Tag: Mental Illness / Retardation
In 2020, More Than One in Five Adults Received Mental Health Treatment
16.5 percent had taken prescription medication and 10.1 percent received counseling or therapy in previous 12 months
Exposure to Prenatal Antipsychotics Seems Safe
No increased risk seen for ADHD, ASD, small for gestational age with prenatal antipsychotics exposure
Distorted Perception in Late Teens Tied to Later Psychosis
Nonpsychotic perceptual disturbance at age 18 years linked to increases in midlife hallucinations, delusions, and total psychotic symptoms
Querying Firearm Access on Mental Health Questionnaire Feasible
Most patients who saw primary care clinician, mental health specialty clinician answered question about firearm access
Mental Illness, Multimorbidity, SUD Up for Methamphetamine Users
Those with past-year methamphetamine use also more likely to have each combination of paired outcomes or all three outcomes
Factors ID’d for Pediatric Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization
Involuntary hospitalization associated with being aged 12 years or older and being from Black versus White ethnic group
Cognitive Deficits in Childhood Tied to Later Mental Health Disorders
Authors say early cognitive interventions in childhood may lessen risk for subsequent symptoms
Severe Mental Illness Tied to Higher Risk for Heart Attack Death
Those with severe mental illness also less likely to receive revascularization
AACR: Ovarian Cancer Patients at Higher Risk for Mental Illness
Increased risks for anxiety, depression, adjustment disorder especially high during first two years after diagnosis
