Field report describes overdose deaths involving eutylone, a psychoactive bath salt, in the United States
What happens when people overdose on the bath salt drug eutylone?
A field report describes overdose deaths involving eutylone, a psychoactive bath salt, in the United States.
A new report confirms that eutylone, a dangerous synthetic stimulant often sold as bath salts, is causing fatal overdoses in the United Stat…
U.S. Suicide Rates by Method: Descriptive Report Lacks Specific Data
How do Americans die by suicide? A new report looks at the methods
A descriptive observational report examined age-adjusted suicide rates by method in the U.S.
A new report describes how Americans die by suicide, using national data to show the methods people use across the United States.
Observational report describes suicide rates in the U.S. population by demographic factors
Report describes U.S. suicide rates and patterns across different groups
An observational report described suicide rates in the U.S.
A new report describes suicide rates in the U.S. overall and by demographic factors like age, gender, and race.
School racism experiences associated with mental health, suicide risk, and substance use in US high school students
Report finds links between school racism and student mental health, substance use
An observational report found associations between experiencing racism in school and poor mental health, substance use, and suicide risk amo…
A new report links racism in schools to worse mental health, substance use, and suicide risk among high school students from all backgrounds…
Observational study examines syndemic conditions and condomless anal intercourse in transgender women
What makes safe sex harder for transgender women in U.S. cities?
An observational surveillance report examined the relationship between structural and psychosocial syndemic conditions and condomless anal i…
Housing instability and discrimination create tough barriers to safe sex for transgender women across seven U.S. cities.
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.
New guidance helps communities assess and investigate suspected suicide clusters by providing a step-by-step framework for leaders and healt…
Secondary analysis identifies possible mediators for chronic pain treatments in Veterans
Study in Veterans with chronic pain explores how three mind-body treatments may work
A secondary analysis of a 3-arm RCT in 328 Veterans with chronic pain found that across clinical hypnosis, mindfulness, and pain education, …
Veterans with chronic pain who tolerated pain better, engaged in valued activities, and worried less about pain found relief across three mi…
Food aid provision associated with reduced anxiety and insomnia symptoms in food-insecure Pakistani adults
Can food aid help people sleep better? A study in Pakistan suggests it might
An exploratory RCT of 186 participants from food aid distribution centers in Pakistan found food aid provision was associated with significa…
In Pakistan, people receiving food aid reported less anxiety and better sleep than those waiting for help, suggesting hunger itself can keep…
Enhanced self-affirmation mitigated attentional bias toward test threat in high-anxiety youths in RCT
Can a simple affirmation exercise help anxious students focus better on tests?
An RCT in 118 secondary school students with high and low test anxiety found that an enhanced self-affirmation condition mitigated attention…
A quick self-affirmation exercise stopped anxious students from getting distracted by scary words during a test simulation.
Classroom-based transdiagnostic intervention reduces anxiety and depression in university students with elevated symptoms
Classroom program helps reduce anxiety and depression in some university students
A randomized controlled trial in 220 university students found a classroom-based transdiagnostic preventive intervention reduced emotional s…
A classroom program reduced anxiety and depression in university students who started with moderate or severe symptoms, but offered no benef…
Narrative review synthesizes evidence on narcolepsy type 1, proposes integrative clinical algorithm
Could narcolepsy be an immune disorder? A new review suggests a shift in thinking
A narrative review synthesizes existing literature on narcolepsy type 1, proposing it aligns with immune-mediated neurological disease spect…
Narcolepsy may be an immune disorder, not just a sleep issue, prompting a new model to treat patients based on their unique biology and symp…
Meta-analysis finds distinct hedonic deficits in schizophrenia and depression
How do depression and schizophrenia change how we look forward to things?
A meta-analysis of 1,464 participants found schizophrenia spectrum individuals reported less anticipated pleasure than controls (g = -0.22, …
People with depression expect less joy and more dread from the future, while those with schizophrenia expect less joy but feel the same drea…