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According to published research by mental health experts at the Rutgers CERT and Columbia University, antipsychotic prescriptions written for privately insured children aged 2 to 5 years doubled between 1999-2001 and 2007.

An analysis of U.S. outpatient depression treatment trends over the past decade show an overall increase in treatment, but a decline in the use of psychotherapy.

Investigators have linked the ability to understand health information with happiness in adults aged 50 and over.

The use of psychotropic medications in the outpatient setting among U.S. children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased, according to a report from the Rutgers CERT.

Researchers find that the use of beta blockers—a class of drugs used to manage high blood pressure and protect the heart following a heart attack—is associated with higher survival rates among patients with chronic heart failure. 

Duke CERT investigators discuss need for strategies that address the shortcomings of the U.S. health care system with respect to racial disparities in both hospital-readmission rates and the provision of health care. 

An analysis of patients participating in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke) program, showed that about one out of four acute stroke patients stopped taking one or more of the medications prescribed to them to prevent recurrent stroke during the period when their chance of having another stroke is highest.