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Ketamine was no more effective than placebo in reducing depressive symptoms in surgical patients with major depression, results of a new study, which contradict prior research, suggest.

Death rates from COVID-19 were much higher among people with serious mental illness and Black Caribbean/Black African persons than among White persons, new research suggests.

Mobile stroke units equipped with clot busting medications, CT machines, and video connections to a physician are linked to better patient outcomes, including stroke avoidance, vs traditional EMS.

Daily tailored text messages offering advice and encouragement to risky drinkers based on self-reported goal achievement cut their drinking in half, results of a new study show.

US suicide rates rose sharply over the past 20 years, especially among American Indian/Alaska Native populations and White men, new data from the CDC show.

Emergency room visits for schizophrenia spectrum disorders increased by 15% following the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, data from a large observational study showed.

Owning a pet is associated with slower decline in verbal memory and fluency for older adults who live alone, new longitudinal data show.

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.