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Psychiatry

News, opinions and meeting coverage in psychiatry.

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Brain Volumes Shrink With One Daily Drink

Even light to moderate alcohol intake shows effects

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Even Pregnant Women on SSRIs Suffer Lingering Anxiety, Depression

Nearly a third of those in a prospective study had clinically relevant depressive symptoms

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Debunking the 'Excited Delirium' Diagnosis for Deaths in Police Custody

Report breaks down how the term was created and misused for years

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Dr. Bronner's Offering Its Workers Psychedelic Therapy Coverage

Soap company to cover ketamine-assisted therapy for employees with new industry nonprofit

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I Risked My Career to Save My Life

Prioritizing mental health over professional achievement

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Gender-Affirming Meds Have Drastic Impact on Suicide Risk in Trans Youth

Researchers call for legislature to support access to care for at-risk youth

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10 番茄社区 With the Lowest Hourly Rate

Calculated by annual salary divided by number of hours worked

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Owning a Pet May Protect Cognitive Health

Strongest benefit seen for long-term pet owners

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Columbia Psychiatry Chair Suspended After Backlash From Racist Tweet

Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, deleted his account after post stirred criticism on #MedTwitter

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Pimavanserin Resubmitted to FDA; APA's New President Elect; Bipolar Market Slowing

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Treating a Messiah

A creative way to achieve patient compliance

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Can Internet Addiction Be Prevented in High School?

Behavioral intervention targeted at-risk adolescents with some success

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Low-Intensity Care Options Flop for Self-Harm Prevention

In randomized trial, two therapeutic interventions failed to help people with suicidal thoughts

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Higher Risk of Mortality With Autism, ADHD

Some of the risk for mortality in those with ASD may arise from its link to ADHD diagnosis

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Blacked Out on Fentanyl for a Day

A nurse in recovery shares one of her loneliest moments

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Job, License, and Livelihood on the Line

After diverting drugs, the foundation begins to crack for this nurse

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Nurses Are Not Unbreakable

We as a society need to serve nurses better

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CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted

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Here's How Ob/Gyns Can Create Gender-Affirming Environments

Focusing on social and emotional needs goes a long way, experts say

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Loneliness May Triple Dementia Risk

Even without dementia, lonely feelings linked with brain changes

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More Positive Lybalvi Data; FDA Wants Non-Opioid Pain Options; ASMR for Anxiety

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Collaborative Approach Tied to Less Racial Disparities in Antenatal Depression Care

Study found positive impact of COMPASS in Black patients

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COVID Brain Changes Show Parallels With Alzheimer's Disease

Findings may point to potential mechanism for brain fog in people with long COVID

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Mental Health Crisis Demands Better Coverage, Worker Pay, Experts Tell House

Advocates argue for workforce incentives, peer involvement, and closing Medicare coverage gaps

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Commission on Opioid Crisis Warns of 1M Overdose Deaths in Call to Action

Stanford-Lancet Commission report recommends extensive reforms

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Higher Oxytocin Levels Seen in Men With Hypersexual Disorder

Cognitive behavioral therapy lessened those hormone levels

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Taking Melatonin? You're Not Alone

More Americans are using melatonin supplements, and in bigger doses

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ICU Nurse Walked Out in the Middle of His Shift, Found Dead 2 Days Later

Death of travel nurse Michael Odell shines spotlight on clinicians' mental health

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Blood Biomarkers May Distinguish Dementia Disorders

Plasma levels show diagnostic, prognostic performance in varying dementia types

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Mixing and Matching BP Meds? Consider the Implications for Dementia

SPRINT analysis favors certain classes of antihypertensives

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Prescription Drug Misuse High Among Nurses During Pandemic

Home health RNs have highest rates, but those working at hospitals most likely to have an SUD

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For Many Interns, Depressive Symptoms Are Impairing Their Lives

Some depressive symptoms hard to pinpoint because they've become the norm, researchers suggested

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Can Patients Just Say 'No' to Treatment?

Psychiatrist weighs in on how to approach misinformed beliefs

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More Docs Turn to Mental Health Support During COVID

Sharp uptick in outpatient mental health and substance use visits, Canadian study finds

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Ethics Consult: Forcibly Medicate Psychiatric Patient?

You make the call

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Is There a Case for Anaphylactic Suicide?

Copelan explores whether suicide could be motivated by a genetically predisposed process

False Positive COVID Tests; Cannabis and Car Accidents

Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes risk among kids with COVID

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Warning on Dissolving Buprenorphine; FDA OKs Rexulti in Teens; Psychiatrist Salaries

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Just What Is Mass Formation Psychosis?

One doctor is pushing controversial theory on how the public is being coerced into getting vaxxed

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We Must Start Looking for Drowning Colleagues

Too many of us are struggling

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