High Rates of Depressive Symptoms Seen in the Last Year of Life
Depressive symptoms arising in the final year of life were greater among women, young adults, and nonwhite adults.
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Could Vicarious Embarrassment Be a Sign of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia?
Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the frontal and anterior temporal lobes, results in disordered socioemotional behavior.
Bipolar Disorder Subtypes Differ in Genetic Liability for Insomnia, Sleep Duration
The key findings of the study, conducted in the world’s largest BD cohort with genotypic and phenotypic data, offer potential sleep-related genetic underpinnings for BD diagnostic groups.
Comorbid Substance Use Disorder Raises Risk of Treatment-Resistant Depression
Patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD), defined as at least 3 treatment trials within a single depressive episode, were matched with 5 controls with non-treatment–resistant depression.
No Links Between Comorbid Anxiety and Venlafaxine Response in Depression
Comorbid anxiety worsened depressive symptom severity in general and was linked to suicidality.
Nearly 25 Percent of Adolescents, Young Adults Use Prescription Opioids
Prescription opioid use among teens and young adults is higher than expected, with most obtaining the drugs from friends and family.
Electronic Health Record Usability Graded F by Physicians
The usability of current electronic health records (EHRs) is classified as unacceptable, with physician-rated EHR usability independently linked to the odds of burnout.
What Is the Psychosocial Effect of Food Allergies?
A population-based survey found that adverse quality of life due to food allergies was more common among individuals in lower income brackets and in younger age groups, as well as in those with greater education.
Is the Worldwide Prevalence of Mental Illness Increasing Dramatically?
The authors of the meta-analysis caution that mental illness should be taken seriously nonetheless, adding that better treatment availability and awareness may account for some of the perception of increased prevalence.
Depression in Adolescence as Sequelae in Adult Symptom Severity
Researchers find data that show the age of depression onset is a factor in adult symptoms of depression.
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