Mental Health

A nationally recognized obesity expert discusses mental health in women with obesity.

In a study of over 1000 children and adolescents, authors identified 4 distinct profiles of psychiatric comorbidity with differing risk for a self-harm event.

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Four months of meditation improved quality of life and psychological symptoms in patients with CAD, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2023.

The shapes, sizes, and content of a US alcoholic drink-equivalent vary widely. Get a quick educational summary of the variety and more data that may help in your daily clinical practice.

AUD affects 15 million Americans, with men nearly 2 times more vulnerable to the disease vs women. Are you tracking signs and symptoms in your patients?

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A new study found the probability of initiating psycholeptics and having a postpartum psychiatric emergency was lower in early and late discontinuer groups vs the continuer group.

About 60% of dual vapers experienced depression and 52% experienced anxiety, according to findings from a survey of over 2500 youth and young adults.

Rebekah Bernard, MD, family physician and national speaker on physician wellness shares 3 pieces of advice on connecting with colleagues again.

Find key takeaways from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey in our new slideshow.

Rebekah Bernard, MD, family physician and national speaker on physician wellness shares how physicians can recognize and help a colleague in emotional distress.

Primary care is increasingly the setting for mental health discussions, diagnosis, and treatment, underscoring the need for both structural and process change.

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Reductions in depressive symptoms were greater in adolescents aged ≥13 years and in those with a mental illness and/or depression diagnosis, according to systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mental health issues among health care professionals have always been normal; now that we can acknowledge them, we must, says a family physician and wellness advocate.

From crime rates and credit scores to average health and hours worked in a week, find the 5 states that rank highest and the 5 lowest across 9 composite measures of stress.

How does alcohol figure in to American holiday celebrations? We checked with Alcohol.org for this quiz. Are answers what you expect?

Pandemic-related stress and depression may be slowing recovery from long COVID-19 and other illnesses, according to researchers.

While 60% of US psychologists have no openings for new patients, demand for treatment continues to rise, especially among adolescents and health care workers.

For the first time, the task force recommended screening children aged 8 and older for anxiety in primary care settings.

The percentage of adults who received any mental health treatment increased, women were more likely than men to receive treatment, and 3 more key findings.

New research shows that the percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment in the past year increased by nearly 5% from 2019 to 2021.

Researchers in Spain found that suicide was higher among physicians than the general population and affected female physicians significantly more.

ACC 2022. Findings suggest that more attention to monitoring cognitive functioning after a myocardial infarction is needed.

ACC 2022. Large study of US adults showed those with depression following MI were 50% more likely to experience a stroke than those who did not have depression.

The increased risk of CVD was observed even in young adults with a serious mental illness, according to an analysis of nearly 600 000 US adults.

Among persons who survived COVID-19, a new study found a 60% increased risk for any new mental health diagnosis during the year following infection.

Family physicians and psychiatrists were the specialties with the greatest number of visits, according to study authors.

Anxiety may affect cardiometabolic health earlier in life than previously thought, according to a new long-term study of US middle-aged men.