Depression
Opinion
Conquering the stigma of getting mental health care
We have done a terrible job of making mental illness and substance use disorders acceptable illnesses to have, said Dr. Dinah Miller.
Feature
Survey: Doctors lonely, burned out in COVID-19
“Many other physicians may be going through versions of what I experienced, and I want to encourage them to get help if they’re feeling stressed,...
Conference Coverage
Adjunctive pimavanserin looks promising for anxious depression
It’s estimated that roughly 50% of individuals with major depressive disorder have comorbid anxiety disorders or a high level of anxiety symptoms...
From the Journals
Social factors predicted peripartum depressive symptoms in Black women with HIV
Those factors included having low income and experiencing intimate partner violence.
From the Journals
COVID-19: A second wave of mental illness 'imminent'
Each COVID-19 death leaves about nine family members bereaved, note Dr. Naomi Simon and coauthors.
Commentary
World Mental Health Day: Patients getting greater access
Outpatients are presenting with escalating numbers of depression and anxiety, said Dr. Amin Muhammad Gadit and Kiran Amin.
From the Journals
Survey explores mental health, services use in police officers
Concerns over confidentiality and stigma may prevent officers with mental illness from seeking treatment, the study showed.
Conference Coverage
Repurposing cardiovascular drugs for serious mental illness
What these agents have in common, the investigators observed, is that they act on inflammation and potentially on the stress response system.
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Teen affective disorders raise risk for midlife acute MI
“Effective prevention might focus on behavior, lifestyle, and psychosocial stress in early life,” said Dr. Cecilia Bergh.
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Divergent COVID-19 mental health impacts seen in Spain and China
A tale of two pandemic epicenters with vastly different outcomes to date.
From the Journals
Mental illness tied to increased mortality in COVID-19
“Pay attention and potentially address/treat a prior psychiatric diagnosis if a patient is hospitalized for COVID-19,” said Dr. Luming Li.