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Psychiatry

News, opinions and meeting coverage in psychiatry.

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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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Medicare Plans to Restrict Coverage of New Alzheimer's Drug

Proposal would cover aducanumab (Aduhelm) in patients on qualifying clinical trials

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Moms' Thyroid Hormones Tied to Behaviors in Preschool Boys

Study looked at effects of TSH and FT4 levels in pregnancy

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Does Teen Prescription Drug Misuse Predict Later Substance Abuse?

Misusing prescriptions linked to substance use disorder symptoms by midlife

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Alzheimer's Drugs Race to FDA

After aducanumab, drug companies pivot to use the accelerated approval pathway

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How to Help Nurses With Substance Use Problems Get Help

One of the "worst things" a colleague can do is to say nothing

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'Pending Wave' of Nurse Substance Use Problems?

Signs point to deepening issue with alcohol, drugs as nurses battle through the pandemic

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Burnout, Violence: How Much More Can Healthcare Workers Take?

As COVID rages on, attention turns to healthcare worker mental health. Will help arrive in time?

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What Conditions Are Sending Kids to the Hospital?

Analysis from 2016 showed respiratory problems dominated, but depression was already on the rise

FDA APPROVED lumateperone (Caplyta) over a conceptual illustration of bipolar disorder

FDA Greenlights New Drug for Bipolar Depression

Caplyta gained indications as monotherapy and adjunctive treatment

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It's Loud and Clear: Unwanted Noise in Medical Facilities Is a Hazard

The right soundscape can benefit patients and providers alike

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DEA Chief Warns About Fake Prescription Drugs Containing Fentanyl

More than 8.4 million fake pills seized since end of September

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Researchers to Study Psilocybin's Effects on Strained Healthcare Workers

Psychedelic-assisted therapy to be examined on pandemic-afflicted frontline workers

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Can Viagra Prevent Alzheimer's?

Sildenafil shows potential for drug repurposing

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House Members Debate Cracking Down More on Fentanyl

Committee criticizes Justice Department for not appearing at hearing

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Dementia Tied to Resting Heart Rate

Findings persist even after accounting for cardiovascular disease

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Tracing a Killer's Path to Mass Shooting

Mental health system reform is one tool in a broader playbook against gun violence

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Brain Changes Found in Fetuses of Alcohol-Using Moms

Differences seen in two areas when compared with brains of non-drinking mothers

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Psychiatry and Sexism: Gender Bias in BPD Diagnosis?

Why women are disproportionately diagnosed with borderline personality disorder

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Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV's 'Dopesick'?

No, but the Hulu series holds lessons for physicians about trusting pharma messaging

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Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously

"You're not sticking your neck out as much as you would 10 years ago," one director says

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Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift?

Once the province of philanthropy, industry and government sources show interest

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Let Ethics Guide Aducanumab Prescribing, AAN Says

Don't rely on FDA approval alone to make best choices for Alzheimer's patients

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Buprenorphine Misuse: What's the Reality?

New study highlights need to expand access to buprenorphine for OUD

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Jury Still Out on Lithium's Antisuicidal Effects

Adjunct lithium offered no additional suicide protection for bipolar, depressed vets

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Benedict Cumberbatch's Nicotine Poisoning

How did the actor get it three times?

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This Behavior on Digital Devices Is Linked to Worse Mental Health in Children

Good news for video gamers, however

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More Data Support Antidepressant's Death Reduction in COVID-19

Best protective effects came from fluoxetine, fluvoxamine

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Aspirin Flops Again for Dementia Prevention

ASCEND trial sides with ASPREE, but can't rule out some potential benefit

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Two Anticoagulants -- When Used Correctly -- Similarly Protective Against Dementia

GIRAF trial tested warfarin versus dabigatran in older Afib patients

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Dyanavel XR OK'd in Ages 6 and Up; ADHDTok; Depression Among LGBT Native Americans

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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One Aducanumab Patient, Six Brain Edema Episodes

"Uniquely complicated course" for patient treated with new Alzheimer's drug

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For Some Food-Allergic Kids (and Parents), Anaphylaxis Isn't the Worst Problem

It's the unnecessary, crippling worry about the possibility of it

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