The socioeconomic character of a neighborhood, as well as accessibility of mental health care services, influence the wellbeing of patients with psychiatric disorders.
The investigators observed a statistically significant relapse rate among those discontinuing medication for ADHD, which remained significant in subgroup analyses of both age groups.
Researchers found strong evidence that polygenic scores for adult major depression, subjective wellbeing, neuroticism, insomnia, educational attainment, and BMI are associated with childhood ADHD symptoms, internalizing and social problems.
The researchers suggested that the increased inflammatory response and oxidative stress that accompanies air pollution exposure may affect the central nervous system with both short and long term exposure to these pollutants.
Depression is twice as common in patients with chronic pain compared to health subjects, and pain intensity, frequency, and number of locations are linked to depression and anxiety.
Levels of greenness were determined through the normalized difference and soil-adjusted vegetation indices. The study was completed between April 2012 and January 2013.
Evidence suggests that antidepressant medication and CBT are similarly effective in acute treatment of MDD and combination therapy appears to be more effective in acute depressive episodes than either therapeutic approach alone.
A lack of faith in the ability to control anxiety experienced by patients with generalized anxiety disorder reduced the efficacy of treatment using a Worry Outcome Journal.
A 2- to 4-fold higher prevalence of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-injury, and suicidality was reported in gender minority students compared with their cisgender counterparts.
The highest rate for an individual disorder was 2.51% for ADHD, followed by depression and autism spectrum disorders at 1.84% and 1.79%, respectively.
