Abigail Nover

The GDS-15 uses short sentences and a yes/no format, which is easier for patients who are struggling with depression, fatigue, or cognitive impairment to tolerate.

Researchers found a suicide attempt rate of 12.0% in first-episode, drug-naive inpatients.

Marijuana usage is increasing in adolescents, and the rate of comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders is high. These findings may aid in identifying adolescents who are potentially at risk.

Depression is associated with poorer outcomes in ACS and these findings suggest that this course of treatment may improve long-term major adverse cardiac event outcomes.

These findings have high clinical relevance because patients with apathy are likely to withdraw from care.

The results showed that women with antenatal MDD have abnormal stress-related inflammation and cortisol levels, a shorter gestational length, neonates with suboptimal neurobehavioral function, and their 1-year-old infants have increased cortisol reactivity to stress.

This research supports a hypothesis that bipolar disorder is a “heterogeneous clinical entity that may be partially disentangled using brain imaging.”

Inhalant and other substance use during adolescence are increasingly associated with many adverse health and psychosocial outcomes.

Based on their findings, researchers noted the importance of follow-up assessment of suicide risk, even among soldiers with low PTSD symptoms at homecoming.

These findings are consistent with emerging neurocognitive models linking interoception to emotion regulation and related health outcomes, providing valuable input in improving substance use disorder treatment.

While the findings do not warrant a change in current prescribing practices, researchers advocate monitoring at-risk children in light of the increased use of antidepressants during pregnancy.

These findings illustrate potential gains of reducing the number of preterm births and the importance of providing custom support to children born preterm to prevent neurodevelopmental problems.

On the basis of these findings, researchers recommended that “[f]atigue should be evaluated whenever there is clinical suspicion of overlap syndrome.”

These data show that ASD may arise from an early neurobiological difference in response to rewarding social stimuli, which could result in reduced social motivation.

Researchers of the DETECT study aim to assess the potential for future implementation of telemedicine consultation for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in long-term care facilities.

This intervention provides flexibility in the clinical setting, allowing for therapist delivery when staff is available and computer delivery when staff resources are not available.

It may be important to increase awareness of avoiding negative social media encounters to reduce the risk for depressive symptoms.

Investigators conducted a retrospective observational study to assess the impact of psychostimulant medication on BMI and height in a group of children and adolescents with ADHD.

As antipsychotic medications are vital to the effective management of severe psychiatric disorders, investigators sought to examine reasons for medication nonadherence in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and other psychotic disorders.

These data may lead to a more nuanced understanding of bipolar disorder and to a better definition of the effectiveness of interventions directed at treating both personality disorders and bipolar disorder.

This study was prompted by an ongoing shortage of injectable caffeine sodium benzoate in the United States from 2011 to 2017.

Recent research following transgender individuals from late childhood into young adulthood shows that gender-affirmative hormonal and surgical care results in normative global functioning.

Providing barrier-free access to proven cessation treatments is critical to reduce smoking-related disease and death in the United States.

Routine assessments of these markers should be conducted before and during treatment as they may inform prognoses.

The results of the study point to effective alternatives to psychopharmacologic treatments with methylphenidate for patients who experience nonresponse, contraindications, or adverse events, or for patients who prefer nonpsychopharmacologic treatments.

When assessing risk for postpartum episodes, clinicians should inquire about family history of psychiatric disorders broadly and not limit discussion to postpartum psychiatric disorders or psychiatric disorders in female relatives.

These findings can inform clinical practice in that type 2 diabetes should be considered in ADHD even in the absence of other known risk factors.

There is currently no international agreement on the appropriate regulation of valproate in people who may become pregnant.

To date, there has been limited prognostic accuracy of clinical instruments in predicting the onset of psychosis and no reliable biological marker has been identified.