Psych News Alert

For adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who also have children with ADHD, pairing a stimulant medication with a parenting intervention can lead to significant reductions in their child’s ADHD severity. The findings were published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry .

Individuals with accumulated community-acquired infections are at higher risk of mental illness over time, according to a report in Translational Psychiatry —and the risk rises with increasing numbers of infections for up to five years post-infection.

The prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) among adults in the United States has risen significantly in both males and females across multiple age groups, while alcohol use disorder (AUD) has declined or remained stable, according to the results of a study issued today by JAMA Psychiatry .

Spending too much time on a smartphone can lead to slower vocabulary growth in children, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics— except that it was parental smartphone overuse that was linked with the language delays.

Among antipsychotics, aripiprazole may be the best option for minimizing risks of hyponatremia—low levels of sodium in the body—according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) can promote lasting reductions in anxiety symptoms among early adolescents, according to a study published today in JAMA Network Open.

Several categories of mental illness are linked to declining kidney function, according to a study in General Hospital Psychiatry .

Individuals with bipolar disorder who took lithium reported reduced suicidal ideation and fewer suicide attempts than bipolar patients not taking lithium, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry .

Nurses and psychiatric technicians at a private psychiatric hospital reported significantly higher rates of exposure to trauma—witnessed or experienced—than those in roles requiring lower direct patient care, according to a report in Psychiatric Services .

Researchers in London conducted and completed a clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy at a public health care clinic. The study findings, published in Nature Medicine , demonstrate that administering psilocybin to patients with depression is feasible within real-world clinical settings.

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sleep more than their peers on average but experience more sleep disturbances that are associated with behavioral difficulties, lower health-related quality of life, and greater maternal depression, according to a study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry .

Individuals admitted to the emergency department (ED) following a traumatic injury who had a previous history of traumatic sexual violence had significantly greater symptoms of PTSD than those without that prior history, according to a report in JAMA Psychiatry .

More than one-third of people prescribed medical cannabis meet the current criteria for cannabis use disorder (CUD), according to a study published in Addiction —although this number was primarily driven by people not using their cannabis as prescribed.

Neighborhood clean-up interventions, particularly remediating abandoned houses, can lead to reductions in fatal overdoses, according to a study in JAMA Network Open .

Over the next 25 years, the projected global economic burden of depression is $12 trillion (in 2024 U.S. dollars), according to a study in Nature Medicine . This number represents 0.46% of the world’s projected annual gross domestic product (GDP).

The children of divorced or unmarried parents are significantly more likely to report poor mental health in adulthood compared with individuals whose parents remained married—but this association is largely driven by parental mental illness, according to a study published in Psychiatry Research .

Americans strongly support policies that would require addiction treatment centers to dispense medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs), according to a nationally representative survey published today in Psychiatric Services . MOUDs include methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.

Oral semaglutide didn’t differ from placebo in reducing laboratory-assessed alcohol craving in adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD) but it did reduce heavy drinking days and drinks per day, according to a study issued today by AJP .

Particulate matter from wildfire smoke is associated with increased emergency department (ED) visits for migraine and other primary headache syndromes, according to a study in JAMA Network Open .

The FDA has approved Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s SIMTRIYO (centanafadine) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults as well as children 6 years and older weighing at least 20kg.