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America's Financial Anxiety; Loneliness and Death Risk; Psychiatric Patient Surveys

— News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Almost 60% of Americans said they had , while nearly 40% said they were also anxious about their mental health, according to an American Psychiatric Association poll.

Antipsychotics haloperidol and ziprasidone did not significantly increase QTc intervals in ICU who had a baseline QTc interval less than 550 ms, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial found. (JAMA Network Open)

improved both clinical symptoms and brain functioning -- including normalization of fronto-parietal network activation -- in children with unmedicated anxiety. (American Journal of Psychiatry)

People with obesity experiencing the lowest levels of had 36% and 9% lower mortality risks, respectively, compared with those experiencing the highest levels. (JAMA Network Open)

Many kids are still being prescribed the (Singular) despite the FDA's 2020 boxed warning about suicidal ideation. (Scientific American)

Starting in 2026, all 1,600 psychiatric hospitals receiving funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be required to issue . (CT Examiner)

TikTok's trending "" is likely neither harmful nor effective for insomnia, some experts said. (New York Times)

Twice-daily -- a second-generation antipsychotic approved for schizophrenia -- significantly improved symptoms of mania in adults with bipolar mania in a 4-week trial. (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)

Greater regional availability of cut down on relapse risk among pregnant women with a pre-existing severe mental disorder. (Lancet Psychiatry)

This New England college was , a spate of suicides. (New York Times)

Meanwhile, among Hispanic people are becoming a growing concern. (KFF Health News)

A mouse study shed light on how can affect the gut. (Cell Metabolism)

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    Kristen Monaco is a senior staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and nephrology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company since 2015.