Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing News

• APA 2023 Music Therapy Helps Motivate Patients With Schizophrenia In addition to reducing negative symptoms of schizophrenia, music therapy improves sleep and symptoms of depression.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2023
• How Has Cannabis Legalization Affected Pregnant Mothers? Emergency department or hospital care for cannabis-related issues has increased and is associated with an increased risk for negative neonatal outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2023
• Treatment of Depression Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Data underscore the importance of facilitating access to psychotherapists to promote mental and physical health, a researcher said.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2023
• APA 2023 Community Workers May Address Psychiatrist Shortage A pilot project in New York that trains lay people to screen and deliver evidence-based short-term treatments for depression and other common mental health conditions aims to cut long waits for services.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2023
• Serious Mental Illness Not a Factor in Most Mass School Shootings Most mass school shooters do not have a history of psychosis or other serious mental illness, yet are clearly struggling psychologically, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 24, 2023
• APA 2023 Major Increase in Vitamin D Deficiency in Kids Due to COVID Lockdowns? During the pandemic, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency topped 80% in pediatric patients with major depression or other mental disorders.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2023
• APA 2023 Call for Docs to Combat False Info on Rare Psych Disorder Much of the information posted on TikTok about dissociative identity disorder is misleading, underscoring the need for mental healthcare professionals to post accurate videos about the rare condition on the popular platform.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2023
• APA 2023 The Family Firearm Often Used in Youth Suicide A novel new study highlights the important role health professionals can play in preventing youth suicide simply by asking about guns in the home.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2023
• Eating Disorders in Kids a Global Public Health Emergency Data indicate that an elevated proportion of children and adolescents around the world, particularly girls or those with high BMI, have disordered eating.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2023
• US Adults Report Depression at Record Rates: Survey 'Social isolation, loneliness, fear of infection, psychological exhaustion, elevated substance abuse, and disruptions in mental health services have all likely played a role,' wrote the Gallup analysts.
  WebMD Health News, May 17, 2023
• Anxiety High Among Americans, National Poll Shows Americans are anxious about their health and safety, gun violence, the economy, as well as the impact of technology on day-to-day life, a national mental health poll shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2023
• Youth Depression Jumped During the Pandemic, Study Finds Female youth struggled most, especially those from higher income families.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2023
• New Proposal for a Single Neuro/Psych Residency Program Neurology and psychiatry have traditionally been two distinct specialties, but the authors of a new article advocate for a 'brain medicine' residency program that integrates both disciplines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2023
• Virtual Care Not Linked With Greater ED Use During Pandemic A recent analysis found an inverse relationship between patients' emergency department use and physicians' use of telemedicine.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2023
• Young Men at Highest Schizophrenia Risk From Cannabis Abuse Cannabis use disorder is a major modifiable risk factor for schizophrenia at the population level, particularly among young men, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2023
• Inspiring Awe in Kids Inspires Generosity Inspiring feelings of awe in children through the arts tends to lead them to become more generous as adults.
  Quick Take, May 05, 2023
• Food Addiction Tied to Type 2 Diabetes, Even Beyond BMI Body weight only partially explains the association between food addiction and type 2 diabetes, researchers found, and that association was attenuated among people with mental disorders.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2023
• Americans Stressed, but Seeking Help: Mental Health Survey 'Stress, anxiety, and depression continue to be the top three areas people are looking for help with,' said Shannon Tremaine, a spokesperson for Grow Therapy, the organization that conducted the survey.
  WebMD Health News, May 01, 2023
• Four Profiles Help Identify Kids at Risk for Suicide The profiles were developed from a study of children and adolescents aged 5–18 years who had been admitted with a neuropsychiatric event to two children's hospital.
  MDedge News, May 01, 2023
• New Tool Accurately Predicts Suicide Risk in SMI A brief scalable suicide risk assessment tool accurately predicts suicide risk in patients with serious mental illness, a new population-based study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2023