PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER

This study looked at whether providing mental health care to people who inject drugs and have depression, psychosis, or suicide risk can improve their mental health and lower their chances of getting HIV or hepatitis C. Over one year, 200 participants with mental health issues re…

This study tested whether an optimized multichannel tDCS (a gentle brain stimulation technique) works better than standard tDCS or a fake treatment for easing depression. Sixty adults with moderate-to-severe major depression received one of the three approaches. The goal was to s…

This study looked at over 30,000 adults admitted to hospitals in Maryland to understand why some patients wait in the emergency room even after being admitted (called boarding). Researchers wanted to find out which patients are more likely to board, how boarding increases healthc…

This study tested if pushing back high school start times helps Norwegian teens get more sleep, feel less sleepy during the day, and improve their mental health and grades. Researchers followed 583 first-year students at several schools. The goal was to see if a simple schedule c…

This study looked at how well a new type of brain scan (PET) can tell apart different memory and thinking disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal degeneration, Lewy body dementia, and some psychiatric conditions. Researchers compared the new scan to a standard on…

This study tested whether a larger trial comparing digital symptom checkers to traditional phone triage in primary care is possible. It included 22 adults from a Swedish health center. The main goal was to see how many people would join and stay in the study, not to compare the t…