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TL;DR: A 2026 Journal of Global Health analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2021 data estimated that 162.86 million people had substance use disorders in 2021, with age-standardized rates down since 1990 but major inequality across sex, age, region, and develo…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Population Health Metrics used Global Burden of Disease 2019 estimates and found that U.S. substance-use-disorder health loss rose sharply from 1990 to 2019, with opioid use disorders driving the largest increase. Key Findings 19.5 milli…
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TL;DR: A 2026 paper in Neuropsychopharmacology argued that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating cannabis compound, has plausible psychiatric and neurological uses, but clinical claims need standardized products, exposure tracking, and safety monitoring before…
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TL;DR: A 2026 population-based study in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry found that early-life adversity scores were linked to higher group-level mental health risk but performed poorly for identifying which Canadian adults had anxiety, mood disorders, subst…
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Changes in sexual behavior over recent decades have resulted in more people having multiple serial or concurrent sexual relationships during young adulthood. A new longitudinal study investigates how these shifting trends affect mental health. Key Facts: Resea…
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