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The FDA halted patient enrollment<\/a> in a phase III trial of evenamide in treatment-resistant schizophrenia following the sudden death of a participant, Newron Pharmaceuticals said.<\/p>\n

Magnetic seizure therapy achieved similar remission rates to electroconvulsive therapy in patients with bipolar depression<\/a>, but was better tolerated and had less worsening of autobiographical memory, a randomized trial showed. (American Journal of Psychiatry)<\/p>\n

What should a patient ask their doctor<\/a> before starting a mental health drug? Time offered some suggestions.<\/p>\n

People with poor mental health reported lower patient activation, worse care quality, and lower confidence in the health system<\/a>, a global survey found. (PLOS Medicine)<\/p>\n

Over 70% of call center leaders for the 988 suicide hotline said they’re understaffed<\/a>, and about 90% reported difficulty acquiring resources for hiring. (JAMA Network Open)<\/p>\n

The New York Times offered tips to curb phone addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roughly 70% of veteran hospitalizations for alcohol use disorder didn’t include medication treatment<\/a>, a retrospective study found. (Annals of Internal Medicine)<\/p>\n

Experts in JAMA Internal Medicine reviewed the treatment of anxiety in primary care<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The risk for developing a mental disorder<\/a> was more than twice as high in cancer patients, Danish data showed. (British Journal of Cancer)<\/p>\n

A new survey found that 44% of Asian Americans reported feeling worried, the highest rate<\/a> among all racial groups in the U.S., according to the STAATUS Index.<\/p>\n

Federal funding is ending for California’s mobile crisis response teams<\/a> — licensed and trained first responders who address mental health crises — just as demand is surging; state and local officials are trying to figure out what to do next. (CalMatters)<\/p>\n

A trial of adults with severe depression, anxiety, and low positive affect showed that 15 weeks of positive affect treatment led to greater clinical improvement<\/a> than negative affect treatment. (JAMA Network Open)<\/p>\n

Lumateperone (Caplyta) outperformed other adjunctive major depressive disorder treatments<\/a> across four efficacy measures in a meta-analysis of 10 randomized trials, said maker Johnson & Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FDA halted patient enrollment in a phase III trial of evenamide in treatment-resistant schizophrenia following the sudden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[141131,102,1906,6623,7129,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-572147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-bipolar-depression","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-schizophrenia","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}