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Phone App Reduces Suicide Among High-Risk Patients

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 — A mobile smartphone app can help reduce the risk of death among people at high risk for suicide, a new study says. The app, called OTX-202, reduced suicide attempts by 58% a...

Increases in Local Violence Tied to Higher Subsequent Suicide Rates

FRIDAY, Aug. 1, 2025 – At the county level, increases in homicide rates are linked to higher suicide rates the following year, according to a study published online July 29 in Social Science & M...

People With Eating Disorders Report Success Self-Medicating With Non-Rx Drugs

FRIDAY, Aug. 1, 2025 – People with eating disorders report success with self-medicating with nonprescribed drugs instead of prescription antidepressants, according to a study published online July...

When Local Homicide Rates Rise, Suicides Rise Soon After

FRIDAY, August 1, 2025 — There may be a connection between a community’s homicide and suicide rates: When murder rates rise, there’s typically a local uptick in suicides a year later, new U.S. resea...

Teen Tobacco Product Use Tied to Worse Mental Health

WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 – Adolescents who use tobacco products are significantly more likely to report symptoms of depression and anxiety than teens who do not use tobacco products, according to a...

Mental Health Care Use, Mortality Rates Increased With Prolonged Grief

FRIDAY, July 25, 2025 – Relatives bereaved by natural death with high and sustained grief symptoms have increased mental health care use and mortality for up to 10 years after the loss, according to...

Heavy Grief Nearly Doubles Bereaved's Risk Of Early Death

FRIDAY, July 25, 2025 — People intensely grieving a loved one are nearly twice as likely to die within a decade of their loss, a new study says. Those whose grief remained persistently high in the f...

Few Schools Screen Students For Depression, Anxiety

TUESDAY, July 22, 2025 — Fewer than one-third of American public schools are screening students for psychological problems, years after the U.S. Surgeon General declared a mental health crisis among t...

Seniors With Insomnia More Vulnerable to Inflammatory Challenge-Induced Depression

MONDAY, July 21, 2025 – Older adults with insomnia are more vulnerable to depressive mood and symptoms in response to inflammatory exposure, according to a study published online July 16 in JAMA...

Depression Risk Greater In Some Women With Premature Menopause

FRIDAY, July 18, 2025 — Some women have a greater risk of depression as they go through premature menopause, according to a new study. Premature menopause occurs when the ovaries stop functioning n...

Chronically Ill Kids Carry Heavy Emotional Burden

THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 — Kids coping with chronic health problems like asthma also are struggling with the emotional burden of stress, fear and sadness, a new study says. Almost 94% of comments p...

Few Discontinuation Symptoms Reported After Stopping Antidepressants

THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 – Most individuals do not go through severe withdrawal after discontinuing antidepressants, according to a study published online July 9 in JAMA Psychiatry. Michail Kalfas,...

Loneliness Of Widowhood Isn't Diminished By Presence Of Adult Children, Study Says

WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 — Adult children aren’t likely to fill the void left by the loss of a spouse, a new study says. Becoming widowed might cause a stronger bond between the remaining parent and t...

Loneliness Is Predictor of Depression, Poor Health Outcomes

THURSDAY, July 10, 2025 – Loneliness is a predictor of depression and poor health outcomes, according to a study published online July 9 in PLOS ONE. Oluwasegun Akinyemi, M.D., Ph.D., from the...

Antidepressant Withdrawal Not As Severe As Thought, Evidence Review Says

FRIDAY, July 11, 2025 — People typically don’t suffer severe withdrawal symptoms or fall into depression immediately after they stop taking antidepressants, a new evidence review says. There had been ...

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