A narrative review summarized the findings of 69 prospective longitudinal studies to inform practitioners and policy makers about the outcomes of physical punishment and identified 7 key themes.
With depressive symptoms rising after an acute COVID-19 infection, study researchers looked at whether these symptoms are a consequence of stress associated with COVID or, do they reflect more specific sequelae associated with the pathophysiology of the illness.
While prior research indicates that cannabis use may increase the severity of certain psychiatric symptoms, its impact on suicidality is unknown. To inform this gap, investigators extracted data from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health for the years 2008 through 2019.
With health experts across the country agreeing we are in the midst of a mental health pandemic, psychiatrist Aaron M. Hawkins, MD offers his view about the current state and the future of mental health in the United States.
The researchers analyzed which individuals felt targeted by bullies for wearing a mask in order to find out more about the psychological consequences of the current pandemic.
The researchers’ goal was to determine the effectiveness of a text message program vs only assessment for vaping cessation among young adults.
Among individuals aged 12 to 25 years, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts began increasing by early May 2020.
The researchers created two new “swear” words and assessed the pain-relieving effects of saying these new words during an ice-water pain challenge.
The researchers’ objective was to examine whether PTSD could be compared and assessed based on DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria, using PTSD Checklists.
Researchers compared the Impact of Event Scale-Revised and Insomnia Severity Index scores among 348 health care professionals and 350 control individuals at a hospital treating patients for COVID-19 in Turkey.
