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2025 Class of Honorary Fellows
APA congratulates the newest Distinguished Fellows and Fellows as of January 1, 2024. Thank you for your continued contributions to the field of psychiatry.
Adicción a la tecnología: redes sociales, juegos en línea, y más
La tecnología se ha vuelto clave para el funcionamiento eficiente de muchos aspectos de nuestras vidas y vital para la conexión social de muchas personas. Nuestros teléfonos inteligentes o smartphones se han vuelto compañeros constantes para muchos de nosotros. Sin embargo, el uso excesivo, compulsivo o fuera de control de diversos tipos de tecnologías es un motivo de creciente preocupación.
¿Qué es el trastorno del espectro autista?
El trastorno del espectro autista (TEA), o autismo, es una condición médica del desarrollo que involucra desafíos persistentes en la comunicación social, intereses restringidos y comportamientos repetitivos. Si bien el autismo se considera una condición de por vida, las necesidades de soportes y apoyo debido a estos desafíos varía entre las personas con autismo. El autismo no es lo mismo que tener una discapacidad de aprendizaje.
¿Qué son los trastornos del sueño?
Los trastornos del sueño (o los trastornos del sueño y la vigilia) implican problemas con la calidad, el tiempo y la cantidad de sueño, que resulta en angustia y dificultades para funcionar durante el día. Los trastornos del sueño y la vigilia suelen ocurrir junto con enfermedades u otros trastornos mentales, como la depresión, la ansiedad o los trastornos cognitivos. Existen varios tipos diferentes de trastornos del sueño y la vigilia, de los cuales el insomnio es el más común. Otros trastornos
Opioid Use Disorder
In 2017, more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids, a 2-fold increase in a decade.
Group Music Therapy: A Promising Approach
Group music therapy, delivered in person or online, may be effective in helping address symptoms of mental health conditions, according to several recent studies. The studies looked at the use of group music therapy in women with depression, older adults with dementia, and college students experiencing stress. One consistent theme in this research is that participants have improved quality of life.
Knowing about Mental Health Concerns of Friends and Family Members Reduces Stigma and Encourages People to Seek Help
A new study highlights the value of people sharing their mental health problems and treatment with friends and family. When people know a friend or family member with a mental health illness, they are more likely to recognize and understand their own mental health issues and seek treatment, according to study from researchers from Palo Alto University in Palo Alto, California
Rumination: A Cycle of Negative Thinking
Rumination involves repetitive thinking or dwelling on negative feelings and distress and their causes and consequences. The repetitive, negative aspect of rumination can contribute to the development of depression or anxiety and can worsen existing conditions.
Chronic Pain and Mental Health Often Interconnected
Chronic pain and mental health disorders often occur together. In fact, research suggests that chronic pain and mental health problems can contribute to and exacerbate the other.
Treatments are Available for the So-called Winter Blues
As we move toward winter with shorter daylight hours and falling temperatures, many people begin to feel the cloud of seasonal depression. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that occurs seasonally, typically in the winter months. SAD is not just the winter blues – SAD is a subtype of major depressive disorder. It can also occur during summer, but it is much less common that time of year.
Are there Mental Health Benefits to Being a Morning Person?
Many of us identify ourselves as either a morning person or a night owl, and these preferences are at least partly the result of our genes. New research finds associations between the timing of your sleep/wake preferences and your mental health.The study from researchers at the University of Exeter and Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that being genetically programmed to rise early may lead to greater well-being and a lower risk of depression and schizophrenia.
New Review Study: Neuromodulation Advances Offer Promise for Treating Depression
A new review study looking at the current state of neuromodulation therapies being used to treat depression, including rTMS, ECT and others, is available online today in the December issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry.