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Social anxiety symptoms in children exposed to maternal major depressive disorder (MDD) increased children’s risk of developing depressive symptoms over time, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescence.

The prevalence of depressive symptoms in US adults was more than 3-fold higher in the spring during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic, according to a study published online in JAMA Network Open.

Although a quarter of patients presenting with depressive symptoms in primary care have bipolar disorder, a misdiagnosis of major depressive disorder is common, according to a poster presented at Psych Congress 2020.

Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals during adolescence may be associated with behaviors characteristic of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a study published online in JAMA Network Open. 

Fewer than 10% of patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder or another type of depression in a primary care setting received a referral to a mental health specialist within 3 years, according to a poster presented at Psych Congress...

US adults with depression reported lower quality of life, higher work and activity impairment, and more health care resource use than those without depression, according to an analysis of survey data presented in a poster at Psych Congress...

When used as adjunctive therapy with the mood stabilizers lithium or valproate, the schizophrenia drug lumateperone 42 mg improved depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar depression experiencing major depressive episodes, Intra-Cellular...