Early-Life Adversity Tied to Poor Mental Health, Cognition in Later Childhood

Specific impacts seen on working memory and vocabulary

Practicing Physicians Saw Excess Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic

However, physicians had substantially lower excess mortality than the general U.S. population

Suicide Rates Up for Most Race, Ethnic Groups in 2018 to 2021

Highest age-adjusted 2021 suicide rates and highest relative percentage change seen for American Indian or Alaska Native persons

Youth With Hematologic, Oncologic Conditions Benefit From Massage

Benefits seen across all patient conditions for pain, stress, and anxiety

Universal, School-Based Screening Increases Identification of Teens at Risk for Suicide

Additionally, universal screening increases initiation of mental health services

Risk for Major Depression Increased With More Affected Family Members

Exposure to maternal, paternal, full sibling major depression linked to twofold higher risk for major depression for men; similar pattern seen for women

Being Unemployed Increases Symptom Burden in Patients With CNS Tumors

Individuals unemployed due to tumor report more functional impairment with walking, washing, dressing and reduced HRQoL

Mental Health Concerns Increasingly Addressed at Primary Care Visits

Black patients and Hispanic patients 40 percent less likely to have mental health concern addressed than Whites and non-Hispanics, respectively

Socioeconomic Position at Age 30 Predicts Later Mental Health Diagnosis

Associations strongest for substance misuse and schizophrenia spectrum disorder

One in Eight Older Adults Addicted to Highly Processed Food

Symptoms of addiction more common among women and those who are overweight or in fair, poor health