Articles related to Psychiatry

Baseline activity in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and right precuneus during working memory and emotion-regulation tasks was associated with depression severity one year later in young adults at elevated risk for affective disorders, but not with future mania symptoms.

A comprehensive prescribing guide argues that orally administered racemic ketamine may offer a low-cost, accessible option for severe, suicidal, or treatment-resistant depression, while emphasizing structured protocols, monitoring, informed consent, and careful patient selection.

Prior ayahuasca experience was associated with lower self-reported depression, stress, and alcohol use among Brazilian ceremony participants, while also correlating with stronger spiritual wellbeing and metaphysical beliefs in an observational study that did not establish causality.

An expert commentary argues that persistent physical symptoms should be approached through a balanced framework that validates patient suffering, excludes dangerous medical illness, and incorporates evidence-informed understanding of brain-body mechanisms without dismissing symptoms as psychological.

Self-reported cannabis use in the United States increased substantially between 2008 and 2022, with particularly pronounced growth in daily or near-daily consumption, while high-frequency alcohol use remained stable or declined during the same period.

Childhood ADHD was associated with higher rates of adult psychiatric and neurologic hospitalization in a Finnish birth cohort followed into adulthood, while most somatic health outcomes showed little evidence of a sustained association.