VA's New Antidepressant Rules; App Aids Schizophrenia; Diet and Depression

This digest roundup covers multiple psychiatry news items: the VA will now require signed consent forms and documented risk-benefit discussions before prescribing antidepressants to younger veterans, while separate reports noted eight suicide attempts among sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln and CDC data showing roughly 49,000 U.S. suicide deaths in 2023. Other items include a 65% rise in pediatric mental health ER visits at Children's Hospital Colorado since 2019, a trial showing a smartphone app reduced negative schizophrenia symptoms, and research linking antipsychotic adherence to better outcomes in first-episode psychosis. Additional findings cover a failed Alzheimer's psychosis drug trial advancing to phase III, Sylvester Stallone's disclosure of past bulimia, a link between early smartphone ownership and eating disorder symptoms, declining benzodiazepine prescribing, and new data on cannabis use disorder and violence risk among older adults.