Survey reports on serious psychological distress among U.S. adults in past 30 days
How many U.S. adults are struggling with serious psychological distress?
An observational survey report describes the percentage of U.S. adults aged 18 years or older with serious psychological distress in the pas…
A new survey reveals how many U.S. adults aged 18 and older experienced serious psychological distress, including intense sadness or anxiety…
Report describes suicides among American Indian or Alaska Native persons in the United States
What do we know about suicide among American Indian and Alaska Native people?
An observational report describes suicides among American Indian or Alaska Native persons in the United States. Key details on study design,…
A new report documents suicides among American Indian and Alaska Native persons during 2015-2020, highlighting an urgent need for better sup…
CDC Updates Guidance for Assessing and Responding to Suicide Clusters in Communities
How should communities respond when suicides cluster together?
The CDC has released updated guidance for communities to assess, investigate, and respond to suicide clusters. This government report provid…
When suicides happen close together in time or place, communities need clear steps to investigate links and support those affected to preven…
CDC issues guidance for community assessment and investigation of suspected suicide clusters
New guidance helps communities assess and investigate suspected suicide clusters
The CDC has released a guidance document for communities in the United States on assessing and investigating suspected suicide clusters. The…
New guidance helps communities assess and investigate suspected suicide clusters by providing a step-by-step framework for leaders and healt…
Updated guidance released for community response to suicide clusters in the United States
How should communities respond when suicide clusters happen? New guidance offers help.
A new guidance document outlines updated recommendations for community response to suicide clusters in the United States. The report does no…
New guidance helps U.S. communities respond to suicide clusters with a practical roadmap for leaders and first responders.
Review suggests L-citrulline plus leucine with exercise may improve muscle and vascular health in elderly
Can a simple supplement combo with exercise help older adults stay stronger?
A review of clinical and experimental research in elderly populations suggests concurrent L-citrulline and leucine supplementation with stru…
Combining L-citrulline and leucine supplements with exercise boosts muscle mass, vascular function, and physical performance in older adults…
High-frequency rTMS over left DLPFC associated with reduced cannabis dependence and severity in small CUD study
Brain stimulation shows promise for reducing cannabis dependence in small study
An open-label randomized study of 18 individuals with moderate to severe cannabis use disorder found high-frequency rTMS over the left DLPFC…
High-frequency brain stimulation reduced cannabis cravings and use frequency for up to a year in a small study of people with moderate to se…
Worry induction increases food consumption in undergraduate students in laboratory study
Does worry make you eat more? A lab study found it can.
A preregistered experimental study of 129 undergraduate students found that worry induction led to significantly more potato chip and total …
Worrying can make you eat more, as a lab study found that students forced to worry ate significantly more chips and food than those in a cal…
Blue-blocking glasses show no advantage over tinted lenses for inpatient mania in small RCT
Blue-blocking glasses show no advantage over lightly tinted glasses for mania symptoms
A randomized controlled trial of 42 inpatients with mania found adjunctive blue-blocking glasses were not superior to lightly tinted glasses…
Blue-blocking glasses offered no advantage over lightly tinted ones for reducing manic symptoms in hospitalized patients.
Active tDCS shows large effect on life engagement in schizophrenia outpatients versus sham
Can brain stimulation help people with schizophrenia feel more engaged with life?
A randomized controlled trial of 50 outpatients with schizophrenia found active tDCS (15 weekday sessions) produced significantly greater re…
Non-invasive brain stimulation helped people with schizophrenia feel more engaged in daily life, work, and relationships after 15 sessions.
Meta-analysis finds small habenula volume reductions in mood disorders do not survive correction
Brain region volume differences in mood disorders may not be significant after statistical correction
A meta-analysis of 15 samples (1,230-1,236 participants) found small but significant reductions in left and right habenula volume in mood di…
Initial signs of smaller brain regions in mood disorders vanished after rigorous statistical checks, showing early findings often don't hold…
Systematic review finds brain alterations in perinatal depression compared to healthy controls
Brain imaging review finds patterns linked to perinatal depression
A systematic review synthesizing research on perinatal depression (PND) found patients exhibit structural, functional, and metabolic brain a…
Brain scans show perinatal depression changes activity in emotional and regulatory areas, offering new clues for early screening and treatme…