Articles related to MENTAL HEALTH

In a large multinational target-trial emulation, adults with serious mental illness who initiated GLP-1 receptor agonists experienced lower mortality and cardiovascular event rates than matched patients initiating SGLT2 inhibitors, though residual confounding remains a key limitation.

Analysis of NVDRS data identified 1,577 nurse and nursing assistant homicide victims between 2003 and 2022, with most deaths occurring in private residences and frequently involving intimate partners or ex-partners rather than workplace violence.

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.

A report examining a celebrity-backed sports prediction campaign highlights concerns about increasing youth exposure to gambling-related marketing. The article connects growing gambling participation among adolescents and young adults with evidence linking gambling disorder to adverse mental health outcomes, including suicidality.

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.

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.