Psychiatry

Volumes of adolescents and young adults seeking inpatient, outpatient care for eating disorders increased, particularly during the first year of the pandemic

Authors say these changes coincide with restrictions on the sale of sweet and fruit-flavored e-cigarette products

Reduction in caregiver depressive symptoms may have positive impact on child asthma outcomes, partially mediated by child depressive symptom severity

Authors say routine screening for these symptoms may be beneficial in clinical practice

Rates of alcohol-induced deaths in 2020 increased with age, peaking for those aged 55 to 64 years

Initiating systemic hormone therapy before age 50 years linked to increased risk for depression

Rate even higher among younger adults aged 20 to 49 years, with an estimated one in five deaths

Depression scores reduced significantly for single 25-mg dose versus 1-mg dose, but not for single 10-mg dose

Chronic pain at age 44 years linked to poor mental health outcomes, pessimism about future, joblessness at age 55 years

Most of the money will go toward programs that expand treatment for addiction, provide overdose antidotes, support prevention efforts