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Celeb Death Suicide Contagion; Mental Illness in 59M U.S. Adults; Help Unaffordable

— News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Suicide contagion, including both suicidal ideation and deaths, spread quickly following and the 2018 suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. (Science Advances)

In the largest Medicaid managed care plans in four of the largest U.S. cities, just 18% of listed as in-network for Medicaid were reachable, accepted Medicaid, and could provide a new patient appointment. (JAMA)

Approximately 59 million U.S. adults in 2023 and nearly one in three teens received mental health treatment, according to from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The combination of with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- but not serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) -- significantly reduced depression severity compared with medication alone, according to a meta-analysis of 14 randomized trials. (eClinicalMedicine)

This is how negatively affects mental health. (Bloomberg)

Nearly a fourth of U.S. adults with frequent mental distress , a Mental Health America survey found. (Axios)

Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, president of the American Psychiatric Association, highlighted the in supporting mental health. (Forbes)

Police found one of the four teens who earlier this month in Washington, D.C. (Washington Post)

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is for people with addiction, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and depression. (Mother Jones)

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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.