From the Editor
This week, we turn closer to home. All the selections are from The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. The Canadian connection includes the journal, of course, as well as the data and topics. That said, these topics – suicide, school cellphone restrictions, and irritability – are relevant for those in my home country and elsewhere.
In the first selection, Sara Zulyniak (of the University of Calgary) and her co-authors look at suicide trends in Canada from 2000 to 2024, drawing on Statistics Canada data. “Overall trends and many Canadian age and sex groups have seen declining rates of suicide mortality beginning in 2018, though some young female groups have continued to have increasing rates of suicide from 2000 to 2024.” We consider the paper and its implications.
In the second selection, Kimberley C. Tsujimoto (of the Hospital for Sick Children) and her co-authors analyzed data on the early implementation of school cellphone restrictions in Ontario and the association with screen use and mental health outcomes for children and youth. “We found that greater adherence to school cellphone restrictions was associated with lower social media use, and subsequently fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms.”
In the third selection, Michael Uebel (of The University of Texas at Austin) writes about irritability in depression and anxiety. “Irritability carries information that standard depression scales miss, and that tracking it offers an early, actionable read on whether to continue or modify a treatment.”
DG
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