New Mexico had the highest alcohol-induced death rate per 100,000 residents in 2024, while New Jersey had the lowest, according to KFF. Age-adjusted death rates were determined by applying age-specific mortality rates to the 2000 U.S. standard population distribution. Rates…
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West Virginia had the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses of any state in 2024, according to a new analysis from KFF. The analysis is based on finalized 2024 opioid overdose death totals from the CDC’s WONDER database, which uses…
Michigan’s Washtenaw County co-response unit logged 1,537 activity encounters with individuals in crisis over the first 18 months after its launch, according to an evaluation from the University of Chicago Health Lab that highlighted operational challenges and opportunities to strengthen…
More than 1 in 5 disaster survivors develop a mental health condition, and symptoms may surface as much as a decade later, according to a review published in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The study, led by Michel Dückers, PhD,…
ChatGPT Health inconsistently triggered suicide-crisis alerts cases in which users described specific plans for self-harm, according to a study published Feb. 23 in Nature Medicine. The evaluation — led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai…
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A study led by Los Angeles-based UCLA Health found that an accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol delivered over five consecutive days produced outcomes comparable to the standard six-week course for patients with treatment-resistant depression. The study was published June 15…
A study led by Cleveland Clinic found diagnostic agreement between primary services and consultation-liaison psychiatry for delirium was 88%, compared to 67% for strict depression diagnoses. The multisite study was published Dev. 5 in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. Cleveland…
Arkansas had the highest percentage of adults experiencing mental health issues in 2024 while North Dakota had the lowest, according to a news release from Margate, Fla.-based Legacy Healing Center. The percentages reflect the share of adults who reported mental…
Among adult Medicaid enrollees, buprenorphine use for opioid use disorder increased more after 2010, reaching 12 users per 1,000 Medicaid enrollees by 2020 — nearly double the prevalence of methadone use for opioid use disorder, according to a study published…
West Virginia had the highest number of inpatient and residential substance use treatment beds per 100,000 residents in 2024, while the District of Columbia had the lowest, according to KFF. Beds per 100,000 residents were calculated using KFF estimates based…