Minneapolis St. Paul Mental Health Blog

Mental Health. | Depression and suicide concerns increased among adolescents during the pandemic,

especially among females, according to a study recently published online in Pediatrics.

Stephanie L Mayne, PhD, from The Possibilities Project Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues compared the percent of primary care visits among adolescents aged 12 to 21 years with screening for depression, screening positive for depression, and screening positive for suicide risk between June and December 2019 and June and December 2020 (pre-pandemic vs pandemic periods).

The researchers found that during the pandemic period, there was a decrease in depression screening at primary care visits from 77.6% to 75.8% (prevalence ratio, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.90 to 1.06).

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Mental Health and your cup of coffee 

High daily coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk of dementia and smaller total brain volume, according to a study results published online ahead of print in Nutritional Neuroscience.

Mental Health | No Increased Risk of ADHD, ASD, Being Small for Gestational Age With Prenatal Exposure to Antipsychotics

Mental Health in Children | More than two hours of daily screen time linked to cognitive, behavioral problems in children born extremely preterm.

NIH-funded study finds deficits in overall IQ, problem solving skills and impulse control.

Mental Health and Covid | Reports of depression and anxiety rose to a significant 50% and 44%,

...respectively, among US residents during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results published online in Translational Behavioral Medicine.

Mental Health | Depression in childhood or adolescence is associated with higher levels of adult anxiety...

...and substance use disorders, worse health and social functioning, less financial and educational achievement, and increased criminality, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Depression in Childhood hampers health and functioning in adulthood

Depression in childhood or adolescence is associated with higher levels of...

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