Current reporting, research and professional developments across Mental Health, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
Background Self-harm in young people is associated with elevated risks for subsequent self-harm, suicide attempts and suicide, particularly during the first year. Yet the trajectory across sex, age and self-harm methods…
Background Recurrent self-harm is common and is associated with an increased risk of unnatural death including suicide and fatal accidents. We developed and validated prognostic models to stratify individuals by risk of…
Background Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly entering clinical and consumer use, yet their probabilistic outputs have delivered a variety of unsafe user responses. Difficulties in quantifying and mitigating risks…
Background Depression is closely linked to neuroinflammation, and in chronic kidney disease, the accumulation of uremic toxins (UTs) may promote neuroinflammatory processes through the activation of inflammatory…
Background Major psychiatric disorders are associated with increased risk of dementia but establishing whether psychiatric disorders causally increase dementia risk is challenging because dementia pathology can precede…
Microaggressions constitute a pervasive and insidious form of discrimination, frequently manifesting as subtle, unconscious and unintentional actions that disproportionately affect individuals based on gender, race…
Background Digital psychotherapies may offer scalable options for depression, but most randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are at moderate or high risk of bias. Mapping the methodologies, populations, interventions and…
Globally and in India, mental health issues among men have seen a sharp rise, often leading to tragic outcomes such as suicides ...
Experts say there are still big gaps in knowing which services and supports work to prevent people from reaching a suicidal ...
Background Individuals with mental disorders face excess morbidity and premature mortality. Accelerated ageing has been proposed as a contributing mechanism but population-scale evidence across diverse diagnoses is…
Background Youth mental health systems worldwide face increasing demand, workforce shortages, and fragmented pathways to care. Addressing these challenges requires approaches that extend beyond specialist clinical…
Background Poor persistence and adherence to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication is a significant barrier to effective long-term care, particularly during adolescence, yet age-specific and…
Climate change has an increasing physical and mental health toll on young people globally. In this Perspective, we suggest that the extent of mental health impacts is likely to be underestimated in the low- and…
This concept seeks to support the NIMH AIDS Research Centers program, including D-ARCs and ARCs. The Centers aim to capitalize on their coordinated infrastructure to advance high-impact, interdisciplinary HIV/AIDS…
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative plans to continue supporting the development of innovative and transformative neurotechnology tools and approaches that enable the…
This concept continues the successful NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) program that encourages potentially transformative high-risk, high-reward research from exceptional…
The act of endlessly scrolling through Instagram as the algorithm has you hooked, may be harming your confidence. The main cause ...
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To assess mental health literacy and its association with professional variables among community health center (CHC) nurses. Mental health problems are highly prevalent in post-conflict countries, but access to treatment…
This article examines the relationship between behavioral and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) variables and the Mental Health Index (MHI) of Italian regions from 2016 to 2023. The use of descriptive…
Too much Instagram use may affect not only how you view your body, but also how your brain recognises it as your own. A new study ...
Background Children and young people (CYP) with neurodevelopmental diagnoses such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have high child and adolescent mental health service…
Background Adolescent and young adult (AYA) mothers often experience unmet psychosocial needs, and those under 25 years of age are at increased risk of perinatal depression. Although home visiting programmes may be…
Pediatric mental health facilities are chronically understaffed and underfunded, so focusing on prevention is critical to solving ...
As many as 1 in 5 young people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with a mental, emotional or behavioral health condition in their lives. Many children’s hospitals and pediatric providers have seen a ...
Loneliness is much more than a bad feeling. The mental condition has long been shown to have major impacts for multiple facets of ...
Background Patients in forensic psychiatric care (FPC) are often treated with various psychotropic medications. However, evidence regarding their effectiveness in this setting is lacking. Objective The study aimed to…
Background Data on antipsychotic use for the Swedish paediatric population is limited. Objective We assessed the incidence, likely indication and extent of off-label antipsychotic use among children and adolescents in…
Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’s…
A Lancet study has published updated figures on the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, having systematically ...
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