One in Nine Kids Have ADHD; Placebo Response in Trials; Befriending Former Patients

Approximately one in nine U.S. children ever received an attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, CDC researchers reported. (Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology)

The FDA approved once-daily, extended-release oral clonidine hydrochloride (Onyx XR) as adjunctive or monotherapy, making it the only liquid non-stimulant medication for ADHD, Tris Pharma said.

The investigational oral antidepressant NRX-101 reduced time to sustained remission from suicidality compared with lurasidone in people with bipolar depression and subacute suicidal ideation, NRx Pharmaceuticals said.

Adjunctive, investigational first-in-class seltorexant met all primary and secondary endpoints in a phase III trial of people with major depressive disorder and insomnia symptoms, Johnson & Johnson announced.

Patients with major depressive disorder experienced the greatest improvement with placebo treatment in randomized clinical trials, while patients with schizophrenia benefited the least. (JAMA Psychiatry)

Are higher Medicaid payments needed to save rural psychiatry? (STAT)

The median time to binge-eating disorder remission among adults with a higher BMI exceeded 60 months, and the median time to relapse after remission was 30 months. (Psychological Medicine)

A new website offers caregivers free training to help manage neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. (KFF Health News)

Compared with white people in Pennsylvania, Black individuals who died of drug overdoses were less likely to receive naloxone, 2019-2021 data showed. (Addiction)

Psychoactive drugs like ketamine and MDMA are “having a moment” but soon will face FDA review. (CBS News)

Letting addiction doctors prescribe methadone directly to patients is “not a good idea,” a longtime methadone clinic industry leader said. (STAT)

Can retired psychiatrists befriend former patients? (New York Times Magazine)

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