Medscape (7/16, MacReady, Subscription Publication) reports, “Mobile apps that offer advice on managing mental health may ‘medicalize’ normal ups and downs and encourage the overdiagnosis of certain conditions,” researchers concluded after conducting “a qualitative content analysis of advertising materials for 61 popular mental health apps to determine how the apps frame the issues of mental health and illness, and how that in turn shapes perceptions of the pattern, causation, and management of mental health problems.” The findingswere published in the July/August issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.

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Healio (7/16, Demko) reports that “depression and anxiety disorders remain underrecognized in patients with heart failure and may lead to adverse outcomes,” researchers concluded in the findings of a 36-study review published in the July issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

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— “Anxiety, depression tied to adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure, “Savannah Demko, Healio, July 16, 2018.

According to Healio (7/13, Demko), the findings of a 12-study “systematic review” published online June 5 “in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry revealed a link between recent cannabis use and negative long-term symptoms and treatment outcomes among people with anxiety and mood disorders.”

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— “Cannabis use may negatively impact people with anxiety, mood disorders, “Savannah Demko, Healio, July 13, 2018.

Reuters (7/13, Carroll) reported, “Today’s moms-to-be are more likely than women from their mothers’ generation to become depressed while pregnant,” researchers concluded after comparing “2,390 women who had babies in the early 1990s to 180 women of the next generation who were either daughters of the original group or were partners of sons of the original group.” Investigators found that “among the older generation, 408, or 17 percent, had high scores on depression screening tests, as compared to 45, or 25 percent, of the current generation.” The findings were published online July 13 in JAMA Network Open.

Also covering the study are MedPage Today (7/13, Monaco) and HealthDay (7/13, Norton).

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— “More women may be experiencing depression during pregnancy, “Linda Carroll, Reuters, July 13, 2018.

Healio (7/12, Demko) reports, “Of more than 7,700 youths with a new episode of” post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) “in 2012, about 60% received psychotherapy, about 6% received pharmacotherapy and more than one-third received neither therapy nor medication,” researchers concluded. The findings were published online July 2 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “More than a third of youth with PTSD did not receive treatment in 2012, “Savannah Demko, Healio, July 12, 2018.