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PROTECT*, a theory-driven, manualized, CBT**-based intervention targeting internet gaming disorder (IGD) and unspecified internet use disorder (IUD), may help at-risk adolescents fight their battle against behavioural addictions, a study suggests.

Gender-affirming hormone therapy seems to improve psychological wellbeing among transgender and nonbinary youth, a recent study has found.

A treatment approach of combining interventions from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) specific to either eating disorder (ED) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is safe and effective, helping improve symptoms of PTSD in patients with both ED and PTSD (ED-PTSD), as shown in a recent study.

Treatment-resistant depression (TRD), defined as treatment failure following ≥2 trials of antidepressants at adequate doses, duration and adherence, is associated with a greater risk of all-cause mortality and higher healthcare costs, according to a population-based cohort study by the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Chinese University of Hong Kong, London School of Economics and Political Science and University College London.

Sepsis patients with mental disorders see lowered rates of short-term mortality, a recent study has found.

Intramuscular (IM) olanzapine is similarly cost-effective with a better safety profile compared with IM haloperidol for sedating patients with acute agitation in Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments, according to cost-effectiveness data from a randomized clinical trial (RCT) conducted by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and clinical teams of six A&E departments of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA).