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Dynamic deconstructive therapy effectively reduces suicide ideation among adolescents

NEW YORK — Dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy appeared effective at reducing suicide ideation among suicidal adolescents, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.
“A lot of the current management of suicidality [involves] going to the ED, crisis calls and doing safety planning; a lot of it is really crisis management,” Rebecca J. ....

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Religion, race among top predictors of substance use initiation in early adolescence

NEW YORK — Factors across multiple domains, including demographic characteristics and parenting behaviors, appeared predictive of substance use initiation in early adolescence, according to study results.“Most of the previous studies I was looking at when I started getting into this work exclusively focused on only one or two of these domains, but very few integrated multiple,” ....

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Military Risk Factors, Sleep Quality Factor Into Alcohol Use Disorder in US Veterans

This clinically-complex cohort of US Veterans had significant psychological and health comorbidities, and further research is needed to understand factors that may protect against alcohol use disorder. ....

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