Laurel Ranger

High level internal attribution bias and dysfunctional attitudes, when combined with a tendency to use drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism, may affect patients’ willingness to use proactive coping efforts.

Data from animal models and postmortem tissue analysis indicate that interneuron dysfunction is an essential feature of schizophrenia.

Nearly half of pregnant women suffer from poor quality sleep, particularly in the third trimester, and poor sleep is associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery and postnatal depression.

Insufficiency of T-regulatory cells, which maintain immune system equilibrium and inhibit proinflammatory cell responses, may be a factor in the pathogenesis of MDD.

The socioeconomic character of a neighborhood, as well as accessibility of mental health care services, influence the wellbeing of patients with psychiatric disorders.

Posttraumatic stress symptoms and depression were observed in nearly half and a quarter of the sample, respectively.

For patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit, data showed that 65% of patients experienced delirium, 69% agitation, and 21% altered consciousness.

In the cohort without baseline MDD, baseline nonmedical opioid use was significantly associated with an increased risk of incident depressive symptoms, but not MDD, over 3 years.

The investigators observed a statistically significant relapse rate among those discontinuing medication for ADHD, which remained significant in subgroup analyses of both age groups.

Gender dysphoria is common among gender minorities, and medical guidelines have recommended gender-affirming healthcare services such as hormone therapy, reconstructive surgery, and mental health services

Excess mortality occurred as the result of a number of causes, including overdose, injuries, and both infectious and noncommunicable diseases.

Overall, 8% of adolescents met the criteria for depression, and 2% met the criteria for depression and having experienced a suspected or definite psychotic experience.

Researchers found strong evidence that polygenic scores for adult major depression, subjective wellbeing, neuroticism, insomnia, educational attainment, and BMI are associated with childhood ADHD symptoms, internalizing and social problems.

The researchers suggested that the increased inflammatory response and oxidative stress that accompanies air pollution exposure may affect the central nervous system with both short and long term exposure to these pollutants.

Depression was more common among adolescents exposed to secondhand smoke every day during the past week (28.9%) than those who were not exposed (23.0%).

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder has been increasing over the past few decades and depending on the region, it is estimated to occur in 1% to 2% of children.

Long-term risks of cannabis include an elevated risk of addiction, altered brain development, impaired educational performance, chronic respiratory tract and psychotic disorders, motor vehicle accidents, and suicide.

Depression is twice as common in patients with chronic pain compared to health subjects, and pain intensity, frequency, and number of locations are linked to depression and anxiety.

Patients with a low polygenic load for major depression showed a better response to lithium compared to those who had a high polygenic load.

Patients with health anxiety fear undetected medical illness, resulting in frequent consultations, requests for tests, and appeals for reassurance from medical professionals and relatives.

Low educational achievement during childhood predicts a number of adverse outcomes in adulthood, including greater risk of low socioeconomic status, poor health, suicidal behavior, and premature death.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Society for Research in Child Development have expressed concern about the detrimental mental health effects immigration policies may have on adolescents.

The study emphasized the need to treat depression and other comorbidities, including anxiety and substance use disorders.

The classification of major depression requires the use of validated diagnostic interviews, but conducting interviews to determine the prevalence of depression in the general population requires extensive mental health resources.

Patients with bipolar disorder experienced significant reductions in sleep efficiency, which was not the case in patients with schizophrenia, although effect sizes for bipolar disorder were smaller overall.

In patients with Huntington disease, higher levels of functional impairment and current alcohol consumption were significantly correlated with missing work in multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Higher integration scores correlated with lower depression severity, PTSD symptom severity, and autobiographical memory disturbances in patients with dissociative identity disorder.

Depression contributed to elevated ratings in patients with MDD on items related to perceived inability to cope with the negative consequences of disturbed sleep and reported tendency to cancel social plans after poor sleep.

Olfactory dysfunction is a marker for a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and schizophrenia.

There were significant increases in depression over time in association with greater interpersonal life stressors in girls who had elevated salivary TNF‐α and IL‐1β reactivity to social stress at baseline.