Antipsychotic Shown to Change Brain in Psychotic Depression Olanzapine exposure versus placebo tied to decline in cortical thickness Feb 26, 2020
We Must Address the Mental Health Crisis Among Medical Professionals It's time to stop the stigma Feb 24, 2020
Spravato Debate Still Rages Journal airs questions about efficacy data, potential for harm Feb 20, 2020
How Variable are Patient Responses to Antidepressants? Certain classes show less predictability than others Feb 19, 2020
Nurses Face Higher-Than-Average Suicide Risk "A real issue, and the job has something to do with it," researcher says Feb 17, 2020
Treating Sleep Problems in Children With Autism New guideline offers way to help patients and parents Feb 12, 2020
The Failed Mental Health System: How Did We Get Here? Deinstitutionalization's good intentions, bad results -- and many reasons for hope Feb 10, 2020
Adverse Childhood Events Tied to Dementia Physical, psychological abuse emerge as factors in Japanese study Feb 07, 2020
Taylor Swift Reveals Eating Disorder Pop singer speaks about her struggles in new documentary. Feb 06, 2020
Neurology Patients Have Higher Suicide Rates While suicide is rare, some disorders carry five times more risk Feb 04, 2020
Common Diuretic May Ease Autism Symptoms Bumetanide tied to GABA-to-glutamate changes in children with ASD Jan 31, 2020
When Pregnant Moms Are Distressed, Fetal Brains May Suffer Anxiety, stress, depression tied to fetal impairment, but what this means after birth is unknown Jan 29, 2020
Magic Mushrooms Ease Cancer Anxiety; Olanzapine/Samidorphan NDA Accepted News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 29, 2020
Should Addicts Get Repeat Valve Surgeries for Endocarditis? MAT should be part of the equation in patients with opioid addiction, STS debaters agree Jan 26, 2020
Physiological Stress Measures Predict Ulcerative Colitis Flares Unpacking the link between the brain and the microbiome Jan 25, 2020
Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
Study: Relief Most Common Emotion 5 Years Post-Abortion Few regrets among women in longitudinal analysis Jan 13, 2020
After Five Months in a Coma, Young Nurse Wakes Up Chicago RN with rare autoimmune encephalitis responds to unusual treatment Jan 10, 2020
Trial: Camden 'Hotspotting' Program Not Enough to Help Superutilizers Problem isn't lack of care coordination -- it's the quality of care, says program founder Jan 08, 2020
Teenager in Psych Crisis Waits 25 Days in ED for Admission Amid psychiatric bed shortage, patient left in "Kafkaesque" limbo Jan 07, 2020
The Simpsons, the Odyssey, and Suicide An introduction to the merciless and marvelously cruel world a suicidologist must inhabit Jan 06, 2020
Trump Administration Touts Mental Health Accomplishments Speakers offer praise for more aggressive involuntary commitment Dec 20, 2019
Antipsychotics Ranked for Adverse Metabolic Effects Findings warrant updating of guidelines, researchers say Dec 19, 2019
Pediatric IBD Patients Face Multiple Psych Issues But vast majority have no record of receiving mental health services, study finds Dec 14, 2019
FDA Warns Alkermes on Vivitrol Ads Campaign omits important risk information, agency says Dec 12, 2019
'Wrong-Pipe' Intubation Deaths; Doc Group Sues Patients; Booted From Nursing Homes This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 04, 2019
9 out of 10 Suicide Attempts Using Firearms Are Lethal Although firearms account for fewer than 5% of suicidal acts Dec 03, 2019
European 'Brain-Boosting' Drug Pushed as Supplement in U.S. Study finds FDA-rejected supplement can deliver doses high above EU-approved range Nov 25, 2019
Study: Abortion-Suicide Link Not Causal State policies requiring docs to tell patients about mental health risks may be misinformed, researcher says Nov 19, 2019
Prozac for Kids With Autism: Verdict Is In Randomized trial undercuts rationale for common therapy Nov 06, 2019
Do 'Weedout' Classes Dump Good Doctors? Premed student says the concept undermines diversity in medicine Oct 31, 2019
Child Abuse Pediatricians Face Media Scrutiny Decade-old subspecialty has had its share of controversy Oct 30, 2019
Sleepwalking, Cults, and Other Unusual Insanity Defenses Most defenses involve psychosis or bipolar disorder, but there are interesting exceptions Oct 28, 2019
Antidepressants vs Talk Therapy: What's More Cost-Effective? Which begets another question: over what time period? Oct 28, 2019
Treatment for Zoophilia Not Well-Defined "[We're] basically adopting from the sex offender literature" Oct 25, 2019
Cyberstalking vs Free Speech: Where's the Line? Balancing First Amendment rights against psychic harm Oct 24, 2019
