Medscape (9/15, Nainggolan) reports research suggests “high rates of depressive disorder (10%) in patients with type 2 diabetes.” In a poster at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 2016 Annual Meeting, a poster presentation “details” findings from the International Prevalence and Treatment Study (INTERPRET-DD), which is following some “3000 patients in 15 countries – Argentina, Bangladesh, China, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, Uganda, and Ukraine.”

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HealthDay (9/15, Preidt) reports, “Negative experiences on Facebook can increase the odds of depression in young people,” researchers found after surveying “264 study participants.” Researchers found “the risk of depressive symptoms was 3.2 times higher among those who had any negative Facebook experiences compared with those who had not.” The findings were published online Aug. 18 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

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— “Facebook Bullying Can Cause Depression,” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, September 15, 2016.

HealthDay (9/15, Dallas) reports thabt nearly “10 million US adults seriously thought about committing suicide last year,” a report (pdf) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration revealed. The report also found that suicide rates “are at historically high levels, having jumped 27 percent since 2000.” More woman and more young adults are attempting suicide, researchers found. Some “42,000 Americans die from suicide” annually, the CDC reports.

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— “Nearly 10 Million U.S. Adults Considered Suicide Last Year,” Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay, September 15, 2016.

Psychiatry Online (9/14, Moran) reports the findings of “a cross-sectional survey of US psychiatrists” published online Aug. 15 appearing in Psychiatric Services in Advance. The survey, which received 1,188 responses, revealed that “many psychiatrists are prepared or are preparing to practice in service delivery models consistent with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – including the collaborative care model – but a substantial number are not, and more outreach is necessary to engage psychiatrists in health care reform.”

Study co-author and American Psychiatric Association CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, MD, MPA, pointed out, “APA has a wide range of resources to help prepare psychiatrists for performance-based payment reforms and to train psychiatrists for participating in the collaborative care model of integrated care.”

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— “Are Psychiatrists Prepared for Health Care Reform? Yes and No,” Mark Moran, Psychiatry Online, September 14, 2016.

BBC News (UK) (9/14) reports that according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was published in the Journal of Neuroscience, memory deterioration “is not an inevitable part of aging” as “a unique group of adults in their 60s and 70s,” so-called “‘super agers,’ performed just as well on memory tests as ‘youngsters’ a third of their age.”

According to brain scans of the elderly group, “several parts of the brain’s memory machinery – including the anterior insula and orbitofrontal cortex and the hippocampus – appeared thicker and healthier than normal for people of their age.”

The study’s authors say the findings “could ultimately help with understanding the processes that lead to dementia and if there are ways to avoid them.”

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— “‘Super agers’ offer clue to keeping a sharp memory,” BBC News, September 14, 2016.