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A brief, telephone-based psychological intervention delivered to seniors in the United Kingdom during COVID-19 pandemic mitigated symptoms of depression, new study results showed.

California wildfires are linked to a significant increase in psychotropic medication prescriptions for those living in affected areas, a new study shows.

Certain stimulants are associated with a lower risk for psychiatric and nonpsychiatric hospitalization and suicide, data from large new study showed.

Early-life exposure to air and noise pollution is linked to a higher risk for psychosis, depression, and anxiety in adolescence and early adulthood, new data showed.

Specific antipsychotics prescribed in high doses were linked to an increased risk for pneumonia in patients with schizophrenia, new research showed.

Moderate exercise in midlife is associated with a reduced risk for ALS later in life, but this benefit appears to be limited to men, findings from a large prospective study showed.

Semaglutide was linked to a significantly lower risk of overdose than other antidiabetic drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder.

At-home tDCS with remote supervision was associated with significantly greater symptom improvement and clinical remission rates in untreated and treatment-resistant MDD.

Persistent prenatal distress is associated with a significantly increased risk for epilepsy in offspring, new research showed.

Problems with cognition, memory, and emotional regulation may persist for 3 years or more after a diagnosis of anti-NMDAR encephalitis, new findings show.