The ‘skyrocketing’ rise in childhood anxiety is not a mental health crisis | Letter

The ‘dramatic’ increase in anxiety among children (NHS referrals for anxiety in children more than double pre-Covid, 27 August) deserves a more complex response than installing counselors in every school, useful though it may be in some cases, and I say this as a mental health professional – consultant clinical …

Semaglutide and mental health

PHILADELPHIA—Taking the weight-loss drug semaglutide did not increase the risk of depressive symptoms, suicidal thoughts or suicidal behavior in people without known serious mental health disorders, according to a new study led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published this week in JAMA …