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

Suicide contagion, including both suicidal ideation and deaths, spread quickly following the 2014 suicide of Robin Williams 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 psychiatric prescribing clinicians listed as in-network for Medicaid were reachable, accepted Medicaid, and could provide a new patient appointment. (JAMA)

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

The combination of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation 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 extreme heat negatively affects mental health. (Bloomberg)

Nearly a fourth of U.S. adults with frequent mental distress didn’t see a doctor due to costs, a Mental Health America survey found. (Axios)

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

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

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