standard treatment, reports a study [mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com] in JAMA Psychiatry.” In the study, “what affected the relapse rate more than the therapy delivered was whether the patients attended all their psychotherapy sessions and whether they had bipolar I versus bipolar II disorder.”

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— “Emotion-Focused Therapy Comparable to CBT at Preventing Relapse Among Bipolar Patients, Psychiatric News, June 7, 2024

HealthDay [mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com] (6/7, Mundell ) reported, “If your child is among the youngest in their school grade, it’s more likely they’ll be mistakenly identified by teachers as having ADHD or autism, a new study confirms.” Researchers “found that ‘children who are younger relative to their peers within the same school year are 38% more likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis and 28% more likely to be prescribed ADHD medications,’ compared to older kids in the same class.” The results [mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com] were published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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— “Younger Kids in Class Might Be Misdiagnosed With ADHD, Autism,”Ernie Mundell, HealthDay, June 7, 2024

mHealth Intelligence (6/6, Vaidya) reports, “New data reveals that in 2021, 43.2 percent of psychiatrist visits occurred via telehealth versus 4.5 percent of visits to other physicians, highlighting telemental healthcare’s enduring popularity after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The results were published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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— “43% of mental health visits occurred via telehealth in 2021,”Anuja Vaidya, mHealth Intelligence , June 6, 2024

CNN (6/5, Rogers ) reports that approximately “15% of participants who discontinued antidepressants experienced withdrawal symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, nausea, insomnia and irritability, according to” a “review of 79 studies…totaling 21,002 adult participants.” Investigators also found that “one in 35 participants experienced severe symptoms once they stopped taking antidepressants.” The findings were published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

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— “Study finds the rate of withdrawal from quitting antidepressants,”Kristen Rogers, CNN, June 5, 2024