Intervention May Prevent Depression Related to High School Transition
Youth at risk for depression could benefit from prevention efforts that target the student’s ability to manage environmental stressors like school transitions.
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Identifying Factors Related to Inpatient Psychiatric Readmissions for Youth
Youth who are readmitted for inpatient psychiatric care share such factors as foster care, comorbid conditions, and prior psychiatric hospitalizations.
Score Model Effectively Predicts Mortality Risk in Dementia
Eleven acute and chronic factors were identified for building a risk score model for predicting mortality in patients with dementia.
No Increased Stroke Risk for Users of Typical Antipsychotics
Typical antipsychotic use is not associated with an increased risk for strokes compared with atypical antipsychotic use in a non-elderly population and patients without dementia.
Standard Tools Validly Assess Depression, Anxiety in Home-Dwelling Seniors
Researchers investigated the validity of the Norwegian versions of the GDS-5 and HADS-D assessment tools among home-dwelling individuals aged 60 years or older.
Substance Use, Duration of Symptoms Predict Hospitalization in First-Episode Psychosis
A lack of belief in the value of medication and the number of previous hospitalizations also predict hospitalization in first-episode psychosis.
Non-Somatic PHQ-9 Items Accurately Identify Major Depressive Disorder in Patients With Cancer
Somatic items on the PHQ-9 questionnaire show less discriminatory value than the non-somatic items when identifying major depressive disorder.
Benzodiazepine Use During Pregnancy Associated With Spontaneous Abortion
An increased risk for spontaneous abortion in early pregnancy was linked to incident exposure to short- and long-acting benzodiazepines.
Evidence-Based Treatment Improves Overall Adolescent Health Outcomes
Access to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) can lead to improved substance use, mental health, and health outcomes in adolescents.
Predictors of Violence Identified Among Individuals With Schizophrenia
Baseline injurious violence, recent violent victimization, and medication nonadherence are strong predictors of future injurious violence among individuals with schizophrenia.
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