The APA Nominating Committee, chaired by Immediate Past President Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A., reports the following slate of candidates for APA’s 2025 election. This slate has been approved by the Board of Trustees and is considered...
Psychiatrists who are unaware that they themselves are autistic may fail to recognize the condition in their patients, according to a study issued in British Journal of Psychiatry Open that interviewed autistic psychiatrists and compared...
Children exposed to cannabis in the womb may have poorer attention skills and be more prone to aggression at age 5 than children who are not exposed prenatally to cannabis, according to a report in JAMA Pediatrics . The associations...
Individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC) are much more likely to discuss their cultural identity with therapists than White individuals are, reports a study appearing today in Psychiatric Services ....
Misophonia—having reduced tolerance for and intense negative emotional reactions to triggering sounds like eating, snoring, gum-snapping, and pen-clicking—may be linked to emotion dysregulation, a study in the Journal of Psychiatric...
A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain has been shown to be effective at rapidly treating depression in patients for whom standard treatments have been ineffective. The treatment -- known as...
Researchers have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup.
Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) approved for treating diabetes and promoting weight loss, may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with type 2 diabetes compared with other diabetes drugs, a study in...
One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this 'negativity bias,' which can fuel the development of...
Canada drugmaker PharmaTher received a complete response letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for racemic ketamine, the company announced yesterday. The company is pursuing...
Understanding animal emotions has been a long-running question at the forefront of welfare studies, but a new study may hold the key to decoding the chatter. The answer involves two baby chickens and a mirror.
Although a majority of psychiatrists received at least one non-research payment from the pharmaceutical and medical device industry between 2015 and 2021, the bulk of these payments went to a tiny fraction of psychiatrists, according to...
More than 60% of individuals with schizophrenia who underwent guided antipsychotic tapering at a specialty clinic remained stable for a year while reporting better overall functioning, reports a study in Psychological Medicine . Among...
Children who were exposed to COVID-19 while in the womb do not appear to have any neurodevelopmental impairments over the first two years compared with those who were not exposed, according to a study in JAMA Network Open . Eleni G....
An estimated 15.5 million adults in the United States—roughly 1 in 16—have been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a survey analysis in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . The analysis also...
Childhood problems with affective executive function—the brain’s ability to control and regulate emotions—may at least partially explain the relationship between maternal depression during and after pregnancy, and later depression among...
Clonidine, a non-opioid approved for the treatment of hypertension, may be an effective alternative to morphine for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), according to a report in Pediatrics . Babies who are exposed to opioids in...
Researchers have revealed that the CA1 and CA2 regions in the brain respectively encode the locations and individuals linked with a threatening experience. The results show that, beyond simply recognizing individuals, CA2 helps record...
Older patients who are diagnosed with dementia are more likely to move to another state or county than their peers who are diagnosed with other conditions, a study in JAMA Network Open has found. “Our findings illuminate the profound...
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- also known as ADHD -- is typically thought of as a childhood condition. But more adults are realizing that their struggles with attention, focus and restlessness could in fact be undiagnosed...
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) who do not live with their family are not more likely to be prescribed antipsychotics to manage challenging behaviors like aggression, reports a study published today in Psychiatric Research...
About 1 in 3 Americans anticipates having a heated political discussion with their family members this election season, and 6% expect family relations will get worse as a result, a new APA survey reveals. “It is not surprising that some...
A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or depression after experiencing a traumatic event.
In a large and thorough genomic analysis, researchers have found that having a genetic risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may also raise the risk of developing lipid-related health problems like hypercholesteremia or having an...
Women with mild to moderate depression or anxiety and no other mental illnesses who discontinue antidepressants during pregnancy do not appear to experience adverse psychiatric outcomes postpartum, according to a study issued today by...
Implementing a masked taper along with targeted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) designed to address the placebo effect may help older patients discontinue benzodiazepine use for insomnia better than CBT and standard tapering alone,...
Minority youth at high risk of psychosis who live in more diverse neighborhoods tend to have less severe positive symptoms—such as unusual thoughts or grandiose ideas—than those surrounded by less diversity, reports a study in Psychiatry...
Rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting shows promise as a treatment strategy for people who hoard, a study by psychology researchers has shown.
Participants who received add-on bright light therapy for nonseasonal depression, either unipolar or bipolar, were more likely to respond and reach remission than those who did not receive it, according to a systematic review and...
Mild or disabling hearing loss (HL) among adults ages 45 to 69 may be associated with cognitive impairment, according to a report in JAMA Open Network . Further, wearing a hearing aid does not appear to significantly change the risk for...
Today, on National Latino Physician Day, APA is celebrating the contributions—past and present—of its Hispanic and Latino membership to the field of psychiatry. “We applaud our bilingual, bicultural members for their commitment to...
A study published today in JAMA Network Open has found that more than 1 in 10 older adults who go to the emergency department (ED) after falling are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias within a year of their ED...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride), the first antipsychotic drug approved to treat schizophrenia that does not target dopamine receptors, which has long been the standard...
Wrist-based activity sensors worn by individuals with depression and those without over the course of two weeks provided evidence for the relationship between daily sunlight exposure and physical activity, according to a new study.
Scientists conclude that some video games created as mental health interventions can be helpful -- if modest -- tools in improving the mental well-being of children and teens with anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity...
Researchers analyzed 193 patients from the Vietnam Head Injury Study with penetrating traumatic brain injury to determine if the location of shrapnel damage to their brains influenced risk of developing PTSD. Damage to areas connected to...
New research finds that adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have high rates of comorbid mental and substance use disorders and significant social and economic disadvantages, and only 26% received minimally adequate treatment....
Scientists have analyzed millions of tweets to identify COVID-19 survivors living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- demonstrating the effectiveness of using social media data as a tool for early screening and intervention.
An examination of millions of patient visits to primary care physicians shows that mental health concerns are second only to musculoskeletal complaints in everyday care. One in nine patients was seeking care primarily because of a mental...
Researchers report significant strides in enhancing early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents. They demonstrate the efficacy of integrating multimodal MRI with behavioral assessments for greater diagnostic precision. Bipolar...
Diagnostic labels for people experiencing what some consider to be relatively milder forms of mental-ill health may affect how others perceive them for better and worse, according to a new study.
New research highlights the growing problem of death ideation and the increasing rates of both loneliness and suicidal thoughts among older individuals. The study explores the critical issue of social disconnection and its link to a...
Children who have persistently raised inflammation are at a higher risk of experiencing serious mental health disorders including psychosis and depression in early adulthood.
A new study that examined health data on 18 million people reveals higher incidence of mental illnesses for up to a year following severe COVID-19 in unvaccinated people.