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AI Virtual Therapists Could Improve Mental Health Care, Studies Find

SUNDAY, Jan. 26, 2025 – Could a virtual avatar be the future of mental health care?   New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) goggles could revolutionize ...

Recent Decades Saw Rise in Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic Use Disorders

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Diagnoses of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use disorders (SHA-UD) increased threefold to fivefold between 2001 and 2019 for adolescent and young adult U.S. Medicaid...

Higher Stroke Risk Among Children of Divorce

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – A broken home seems to set a ticking time bomb in the brains of some children of divorce. Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were...

Trump Issues Executive Order Withdrawing U.S. From WHO

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – In one of his first presidential actions on Monday, President Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization. The...

Job Protections Improve Mental Health Among LGBTQ+ Workers

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay New) – A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision barring job discrimination significantly eased the minds of LGBTQ+ workers, a new study says. The court extended...

ADHD Diagnoses On The Rise Among Adults

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have increased among adults in recent years, while remaining stable among teenagers. ADHD diagnoses among adults...

Stressed-Out Surgeon? That's Good News for Patients!

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Check out your surgeon as you’re wheeled into the operating room. Do they seem tense, on edge, or stressed out? If so, that could be good news for you, a new study says. The ...

Antipsychotics at Doses >75 mg a Day Linked to Risk for Tardive Dyskinesia

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Antipsychotics at doses >75 mg/day are associated with an increased risk for tardive dyskinesia (TD), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical...

Psychological Distress in Teen Years Tied to Later Economic Outcomes

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Psychological distress in adolescence is tied to economic outcomes 10 years later, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in PLOS Medicine. Nathaniel Z. Counts,...

Many Health Care Providers With Psychopathology Are Not Seeking Care

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – More than one-quarter of U.S. health care providers reported meeting diagnostic criteria for psychopathology during the pandemic, but only 38 percent of these reported...

2011 to 2022 Saw Increasing Prevalence of Poor Mental Health

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Poor mental health was increasingly prevalent from 2011 to 2022, with inequities discernible by age, sex, and racial and ethnic group, according to a research letter...

Binge Drinking in Retirement Tied to More Depressive Symptoms

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Heavy alcohol use is associated with depression among U.S. retirees, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Aging & Mental Health. Antonia Diaz-Valdes, Ph.D.,...

Teen Stress Is Expensive, Experts Say -- So How Can We Reduce It?

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Stressed-out teenagers appear to be dragging down the U.S. economy, a new study says. Teenagers suffering from anxiety or depression are less likely to enter the workforce...

Increased Surgeon Stress Linked to Reduced Surgical Complications

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Increased surgeon stress at the beginning of a surgical procedure is associated with reduced major surgical complications, according to a study published online Jan. 15 in...

Access to Green Space May Help Reduce Kids' Screen Time

SATURDAY, Jan. 11, 2025 – Want to help your child cut back on their screen time? Make sure you live near parks and other open spaces where they can frolic outside. New research underlines the...

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