Association of Antidepressant Use With Drug-Related Extrapyramidal Symptoms: A Pharmacoepidemiological Study – Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Incidence of Extrapyramidal Symptoms Higher With Certain Antidepressants – MPR (free) AND Antidepressants tied to Parkinson’s-like symptoms – Univadis (free registration required)

“Observational study: Incidence of EPSs with antidepressants. RRs: duloxetine, 5.68; mirtazapine, 3.78; citalopram, 3.47; escitalopram, 3.23; paroxetine, 3.07; sertraline, 2.57; venlafaxine, 2.37; bupropion, 2.31; and fluoxetine, 2.03 (all significant)” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

Intramuscular Midazolam, Olanzapine, Ziprasidone, or Haloperidol for Treating Acute Agitation in the Emergency Department – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Agitation in ED: a comparative study of fast-acting sedatives – Univadis (free)

Suicide Isn’t A U.S. Problem. It’s A Global Health Epidemic – Forbes (free)

Position Paper for the Treatment of Nightmare Disorder in Adults: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Paper – Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (free)

Commentary: New position paper recommends treatment options for nightmare disorder in adults – American Academy of Sleep Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)

Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotics on Adiposity and Insulin Sensitivity in Youths: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Study First to Show Antipsychotic Medication Use in Youths Increases Diabetes Risk, Body Fat – Florida Atlantic University, via NewsWise (free) AND Rapid Weight Gain, Decreased Insulin Sensitivity Found in Youth Taking SGAs for First Time – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Kids on Antipsychotics May See Adverse Metabolic Effects – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Gaming addiction as a mental disorder: it’s premature to pathologise players – The Conversation (free) AND

Related: Gaming addiction classified as mental health disorder by WHO – Reuters (free) AND WHO classifies ‘gaming disorder’ as mental health condition – CNN (free)

Prevalence of Prescription Medications With Depression as a Potential Adverse Effect Among Adults in the United States – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: One-Third of US Adults May Unknowingly Use Medications That Can Cause Depression – University of Illinois at Chicago, via EurekAlert (free) AND Many U.S. adults take medicines that can cause depression – Reuters (free) AND Rx With Depression as Potential Adverse Effect Widely Used – Medscape (free registration required)

Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and Circumstances Contributing to Suicide — 27 States, 2015 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)

Commentaries: CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically – NPR (free) AND CDC: Suicide rates rose 30% across nation since 1999 – UPI (free) AND More Americans Are Dying From Suicide – The Atlantic (free)

Associations between age and the course of major depressive disorder: a 2-year longitudinal cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Older age tied to poorer course of major depressive disorder – MedicalXpress (free) AND Worse Depression Trajectory in Old Age – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Antipsychotic treatment of very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis (ATLAS): a randomised, controlled, double-blind trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: positive findings but questions remain unanswered – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Low-Dose Antipsychotic Effective in Late-Onset Psychosis – Medscape (free registration required) AND Low-dose amisulpride effective for late-onset psychosis – Healio (free registration required)

Association of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy With Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)

Commentary: Hypertension in Pregnancy Tied to Autism, ADHD – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“Researchers call for greater pediatric surveillance of infants in hypertensive moms” (from MedPage Today)

Mental Health ATLAS 2017 – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: Mental health: massive scale-up of resources needed if global targets are to be met (free)

See also: WHO Campaign on Mental Health (free resources)

“Every US$ 1 invested in scaling up treatment for common mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety leads to a return of US$ 4 in better health and ability to work” (via @WHO see Tweet)

Stimulants for ADHD in children: Revisited – Therapeutics Initiative (via @AllenFrancesMD)

“There is convincing evidence that a proportion of boys and girls treated with stimulants in BC and around the world are simply the youngest in their class”

Dieting predicts engagement in multiple risky behaviours among adolescent Canadian girls: a longitudinal analysis – Canadian Journal of Public Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Dieting associated with risky behaviors in teenage girls – University of Waterloo, via ScienceDaily (free)

Has suicide become an occupational hazard of practicing medicine? – CMAJ News (free)

Related: Preventing physician suicide – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)

“Our work environments are unhealthy and it’s supported by a culture of giving and made worse in modern times by a culture of efficiencies and bureaucracies”

Global mental health: five key insights which emerge from the data – Our World in Data (free)

How common is alcohol and drug dependency across the world? – Our World in Data (free)

Antidepressant utilisation and incidence of weight gain during 10 years’ follow-up: population based cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Antidepressant induced weight gain (free)

Commentaries: Antidepressant therapy and risk of weight gain – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Taking antidepressants could be linked to weight gain, according to a new study — and some drugs heighten the risk more than others – Business Insider (free) AND Antidepressants linked to risk of weight gain, study shows – OnMedica (free) AND Antidepressant use linked with weight gain – NHS Choices (free)

Committee Opinion: Gynecologic Care for Adolescents and Young Women With Eating Disorders – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (free)

News Release: Ob-Gyns Have Important Role on Care Team for Women with Eating Disorders – ACOG (free)

Commentary: OB/GYN Group Offers Advice on Caring for Teens, Young Women with Eating Disorders – Physician’s First Watch (free)

The role of job strain in understanding midlife common mental disorder: a national birth cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: How job strain may impair mental health – Medical News Today (free) AND Job strain linked to onset of common mental illness – Black Dog Institute, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Job Stress May Be a ‘Substantial Contributor’ to Mental Illness – Medscape (free registration required)

Investigating the longitudinal association between diabetes and anxiety: a systematic review and meta‐analysis – Diabetic Medicine (free) (via @kamleshkhunti)

Identifying and managing depression in patients with coronary artery disease – Journal of the American Academy of Pas (free)

Commentaries: Depression in Patients With CAD – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Early Depression Diagnosis is Deadly Serious for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease – Florida State University, via NewsWise (free)

Autism spectrum disorder: advances in diagnosis and evaluation – The BMJ (free for a limited period)

Pediatric ADHD Medication Exposures Reported to US Poison Control Centers – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Unnecessary and accidental use of ADHD drugs increases over 60%, study suggests – CNN (free) AND Add ADHD Meds To Call Burden For Poison Control Centers – American Council on Science and Health (free) AND As ADHD Diagnoses Increased, So Did Calls to Poison Control – U.S. News (free) AND More U.S. kids overdosing on ADHD drugs – Reuters (free)

Risk of suicide following an alcohol-related emergency hospital admission: An electronic cohort study of 2.8 million people – PLOS One (free)

Commentaries: Emergency hospital admissions for alcohol a red flag for suicide risk – new study – Public Health Wales (free) AND Alcohol-Related Emergency Admissions: A Marker for Suicide Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)

Dose Increase Versus Unchanged Continuation of Antidepressants After Initial Antidepressant Treatment Failure in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind Trials – The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Depression: boosting SSRIs doesn’t work – Univadis (free registration required)

“Meta-analysis: there is evidence from RCTs against increasing the dose of SSRIs (with the possible exception of citalopram) in adult patients with major depression and antidepressant treatment failure” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review Update – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free PDF)

Summary: Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychological therapies for treatment-resistant depression in adults – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Are psychological therapies effective in treating depression that did not get better with previous treatment? – Cochrane Library (free)

Association of disrupted circadian rhythmicity with mood disorders, subjective wellbeing, and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of 91 105 participants from the UK Biobank – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – for full-text)

Commentaries: Disrupted sleep-wake cycle linked to mental health problems – new study – The Conversation (free) AND Study: Body clock disruption linked to mood disorders – UPI (free) AND Body clock disruptions linked to mood disorders – NHS Choices (free) AND Maintaining a daily rhythm is important for mental health, study suggests – CNN (free)

Deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists – Canadian Family Physician (free) (via @Deprescribing)

Related: CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free) AND 11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing – Medscape Slideshow (free registration required) AND Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)

Association of Efficacy of Resistance Exercise Training With Depressive Symptoms: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Resistance Exercise Might Improve Depression Symptoms – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Resistance exercise may reduce depressive symptoms in adults – MedicalXpress (free) AND Resistance Exercise Training May Alleviate Some Depressive Symptoms – MedicalResearch.com (free)

Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report – Addiction (free PDF)

Commentaries: Alcohol and tobacco are by far the biggest threat to human welfare of all addictive drugs – Society for the Study of Addiction, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Which drugs pose the biggest threat to public health? – Medical News Today (free)

Methylphenidate for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents – assessment of adverse events in non-randomised studies – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Summary: Methylphenidate for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents – assessment of harmful effects – Cochrane Library (free)

“Our findings suggest that methylphenidate may be associated with a number of serious adverse events as well as a large number of non-serious adverse events in children and adolescents, which often lead to withdrawal of methylphenidate”.

Cost-effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy vs Pharmacotherapy/Psychotherapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression in the United States – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)

Author interview: Cost-effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression in the United States (free)

Commentaries: Study about ‘shock therapy’ for depression suggests more patients should try it sooner – Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan, via EurekAlert (free) AND Third-Line Electroconvulsive Therapy May Be Best for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND ECT Found Cost Effective Early in Depression Treatment – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on walking and balance function after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis – American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (free)

Commentaries: For Stroke Victims, Brain Magnetic Stimulation Leads to Improved Walking Speed – Wolters Kluwer, via NewsWise (free) AND Stroke survivors may benefit from magnetic brain stimulation – Medical News Today (free)

Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)

Author Interview: Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults (free)

Commentaries: Psychological interventions can help treat chronic pain in seniors – UPI (free) AND Not All In Your Head: Psychological Therapies Not a Panacea for Pain – MedicalResearch.com (free)

Antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence – Cochrane Library (link to abstract and summary – $ for full-text)

Comparison of Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual for Early-Phase Psychosis: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: With Early Intervention, Patients With Schizophrenia Experience Greater Improvements in Health, Function – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Early Intervention Best for Early-Phase Psychosis – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Physical Activity and Incident Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Regular exercise may help lower your risk of depression – NHS Choices (free) AND Regular Exercise Lowers Odds of Developing Depression, Meta-Analysis Finds – Psychiatric News Alert (free)

Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Three-Minute Brain Stimulation Sessions Effectively Reduce Depression Symptoms, Study Finds – Forbes (free) AND Three Minute Version of Brain Stimulation Therapy Effective for Hard to Treat Depression – Neuroscience News (free)

Support for midlife anxiety diagnosis as an independent risk factor for dementia: a systematic review – BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: Moderate to severe mid-life anxiety may be linked to later life dementia – BMJ Open Blog (free) AND Anxiety in middle age linked to dementia later – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to a review of the association between mid-life anxiety and later life dementia – Science Media Centre (free)

“The current study isn’t designed to explain how anxiety and dementia might be connected, Iadecola added.

“We cannot say with confidence that anxiety is a cause (risk factor), an early manifestation of the dementia, or only coincidentally associated with it,”” (from Reuters)

Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: case-control study – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Anticholinergic drugs and dementia in older adults (free)

Commentaries: Expert reaction to study investigating the association between different types of anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia – Science Media Centre (free) AND Anticholinergic drugs may be linked to increased risk of dementia – OnMedica (free)

“The effect of anticholinergic therapy is relatively small (odds ratio 1.1 – 1.2) and establishing an association does not prove a causal link. Nevertheless, the paper may act as a useful guide for future research and clinical practice”. (by Prof Les Iversen, in Science Media Centre)

Guideline Update: Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Guideline Update: Depression in adults: recognition and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Summary: Antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence – Cochrane Library (free)

Strategies for Reducing Opioid-Overdose Deaths — Lessons from Canada – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression – Nature Genetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Unprecedented study identifies 44 genetic risk factors for major depression – King’s College London, via MedicalXpress (free) AND ‘Gene map for depression’ sparks hopes of new generation of treatments – The Guardian (free) AND Global study finds 44 genetic risk factors for major depression – Reuters (free)

Increased Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in Allergic Diseases: A Nationwide, Population-Based, Cohort Study – Frontiers in Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Asthma and hay fever linked to increased risk of psychiatric disorders – Frontiers, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Common allergic conditions linked to mental health – Medical News Today (free)

Premenstrual syndrome and alcohol consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis – BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: Drinking alcohol linked to higher risk of PMS – OnMedica (free) AND Heavy drinking linked to worse PMS – Reuters (free)

Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder – Bipolar Disorders (free)

Related Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Efficacy and Safety of Intranasal Esketamine for the Rapid Reduction of Symptoms of Depression and Suicidality in Patients at Imminent Risk for Suicide: Results of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Intranasal Esketamine Found Effective in Rapid Reduction of Depression, Suicidal Thoughts – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Fast-acting benefits of ketamine for depression and suicidality – American Psychiatric Association, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Ketamine ‘shows promise’ in treating depression – OnMedica (free) AND Ketamine Spray Effective for Suicidality, but Abuse Concerns Linger – Medscape (free registration required)

Related: ‘Cautious Optimism’ Marks Outlook for Ketamine, Mood Disorders – Psychiatric News (free)

Association of Cannabis With Cognitive Functioning in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Marijuana’s effects on young brains diminish 72 hours after use, research says – CNN (free) AND ‘Poorer Cognitive Functioning’ of Marijuana Users Detailed in New Study – Inverse (free)

Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe – National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (free PDF)

News Release: New Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk Aims to Fundamentally Improve Suicide Care Delivered Nationwide (free PDF)

Commentary: First-Ever Suicide Prevention Recommendations Released – Medscape (free registration required)

Perspective: Digital Addiction: A Recipe For Isolation, Depression And Anxiety – Forbes (free)

Original article: Digital Addiction: Increased Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression – NeuroRegulation (free PDF)

Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (free)

Commentary: Mental disorders among leading causes of illness in children worldwide – BioMed Central, via ScienceDaily (free)

Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies – The Lancet (free)

Editorial: Thresholds for safer alcohol use might need lowering (free)

Commentaries: Drinking a pint of beer may lower your life expectancy by the same amount as smoking a cigarette – new research – The Conversation (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at drinking alcohol, life expectancy and alcohol limits – Science Media Centre (free) AND More than six weekly glasses of wine could curb life expectancy by up to five years – OnMedica (free) AND Consuming more than five drinks a week could shorten your life – University of Cambridge, via ScienceDaily (free) AND How much alcohol is too much? A new study says it’s found the number – PBS News Hour (free)

Primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: 2018 Canadian consensus guidelines – Canadian Family Physician (free)

Related guideline: Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)

Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques for chronic pain – Cochrane Library (free)

“There is a lack of high-quality evidence to support or refute the effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques for chronic pain”

New perspectives in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder – F1000 Research (free)

Antidepressants versus placebo for panic disorder in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Summary: Antidepressants for panic disorder in adults – Cochrane Library (free)

Commentary: Antidepressants are moderately effective in panic disorder – Univadis (free registration required)

Let It Go: Lingering Negative Affect in Response to Daily Stressors Is Associated With Physical Health Years Later – Psychological Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Lingering negative responses to stress linked with health a decade later – Association for Psychological Science, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Even minor stress can impact long-term health, study warns – Medical News Today (free)

Associations Between Brain Structure and Connectivity in Infants and Exposure to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors During Pregnancy – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

Author interview: Associations Between SSRI Exposure During Pregnancy and MRI-Assessed Brain Structure and Connectivity in Infants (free)

Commentaries: We’re beginning to learn how moms’ antidepressants can affect fetuses – VOX (free) AND MRI study finds prenatal exposure to certain antidepressants may alter brain development – Health Imaging (free) AND SSRI use in pregnancy may affect fetal brain development – OnMedica (free) AND Antidepressants in pregnancy tied to changes in babies’ brains – Reuters (free)

Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

The burden of online friends: the effects of giving up Facebook on stress and well-being – The Journal of Social Psychology (free)

Commentaries: Quitting Facebook can reduce stress – University of Queensland (free) AND Giving up Facebook leads to a drop in the stress-related hormone cortisol, study finds – PsyPost (free) AND Does Quitting Facebook Really Make You Less Happy? Probably Not – Forbes (free) AND Want to de-stress? Delete Facebook, study suggests – Medical News Today (free)

Change Your Mind-Set, Reduce Your Chronic Pain – Scientific American (free)

Sleep deficiency and motor vehicle crash risk in the general population: a prospective cohort study – BMC Medicine (free)

Commentary: Sleep deficiency increases risk of a motor vehicle crash – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free)

“Study finds that sleep deficiency due to either sleep apnea or insufficient sleep duration is strongly associated with motor vehicle crashes, regardless of one’s self-reported sleepiness level” (from ScienceDaily)

Cognitive Aging and Long-Term Maintenance of Attentional Improvements Following Meditation Training – Journal of Cognitive Enhancement (free)

Commentary: Seven-year follow-up shows lasting cognitive gains from meditation – University of California, via ScienceDaily (free)

Effectiveness of preventive cognitive therapy while tapering antidepressants versus maintenance antidepressant treatment versus their combination in prevention of depressive relapse or recurrence (DRD study): a three-group, multicentre, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Preventive cognitive therapy is an effective alternative and addition to antidepressants for preventing depression relapse, study finds – ACP Internist (free) AND Preventive Cognitive Therapy Helps Limit Depression Recurrence – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Depression: preventive cognitive therapy improves outcome in recurrent depression – Univadis (free registration required)

Mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress in university students (the Mindful Student Study): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (free)

Commentaries: Mindfulness training in higher education students – The Lancet (free) AND Mindfulness may help university students reduce stress – The Mental Elf (free)

Treating Subthreshold Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavioral Activation With Mindfulness – Annals of Family Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Mindfulness Intervention Can Prevent Depression, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Could mindfulness prevent major depression? – Medical News Today (free) AND Meditation May Reduce Depression in Primary Care – Medscape (free registration required)

Viewpoint: Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: An Increasing Public Health Concern – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Light Therapy Might Help People With Bipolar Depression – NPR (free) AND Bright Light Therapy at Midday Helps Bipolar Patients – Neuroscience News (free) AND Midday Light Therapy May Improve Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Disorder – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Brighter Days Ahead: Light Therapy Effective for Bipolar Depression – Medscape (free registration required)

Association of low blood pressure with suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study of 10,708 adults with normal or low blood pressure in Korea – BMC Public Health (free)

Commentary: Suicidal Thoughts Linked to Low Blood Pressure – Medscape (free registration required)

Electroconvulsive therapy and risk of dementia in patients with affective disorders: a cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: ECT for Mood Disorders ‘Does Not Cause Dementia’ – Medscape (free registration required)

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults – Cochrane Library (free)

Original Article: Cognitive-behavioural interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Report: Violence and Mental Health: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection – National Academies Press (free PDF)

Preventing physician suicide – ACP Hospitalist (free)

Related: What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free) AND Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)

Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK – BMC Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Mental health risks to girls who spend more than an hour a day on social media – new study  – The Conversation (free) AND How much is too much? Does increasing use of social media having a damaging effect on young girls? – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Social Media May Be More Harmful To Girls Than Boys, Study Finds – Forbes (free)

See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (free supplement) and related texts on Social Media and Mental Health (free articles and commentaries)

Suicide After Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents and Young Adults – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Young People Who Self-Harm Face Striking Increase in Suicide Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)

“Teens who self-harm are nearly 50 times more likely to commit suicide in the next year compared with their non-self-harming peers” (via @Physns1stWatch see Tweet)

Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder – F1000Research (free)

Stimulating the brain without surgery in the management of chronic pain in adults – Cochrane Library (free)

A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly – The New York Times (free)

Related: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free)

“Despite warnings from experts, older people are using more anti-anxiety and sleep medications, putting them at risk of serious side effects and even overdoses”.

Indian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Elderly with Psychiatric & Neurologic Symptoms – Indian Journal of Psychiatry

– The Geropsychiatric Interview- Assessment and Diagnosis (free)

– Clinical practice guidelines for management of dementia (free)

– Clinical practice guidelines for management of delirium in elderly (free)

– Clinical practice guidelines for management of depression in elderly (free)

– Clinical practice guideline for management of psychoses in elderly (free)

– Clinical practice guidelines for geriatric anxiety disorders (free)

– Clinical practice guideline on management of sleep disorders in the elderly (free)

1st International Experts’ Meeting on Agitation: Conclusions Regarding the Current and Ideal Management Paradigm of Agitation – Frontiers in Psychiatry (free)

Do Antidepressants Work? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“The most comprehensive study on them has recently been published, showing mostly modest effects”.

See related meta-analysis and commentaries in our February 23^rd issue (see #3)

Guideline: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)

Preventing the Malignant Transformation of Bipolar Disorder – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Forward Thinking – NIHR research on support for people with severe mental illness – NIHR Dissemination Centre (free)

Effectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention: Comparison of Service Users and Nonusers in Population-Based Health Administrative Data – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Early Psychosis Intervention Program Found to Increase Patient Contact With Psychiatrists, Reduce Mortality – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Early Psychosis Interventions May Reduce Patient Mortality – PsychCentral (free)

Graduate students need more mental health support, new study highlights – Science (free) AND Mental Health Crisis for Grad Students – Inside Higher Ed (free) AND Depression, anxiety high in graduate students, survey shows – University of Texas Health Science Center, via ScienceDaily (free)

Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations – Cochrane Library (free)

In general practice or emergency care settings, brief alcohol interventions can reduce alcohol consumption and related harm.

Management of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free) (via @DavidJuurlink see Tweet)

Practical outpatient pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder – Drugs in Context (free)

Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care – American Academy of Pediatrics

Part I. Practice Preparation, Identification, Assessment, and Initial Management (free)

Part II. Treatment and Ongoing Management (free)

Commentary: Pediatricians Call For Universal Depression Screening For Teens – NPR (free)

Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Cognitive Enhancers for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (free)

Source: Medscape (free registration required)

“Cognitive enhancers in general have minimal effects on cognition according to minimal clinically important difference and global ratings. The drugs appear safe, but this must be interpreted cautiously because trial participants may have less comorbidity and fewer adverse effects than those treated with these drugs in clinical practice”.

Korean Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: Initial Treatment Strategies – Psychiatric Investigation (free)

Related guideline: Social anxiety disorder: recognition, assessment and treatment – NICE (free) AND Summary: Recognition, assessment and treatment of social anxiety disorder: summary of NICE guidance – The BMJ (free)

Real-World Effectiveness of Pharmacologic Treatments for the Prevention of Rehospitalization in a Finnish Nationwide Cohort of Patients With Bipolar Disorder – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Editorial: Enthusiasm and Skepticism About Using National Registers to Analyze Psychotropic Drug Outcomes (free for a limited period)

Commentaries: Lithium treatment for bipolar disorder linked to lowest risk of rehospitalization – Karolinska Institutet, via EurekAlert (free) AND Lithium Top Choice for Preventing Bipolar Rehospitalization – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Related study: Effectiveness of maintenance therapy of lithium vs other mood stabilizers in monotherapy and in combinations: a systematic review of evidence from observational studies – Bipolar Disorders (free)

These observational studies suggest Lithium may be a better choice for treating these patients, but randomized controlled trials are needed to clarify this issue.

Alcohol and older people: A systematic review of barriers, facilitators and context of drinking in older people and implications for intervention design – PLOS One (free)

The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Invited commentary: Inequality and intergenerational transmission of complex adversity (free)

Behavioural and emotional disorders in childhood: A brief overview for paediatricians – World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics (free)

Contribution of alcohol use disorders to the burden of dementia in France 2008–13: a nationwide retrospective cohort study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Alcohol and dementia: a complex relationship with potential for dementia prevention – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at alcohol use disorders and dementia risk – Science Media Centre (free) AND Heavy Drinking Tied to Early-Onset Dementia in French Study – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“Of 57,000 people diagnosed before age 65 with early-onset dementia, 39% had alcohol-related dementia by definition, and 18% had an additional diagnosis of alcohol use disorders” (via @medpagetoday see Tweet)

The Origin of Spousal Resemblance for Alcohol Use Disorder – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: For Better or Worse: Risk of Alcohol Use Disorder Rises When Spouse is Diagnosed – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Spouses have strong influence on risk for alcohol abuse – Reuters (free)

Perspective: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related opinion: Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free)

Effectiveness of maintenance therapy of lithium vs other mood stabilizers in monotherapy and in combinations: a systematic review of evidence from observational studies – Bipolar Disorders (free)

When psychiatric symptoms reflect medical conditions – Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Association of Combined Patterns of Tobacco and Cannabis Use in Adolescence With Psychotic Experiences – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Risk of Psychotic Experiences Up With Teen Cannabis Use – Physician’s Briefing (free) AND Teen Pot Use Linked to Increased Risk for Psychotic Episodes – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Benefits and Harms of Cranial Electrical Stimulation for Chronic Painful Conditions, Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Mild shock therapy may ease anxiety and depression, but not chronic pain – Reuters (free) AND Jury Still Out on CES for Depression, Anxiety, Pain, Insomnia – Medscape (free registration required)

Electroconvulsive therapy and age: Age-related clinical features and effectiveness in treatment resistant major depressive episode – Journal of Affective Disorders (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“Short-term ECT outcome in the treatment of depression in elderly is equivalent to that of young patients in efficacy and tolerability. Old patients reported faster ECT response than younger ones and required less sessions to achieve response and remission” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

Atypical antipsychotics, insulin resistance and weight; a meta-analysis of healthy volunteer studies – Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

“These findings provide preliminary evidence that atypical antipsychotics cause insulin resistance and weight gain directly, independent of psychiatric disease and may be associated with length of treatment”.

Parental training improves a child’s disruptive behaviours regardless of socio-economic disadvantage or ethnicity – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Could scale-up of parenting programmes improve child disruptive behaviour and reduce social inequalities? Using individual participant data meta-analysis to establish for whom programmes are effective and cost-effective – Public Health Research (free)

emDocs Cases: ED Approach to Agitation – emDocs (free)

Association of Persistent and Severe Postnatal Depression With Child Outcomes – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Postnatal Depression Has Greater Impact on Child Development When it is Persistent and Severe – Neuroscience News (free) AND Severe Postnatal Depression Doubles Child Behavioral Problems – Medscape (free registration required)

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

Drug treatment of ADHD – tenuous scientific basis – Tidsskrift (free)

What causes psychosis? An umbrella review of risk and protective factors – World Psychiatry (free)

Effectiveness of eHealth interventions for reducing mental health conditions in employees: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)

Association of parental supply of alcohol with adolescent drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorder symptoms: a prospective cohort study – The Lancet Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Parental supply and alcohol-related harm in adolescence: emerging but incomplete evidence – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at parents giving alcohol to their teenage children, and alcohol-related risks – Science Media Centre (free) AND Parental provision of alcohol to teenagers does not reduce risks, compared to no supply, Australian study finds – ScienceDaily (free)

A primary care intervention helps older people with depression – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness – Health Technology Assessment (free)

Using Clinical Laboratory Tests to Monitor Drug Therapy in Pain Management Patients – American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) (free PDF)

Commentary: AACC Releases Practice Guidelines for Using Laboratory Drug Tests to Combat Opioid Addiction, Overdoses – American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) (free)

Association of Depression With Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Depression May Increase Risk of Death Following Heart Procedure, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND One-Third of TAVR and SAVR Patients Are Depressed, Upping Mortality Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Association of Depression With Mortality After SAVR and TAVR – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

Review: Treatment of anxiety disorders – Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience (free)

Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study – The BMJ (free)

“The duration of treatment rather than dose is more strongly associated with opioid misuse after surgery, concludes this study” (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)

Staying on antidepressants may prevent a relapse of anxiety – NIHR Signals (free)

Original article: Risk of relapse after antidepressant discontinuation in anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis of relapse prevention trials – The BMJ (free)

The stress concept in gastroenterology: from Selye to today – F1000 Research (free)

Cost-effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressed Youth Declining Antidepressants – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Press release: Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is Cost-Effective for Teens Who Decline Antidepressants – Kaiser Permanente (free)

Source: News Medical

Reduction of PTSD Symptoms With Pre-Reactivation Propranolol Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Propranolol May Help Patients With PTSD – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Propranolol May Fill ‘Dire’ Treatment Need for PTSD – Medscape (free registration required)

Antipsychotics and mortality in a nationwide cohort of 29,823 patients with schizophrenia – Schizophrenia Research (free) (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

Effect of Changing Work Stressors and Coping Resources on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The OHSPIW Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Increased stress at work linked to higher risk of diabetes – Reuters (free)

Childhood trajectories of peer victimization and prediction of mental health outcomes in midadolescence: a longitudinal population-based study – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentary: Teens who were severely bullied as children at higher risk of suicidal thoughts, mental health issue – CMAJ, via EurekAlert (free)

Editorial: Children and social media – The Lancet (free)

Original report: Life in ‘likes’ – Children’s Commissioner (free)

See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (series of free articles) and related articles on Social Media and Mental Health

What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free)

Related: Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)

Supported employment helps people with severe mental illness to obtain work – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Interventions for obtaining and maintaining employment in adults with severe mental illness, a network meta-analysis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Antipsychotics and the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Individuals Hospitalized for Nonpsychiatric Conditions – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, via Medscape (free registration required)

Commentary: Antipsychotics May Increase Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults – Psychiatric News Alert (free)

Related: Antipsychotic use in elderly patients and the risk of pneumonia – Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (free) AND Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies – Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety (free)

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Very Preterm/Very Low Birth Weight: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Premature Infants Particularly Vulnerable to ADHD – Psychiatric Times (free) AND ADHD and Early Experience: Revisiting the Case of Low Birth Weight – Pediatrics (free)

A Mediterranean-style dietary intervention supplemented with fish oil improves diet quality and mental health in people with depression: A randomized controlled trial (HELFIMED) – Nutritional Neuroscience (free)

Commentaries: Mediterranean Diet Improves Mental Health, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Mediterranean Diet Improves Depression – Medscape (free registration required)

Risk of suicide and non-fatal self-harm after bariatric surgery: results from two matched cohort studies – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Bariatric Surgery Associated with Higher Suicide Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Association of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)

Injection Drug Use Complications – emDocs (free)

The role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in preventing relapse of major depressive disorder – Therapeutic Advances in Psychotherapy (free PDF)

“Review: The relapse risk during 1 year in adults with MDD was lower when SSRIs were combined with psychotherapy. Results comparing SSRIs and SNRIs were inconclusive. TCAs may be equally as effective as SSRIs” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

Addressing Physician Burnout: Nephrologists, How Safe Are We? – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free) AND Nephrology at a Crossroads (free)

Commentaries: ASN: Burnout in nephrology may be hurting patient care, recruitment – Nephrology News & Issues (free) AND Experts Call for Action to Address Physician Burnout in Nephrology – American Society of Nephrology, via NewsWise (free)

Age at Menarche, Depression, and Antisocial Behavior in Adulthood – Pediatrics (free)

Commentary: Early puberty increases depression risk in adulthood – Medical News Today (free)

Efficacy of Transdermal Estradiol and Micronized Progesterone in the Prevention of Depressive Symptoms in the Menopause Transition: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Editorial: Should Hormone Therapy Be Used to Prevent Depressive Symptoms During the Menopause Transition? (free)

Author interview: Transdermal Estradiol and Micronized Progesterone for the Prevention of Depression in the Menopause Transition (free)

Commentaries: Depression less likely in perimenopausal women taking oestrogen – OnMedica (free) AND Hormone Therapy Appears to Reduce Depression Risk in Perimenopausal Women – Physician’s First Watch (free)

The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder (free)

News release: APA Releases New Practice Guideline on Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – American Psychiatry Association (free)

Commentary: New Alcohol Use Disorder Guideline Emphasizes Medication – Medscape (free registration required)

Association of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)

Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) among German students—A longitudinal approach – PLOS One (free)

Source: How Addictive Is Social Media? – Journal Watch ($)

Practice guideline update summary: Mild cognitive impairment – American Academy of Neurology (free PDF)

Commentary: Mild cognitive impairment: a practice guideline update – Clinical Advisor (free)

“For patients diagnosed with MCI, clinicians may choose NOT to offer cholinesterase inhibitors”.

“If clinicians choose to offer cholinesterase inhibitors, they must first discuss with patients the fact that this is an off-label prescription not currently backed by empirical evidence”.

Ketamine for Rapid Reduction of Suicidal Thoughts in Major Depression: A Midazolam-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Adjunctive Ketamine Appears to Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Depressed Patients for Up to Six Weeks – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Suicidal Ideation – Medscape (free registration required)

Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF )

News release: Abuse and adversity in childhood linked to more cardiovascular risk in adulthood (free)

Commentaries: Distressing experiences as a kid impact cardiovascular health later in life – AHA News (free) AND Adversity In Childhood and Adolescence Sets Stage for Cardiometabolic Outcomes – AHA Centers for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)

Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: LGBQ teens face serious suicide risk, research finds – CNN (free) AND LGBQ Adolescents at Much Greater Risk of Suicide than Heterosexual Counterparts – MyScience (free) AND Suicide Risk Rife in Sexual Minority Teens – Medscape (free registration required) AND Sexual minority young people are at a higher risk for suicide – San Diego State University, via EurekAlert (free)

Do You Have ‘Gaming Disorder,’ A Newly Recognized Mental Health Condition? – Forbes (free)

Related commentary: WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition in 2018 – CNN (free)

Managing Mental Health Emergencies in the ED – American Nurse Today, via Medscape (free registration required)

No interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia, systematic reviews find – ACP Internist (free)

Other commentaries: No Magic Bullet for Preventing Late-Life Dementia – Physician’s Weekly (free) AND No interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia – MedicalXpress (free)

Original Articles:

– Physical Activity Interventions in Preventing Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

– Pharmacologic Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

– Does Cognitive Training Prevent Cognitive Decline?: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

– Over-the-Counter Supplement Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Maternal Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Offspring: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Cigarette smoking during pregnancy linked to ADHD risk in offspring – Reuters (free)

Swallowing a Spy — The Potential Uses of Digital Adherence Monitoring – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Related commentary: The ‘smart pill’ for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder raises tricky ethical questions – STAT (free)

Phenobarbital monotherapy for alcohol withdrawal: Reloaded – PulmCrit (free)

Related review: Management of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Critically Ill Patients – Pharmacotherapy (free)

Related systematic review: Patient Outcomes Associated With Phenobarbital Use With or Without Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Systematic Review – Hospital Pharmacy (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Varenicline Use Tied to Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Hospitalizations – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text).

Commentaries: Smoking Cessation Drug May Increase Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Event – American Thoracic Society, via NewsWise (free) AND Varenicline Use Tied to Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Hospitalizations – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Varenicline May Increase Cardiovascular Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“Observational study found 34% higher rates of CV events after starting stop-smoking drug” (from MedPage Today)

Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as an Add-on Treatment for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Electrical Stimulation Works as Add-On in Bipolar Depression – MedPage Today (free registration required)

“Small RCT in BD I and II (n=59): active tDCS showed superior improvement versus sham in change in HDRS-17 scores at week 6 (βint = −1.68; NNT = 5.8; 3.3-25.8) and response rates (67.6% vs 30.4%; NNT = 2.69; 1.84-4.99)” (RT @psychopharmacol see Tweet)

Bidirectional associations between psychosocial well-being and adherence to healthy dietary guidelines in European children: prospective findings from the IDEFICS study – BMC Public Health (free)

Commentaries: Healthy diet, happy child – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Healthy eating linked to kids’ happiness – MedicalXpress (free)

Treating Anxiety in Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

The impact of social activities, social networks, social support and social relationships on the cognitive functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review – Systematic Reviews (free)

Music therapy for depression – Cochrane Library (free)

Original Article: Music Therapy for Depression (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Music therapy may help ease depression – Reuters Health (free)

Psychological, pharmacological, and combined smoking cessation interventions for smokers with current depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)

Association Between Methylphenidate and Amphetamine Use in Pregnancy and Risk of Congenital Malformations: A Cohort Study From the International Pregnancy Safety Study Consortium – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Editorial: Shedding Light on the Risks of Methylphenidate and Amphetamine in Pregnancy (free)

Commentary: ADHD med use during pregnancy and risk of birth defects – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Class of ADHD medication linked to increased risk of congenital heart defects – Cardiovascular Business (free)

“Researchers find small increase in the risk of heart defects following first-trimester exposure to methylphenidate but not to amphetamines” (from ScienceDaily)

Phone Addiction Is Real — And So Are Its Mental Health Risks – Forbes (free)

Related commentaries: We Need to Talk About Kids and Smartphones – TIME (free) AND Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic (free) How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds – The Wall Street Journal

Lithium-induced electrocardiographic changes: A complete review – Clinical Cardiology (free)

Psychosocial aspects of diabetes management: dilemma of diabetes distress – Translational Pediatrics (free)

Treated Incidence of Psychotic Disorders in the Multinational EU-GEI Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Environment May Play Major Role in Psychosis – PsychCentral (free) AND Psychosis incidence highly variable internationally – University College London, via EurekAlert (free)

Risk of death associated with new benzodiazepine use among persons with Alzheimer disease: A matched cohort study – International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (RT @Deprescribing see Tweet)

Commentaries: Benzodiazepines linked to increased risk of death among Alzheimer’s disease patients – News Medical (free) AND Benzodiazepines Tied to a 41% Increased Mortality Risk in AD – Medscape (free registration required)

ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated? – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

Nonsuicidal Self-injury: A Systematic Review – Frontiers in Psycology (free)

Transient global amnesia: current perspectives – Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (free)

Aerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Does aerobic exercise reduce postpartum depressive symptoms? a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (free)

“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)

AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Understanding AVATAR therapy: who, or what, is changing? – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Avatars can help schizophrenia patients control threatening voices – Reuters (free) Avatar therapy ‘reduces power of schizophrenia voices’ – BBC (free)

Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn – Pediatrics Supplement (free articles)

= Table of contents

– Introduction

– Digital Screen Media and Cognitive Development

– Media Multitasking and Cognitive, Psychological, Neural, and Learning Differences

– Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence

– Digital Life and Youth Well-being, Social Connectedness, Empathy, and Narcissism

– Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children

– Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents

– Virtual Reality in Pediatric Psychology

– Digital Media and Sleep in Childhood and Adolescence

– Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

– Digital Media and Risks for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Problematic Gambling

– Small Screen Use and Driving Safety

– Parenting and Digital Media

– Children’s Privacy in the Big Data Era: Research Opportunities

– Developing Digital and Media Literacies in Children and Adolescents

– Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development

– Digital Inequality and Developmental Trajectories of Low-income, Immigrant, and Minority Children

– Global Perspectives on Children’s Digital Opportunities: An Emerging Research and Policy Agenda

– Screen Violence and Youth Behavior

– Defining Cyberbullying

– The Effect of Advertising on Children and Adolescents

– Social Group Stories in the Media and Child Development

– Sexual Media and Childhood Well-being and Health

Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Hormonal Contraception May Increase Risk of Suicide, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Oral Contraceptives Linked to Suicide – Medscape (free registration required)

Policy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

News release: The AAP and the Obesity Society Address the Social and Emotional Impact of Weight Stigma on Children and Teens (free)

Commentaries: Help obese kids avoid weight stigma, doctors advise – Reuters (free) AND How Not to Talk to a Child Who Is Overweight – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

The association between paternal and adolescent depressive symptoms: evidence from two population-based cohorts – The Lancet (free)

Editorial: The effect of paternal depression on depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring (free)

Commentaries: Dads’ Depression Tied to Increased Depression Risk in Teenage Children – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Teenage depression linked to father’s depression – University College London, via ScienceDaily (free)

“Maybe I Will Just Send a Quick Text…” – An Examination of Drivers’ Distractions, Causes, and Potential Interventions – Frontiers in Psycology (free)

Commentaries: Young Men, Frequent Drivers Most Likely To Get Distracted While Driving – NPR (free) AND Risk of distracted driving predicted by age, gender, personality and driving frequency – MedicalXpress (free)

Taking Care of the Physician – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Speed of processing training results in lower risk of dementia – Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions (free)

Commentaries: Can brain training reduce dementia risk? Despite new research, the jury is still out – The Guardian (free) AND Nonpharma Intervention Cuts Dementia Risk by a Third – Medscape (free registration required) AND Dementia breakthrough? Brain-training game ‘significantly reduces risk’ – Medical News Today (free)

“There are good reasons to be cautious about a new study claiming computer-based training can reduce the risk of dementia. But what does work?” (from The Guardian).

Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time – Clinical Psychological Science (free)

Commentaries: Increased Hours Online Correlate With An Uptick In Teen Depression, Suicidal Thoughts – NPR (free) AND Smartphones a likely culprit in the recent decline in teen mental health – STAT (free)

NICE Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management (free)

Suicide risk in patients with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)

Receipt of Warnings Regarding Potentially Impairing Prescription Medications and Associated Risk Perceptions in a National Sample of U.S. Drivers – Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (free)

Commentaries: Drivers not always told about their prescriptions’ potentially impairing effects – ACP Internist (free)

Many People Prescribed Drugs That Could Impair Driving Aren’t Warned About Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Effect of Sertraline on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Without Dialysis Dependence: The CAST Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free)

Editorial: Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier (free)

Commentary: Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – UT Southwestern Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)

“Not only doesn’t help treat moderate depression, sertraline causes worse nausea (NNH=8) & diarrhea (NNH=10)” (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)

A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs – ACP Internist (free)

Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)

Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD – Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: An Association Between Prenatal Acetaminophen Use and ADHD: The Benefits of Large Data Sets – Pediatrics (free) AND Long-term Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and ADHD – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

Study links acetaminophen in pregnancy to ADHD, but experts question results – CNN (free)

Electronic cigarette use and smoking initiation among youth: a longitudinal cohort study – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentary: E-cigarette use by high school students linked to cigarette smoking – ScienceDaily (free)

Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952–2011 – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)

Commentaries: Depression strongly linked to higher long-term risk of early death for both women, men – ScienceDaily (free) AND Depression raises risk of early death – Medical News Today (free) AND Depression tied to shorter lifespan – Reuters (free)

Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms – Scientific Reports (free)

Recommended Commentary: Magic mushrooms: Some reporters buy magical notion of ‘reset’ button for depression – Health News Review (free)

Other Commentaries: Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people – study – The Guardian (free) AND Magic mushrooms can ‘reset’ depressed brain – BBC News (free)

Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder – JAMA (free)

“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia is recommended as 1st-line Tx; pharmacotherapy, if used, should be on a short-term basis” (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)

The challenge of Takotsubo syndrome: heterogeneity of clinical features – Swiss Medical Weekly (free)

We Need to Talk About Kids and Smartphones – TIME (free)

Related: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic (free)

“Just how dangerous are smartphones for kids? Here’s why health experts are worried”

Association of Antidepressant Medications With Incident Type 2 Diabetes Among Medicaid-Insured Youths – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Antidepressant Use in Youth Tied to Increased Diabetes Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)

Related study: The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users – A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) AND Commentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)

Relative age within the school year and diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a nationwide population-based study – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: The role of schools in the diagnosis of ADHD – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND ‘Relative’ school age biases ADHD diagnosis – OnMedica (free) AND Youngest children in school year ‘more likely’ to get ADHD diagnosis – NHS Choices (free)

Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study – PLOS Medicine (free)

Commentaries: Gabapentin, Opioid Combo May Up the Risk of Opioid-Related Death – MPR (free) AND Gabapentin Plus Opioids a Deadly Combination? – MPR (free)

Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Midday Light Therapy May Improve Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Disorder – Psychiatric News Allert (free) AND Bright Light Therapy Improves Bipolar Depression – Medscape (free registration required)

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds – The Wall Street Journal (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)

“Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens”

Exercise and the Prevention of Depression: Results of the HUNT Cohort Study – American Journal o Psychiatry (free)

Commentary: Just One Hour of Exercise a Week May Help Prevent Depression – TIME Magazine (free) AND One hour of exercise a week can prevent depression – EurekAlert (free) AND What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise – The Guardian (free)

“Explaining and apologizing to patients after a medical error does not increase lawsuits, large US study finds” (RT @bmj_latest see Tweet)

The risk of new-onset diabetes in antidepressant users – A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)

Commentary: Type 2 Diabetes and Antidepressant Drug Use: Is There a Causal Link? – Endocrinology Advisor (free)