Mental Health Dominates Telehealth; Top Psychiatrist Sued; College PTSD Doubles

— News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Illustration of a brain shaped maze.

In 2021, 43.2% of visits to psychiatrists occurred by versus 4.5% of visits to other physicians. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

One in three U.S. adults knew someone who , cross-sectional data showed. (JAMA Health Forum)

According to a 29-study meta-analysis, had significantly lower bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and femoral neck, and a higher risk of fracture. (Translational Psychiatry)

A and former friend of Jeffrey Epstein was sued earlier this week for allegedly making a woman into a "sex slave." (Reuters)

Known as 5-Cog, a improved dementia diagnoses and care in primary care patients. (Nature Medicine)

The among college students more than doubled from 2017 to 2022. (JAMA Network Open)

have shifted away from terms like "disease" and "disturbance" and towards terms like "psychiatric" and "mental health" over the past 80 years. (PLOS Mental Health)

Canada licensed a startup to to Australia for medical use. (Bloomberg)

Otsuka Pharmaceutical will throw in the towel on its investigational AVP-786 after it failed in a late-stage study.

Teens diagnosed with between brain regions important for controlling attention, researchers found. (PLOS Mental Health)

HHS by adding 10 new states to a Medicaid behavioral health program.

Two forms of psychotherapy -- a skill-oriented, material-based cognitive behavioral therapy and a supportive, patient-centered, emotion-focused therapy -- were equally effective in preventing . (JAMA Psychiatry)

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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.