Rural communities had about one-fourth the psychologist workforce rate of urban areas, making psychologists the most underrepresented healthcare profession examined in a new study published June 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers from University of Kentucky in Lexington and…
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GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a 75% reduction in the odds of any substance use disorder among adults with Type 2 diabetes or obesity compared with non-user participants, according to a study published in Frontiers on March 9. …
The U.S. overdose death rate fell 24.4% from 2023 to 2024, marking the first decline across all four previously defined waves of the overdose crisis, including the fentanyl- and stimulant-driven “fourth wave,” according to a study published June 2 in…
A majority of adolescents and young adults who use AI chatbots for mental health advice do not tell anyone. Among users, 63.3% said they had not disclosed their chatbot use to family, friends or other trusted individuals, according to a…
The expiration of COVID-19-era eviction moratoriums was associated with increases in psychotropic medication prescriptions and outpatient visits for serious mental illness, according to a study published May 22 in JAMA Health Forum. Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…
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Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide were living with a mental disorder in 2023, making mental disorders the leading cause of disability globally for the first time, according to a study published May 23 in The Lancet. Researchers from the Seattle-based…
Fewer than 15% of Washington state Medicaid beneficiaries received condition-concordant primary care follow-up within 30 days of emergency department visits for mental health conditions, substance use disorders or alcohol use disorder, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA…
A machine learning-guided lifestyle intervention was associated with depression symptom remission in 55% of participants who completed the intervention, according to a pilot study published May 19 in Nature. The study, led by researchers from the University of California San…
A series of Pew Research Center surveys from February 2024 to October 2025 found that 22% of U.S. adults rated their mental health as fair or poor, with adults younger than 30 reporting the lowest mental health ratings among all…
Leucovorin prescriptions for children with autism surged twenty-fourfold after remaining stable for two years, according to a research letter published May 18 in JAMA Network Open. The study analyzed EHR data from Epic Cosmos, which includes more than 300 million…