MedPage Today (7/12, George) reports researchers found that college athletes with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) “may have greater risks of depression and anxiety after concussion.” The findings are scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Sports Concussion Conference later this month.

HealthDay (7/12, Norton) reports the researchers evaluated “nearly 1,000 college athletes,” and determined that “those with both” AD/HD and “a history of concussion scored higher on measures of depression and anxiety,” compared “to athletes without” AD/HD “and those with the disorder but no history of concussion.”

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— “Concussion Tied to Anxiety, Depression in College Athletes with ADHD,”Judy George , MedPage Today , July 12, 2018.

The NPR (7/11, Chatterjee) “Shots” blog reports that following a suicide attempt, “a simple intervention conducted by staff in emergency departments can reduce the risk of future suicide attempts,” research indicates. This “intervention involves creating a safety plan for each patient and following up with phone calls after discharge.” Included in the study of the Safety Planning Intervention were “1,200 patients at five Veterans Affairs hospitals around the” US.

Healio (7/11, Demko) reports, “Adults who received the intervention plus follow-up were less likely to engage in suicidal behavior compared with those who received usual care during six-month follow-up,” the study revealed. What’s more, “patients receiving the intervention had more than two times the odds of attending at least one outpatient mental health visit.” The findings were published online July 11 in JAMA Psychiatry. Also covering the story are MedPage Today (7/11, Smith) and MD Magazine (7/11, Hoffman).

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— “A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Suicide Risk, “Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, July 11, 2018.

In an opinion piece in the New York Times (7/11), physician and author Lisa Pryor writes that “depression is a global problem, and developing nations are not immune.” In fact, “World Health Organization data show that the highest prevalence of depression by region is for women in Africa, at 5.9 percent.” Like depression, “suicide is also a global problem. In 2015, 78 percent of suicides occurred in low- and middle-income countries.” Pryor concludes, “Suffering is compounded when the groups that are most in need of treatment for mental illness are the very groups who are less likely to receive it.”

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— “How to Have a Better Conversation About Mental Illness ,”Lisa Pryor , The New York Times, July 11, 2018.

The Hill (7/11, Hellmann) reports that “the Department of Justice (DOJ) finalized a proposal” yesterday “giving the agency more power to control how many opioids are produced annually in the U.S.” According to the Hill, “Under the proposal, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) could issue stricter limits on certain opioids if federal authorities believe they are being misused.”

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— “DOJ unveils proposal giving feds more power to limit opioid production, ” Jessie Hellmann, , July 11, 2018.

HealthDay (7/10, Preidt) reports investigators “surveyed more than 12,000 teens in Germany, Poland and Romania and found those who used social network sites for more than two hours a day were at increased risk for cyberbullying.” The findings were published online July 10 in BMC Public Health. MedPage Today also covers the story.

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— “Teens Focused on Social Media May Be at Cyberbullying Risk ,”Robert Preidt , HealthDay, July 10, 2018.