Western U.S. Faces Spike in Illegally Manufactured Fentanyl Deaths
2023 to 2024 saw approximately sevenfold increase in overdose deaths involving carfentanil
Study Looks at Impact of Children’s Exposure to Lead in the United States
Increase of 0.13 standard deviations seen in overall liability to mental illness assuming published lead-psychopathology links are causal
Faster Psychotherapy Use Seen in Some Socioeconomically Advantaged Groups
Inequalities seen across telemedicine access, including higher use in younger adults, nonmarried persons, college educated
Fitbit Data Produce Accurate Mood Symptomatology Predictions
Good performance seen for predicting depression, hypomania in people with bipolar disorder
Antiobesity Medications Tied to Decreased Alcohol Use
Findings seen among individuals enrolled in a telehealth weight management program
Preferential Promotion of White Men Persisting in Academic Medicine
Black women significantly less likely to be promoted to assistant professor, full professor compared with White men
Pain + Depressive Symptoms Increase Risk for Cognitive Decline
Decline seen in global cognition, memory in adults aged at least 50 years
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aids Patients With Long COVID
Review also shows benefits for mental health rehabilitation
Trump Picks Vaccine Mandate Critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health
Family History of Mental Illness Tied to Aggression in Those With CTE
First-degree family history of mental illness linked to aggression in those with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, but not those without CTE