Psychology & Psychiatry
Miscarriage can increase suicide risk among teenagers
Vulnerable teens who lose a pregnancy are at increased risk for suicide, new research from UO's Prevention Science Institute shows.
May 4, 2022
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News tagged with mental health resources
Autism spectrum disorders
Many women with autism and ADHD aren't diagnosed until adulthood. What to do if you think you're one of them
Over the last decade or so, there's been an uptick in the number of adults being diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Any number of factors might explain this rise, including greater public awareness of both conditions, broader ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Medications
Ohio has room to expand medication-assisted opioid treatment
Medication-assisted treatment is among the most effective approaches to treat opioid dependency, but not as many Ohio clinicians who could be administering drugs like buprenorphine or naltrexone are doing so, found a recent ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression, suicidal thoughts plague ailing coal miners, study finds
More than a third of coal miners and former coal miners suffering from black lung disease struggle with depression, and more than one in 10 has recently considered suicide, a new study finds.
Jul 7, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Majority of US faculty help students with mental health issues—but few are trained for it
Nearly 80 percent of higher education faculty report dealing with student mental health issues—issues that more than 90 percent of faculty believe have worsened or significantly worsened during the pandemic, according to ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Medical research
Impact of COVID-19 on racial-ethnic minorities among persons with opioid use disorder
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted health disparities for people of color, who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. People with opioid use disorder (OUD) faced unique challenges when many mental health ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Employment insecurity linked to anxiety and depression among young adults during COVID-19
Young adults may be less susceptible to the serious adverse health effects of COVID-19, but they have not been absolved from economic and employment downturns—and there has been little research on how employment insecurity ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychiatric visits to the emergency room rise despite the ACA
Emergency room visits in the US for mental health increased every year from 2007 to 2016 despite the expansion of health coverage over that time, researchers report on July 28 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. The numbers ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is your job killing you? Stress, lack of autonomy, ability can lead to depression, death
As millions continue working from home during the pandemic or are required to report to jobs as essential employees, many have raised questions about how these work conditions impact our health—and not just as they relate ...
May 19, 2020
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Medications
Study among first to explore link between antidepressants during pregnancy and child development in kindergarten
Children whose mothers had depression and took serotonergic antidepressants during pregnancy have an increased risk of deficits in language and cognition, compared to children of mothers who had depression during pregnancy ...
Apr 29, 2020
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