MDMA Cured Extremism? Abilify Pain Cream Scheme; Ritalin's Opposite Effect in Some

— News and commentary from the psychiatry world

MedicalToday
Illustration of a brain shaped maze.

After the former leader of a white nationalist group took during a psychiatric clinical study, he revised his extremist views. (BBC)

Is laughter the best medicine? A meta-analysis of 29 studies found that "humor therapy" . (Brain and Behavior)

Two Jacksonville, Florida-based compounding pharmacies agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to settle lawsuits after they violated the False Claims Act to topical compounded pain creams to boost reimbursement, according to the Department of Justice.

A state-level analysis showed that at more than twice the rate of women in the U.S. (Neuropsychopharmacology)

How has changed this one psychiatrist's office? (New York Times)

improved insomnia and alcohol-related problems compared with sleep hygiene alone and "should be considered a first-line treatment for insomnia, regardless of abstinence," said researchers in JAMA Psychiatry.

For people without attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, taking commonly prescribed may actually decrease productivity. (Science Advances)

The first person ever , Donald Triplett, has died at age 89. (AP)

The site of a in Queens, New York, is being eyed for 3,000 new units of affordable housing. (Gothamist)

  • author['full_name']

    Kristen Monaco is a senior staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and nephrology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company since 2015.