Over-the-Counter Naloxone: A Life-Saving Tool for Everyone, by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing
key takeaway: "In this cohort study of 4285 US adolescents, 31.3% had increasing addictive use trajectories for social media and 24.6% for mobile phones over 4 years. High or increasing addictive use trajectories were associated with elevated risks of suicidal behaviors or ideation compared with low addictive use. Youths with high-peaking or increasing social media use or high video game use had more internalizing or externalizing symptoms."
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use Among Adolescents, in JAMA Network Open
key takeaway: "Substantial racial and ethnic differences were observed in US adolescent mental health service use after the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in psychotropic medication use and clinical outpatient, school, and telemental health settings."