Americans are more likely to say AI chatbots hurt rather than help people who use them for support with loneliness, depression or stress, according to an Aug. 25 Pew Research Center report. The center surveyed 3,488 U.S. adults from June…
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A nationwide quality improvement initiative led by University of California Davis Health in Sacramento, the American Academy of Pediatrics and partner organizations increased screening and follow-up care for adolescent substance use and mental health concerns across pediatric primary care clinics.…
The age-adjusted death rate for alcohol-induced deaths among U.S. adults aged 45 and older increased from 2014 to 2024, according to an Aug. 20 report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Death rates increased from 19.5 per 100,000…
The percentage of U.S. adults who report doing any kind of gambling during the past year fell to 45%, down from 64% a decade ago, according to an Aug. 17 report from Gallup. The findings are based on telephone interviews…
Emergency involuntary psychiatric detention rates varied 33-fold across 25 U.S. states, from 29 per 100,000 people in Connecticut to 966 per 100,000 in Florida between 2011 and 2018, according to research published Nov. 3, 2020, in Psychiatric Services. Researchers —…
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A nationwide, evidence-based tobacco treatment program for cancer patients and survivors in the U.S. would save $12.32 billion in healthcare costs over 10 years, according to a study published July 14 in JCO Oncology Practice. Led by researchers from Houston-based…
Nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids, have spread through the U.S. illicit drug supply in recent years, drawing warnings from drug monitoring agencies about their extreme potency and overdose risk. The opioid class was first identified in the U.S. street…
About 38% of inpatient psychiatric mental health registered nurses reported high burnout, while 22% intended to leave their jobs within the next year, according to a study accepted for publication July 27 in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health…
AI chatbots can reinforce harmful psychological patterns during conversations with users experiencing certain mental health vulnerabilities, according to a study published Aug. 7 in Nature Medicine. Researchers — from the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research…
In 2025, an estimated 3.4 million individuals received care across the nation’s 539 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), up nearly 13% compared to January 2024, according to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s 2026 CCBHC Impact Report. The report…