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News, opinions and meeting coverage in psychiatry.

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Amyloid Tipping Point Helps Predict Alzheimer's Dementia Onset

Algorithm requires only one PET scan and age

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Q&A: Loice Swisher, MD, on National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

Showing her own vulnerability helps others, she says

Feared ARNI Effect on Cognition Hasn't Come to Fruition

Neurocognitive protection by sacubitril/valsartan suggested instead by observational study

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Something Borrowed: This Psychologist's Command Performance

How "being there" for a patient can take many forms

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Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury

SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility

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The LMNOPs of Caring for the Nursing Workforce

Healthcare systems can do more to prevent staff burnout

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Cough, Cancer, PTSD: Two Decades of World Trade Center Studies

Research has revealed the fallout of response to a crisis

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Some Reassurance on Cognition in People With Older LVADs

Will newer devices look even better for neurological outcomes?

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Transgender Women Dying Faster Than General Population

Biggest drivers were HIV, suicide, and heart problems

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Twice-Yearly Schizophrenia Tx OK'd; Austedo Effective Long-Term; $$ for Sobriety

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

The Cost of Compassion Fatigue During COVID

Jessi Gold talks about how healthcare professionals can help themselves while helping others

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We're Building the Plane as We Fly It

Health systems and organizations must do more to support the well-being of providers

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CDC: Benzo-Involved Overdoses on the Rise

Concerns grow about illicit versions

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Blood Test Discerns Alzheimer's From Other Dementia With High Accuracy

Plasma p-tau moves another step closer to clinical use

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Vaccine Effect or Functional Neurological Disorder?

COVID vaccination may trigger FND, much like other stressors

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Mental Health: The New 'Coming Out' in Medicine

Openness about challenges with anxiety, depression can help fight the stigma

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Emergency Medicine Residents Report High Rates of Mistreatment

Large survey study also found that such experiences were linked to increased suicidality

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More Teens Are Trying to Quit Vaping Than Ever Before

Over half of adolescent e-cigarette users want to quit and have tried to quit, new study shows

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Parkinson's Drug Tied to Increased Hospitalizations, Death

Mortality risk persisted in people taking pimavanserin

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Pot Smokers Face Distinct Risks After Coronary Procedures

But could marijuana use be associated with fewer cases of acute kidney injury?

FDA APPROVED calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates (Xywav) over a photo of a young woman asleep at her computer.

First Drug OK'd for Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Sleep drug Xywav gains a new indication

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New Data on Opioids for Chronic Pain: Less Than Meets the Eye?

Unclear what, if anything, new NCHS report means

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When Patients With Functional GI Issues Felt Better, They Got Better

Improvements in psychological, clinical factors tied to reduced dyspepsia symptoms

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NewYork-Presbyterian Sued for Allegedly Ignoring Child Sexual Abuse

Former patient says anorexia specialist Joseph Silverman abused her when she was 11

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Naloxone Rebound Akathisia: It Could Turn on You

The rise in opioid overdoses warrants a review of the symptoms of akathisia

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Driving Patterns Pinpoint Early Alzheimer's Disease

Subtle shifts in on-road behavior suggest GPS-based biomarkers may have merit

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COVID-19: Persistent Cognitive Effects, Uptick in Alzheimer's Biomarkers

Findings link cognitive impairment and long-lasting anosmia

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Simone Biles Is Sending a Message: Olympians Are People First

Mental health is essential to sporting success

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Acne Takes a Toll on Women's Mental Health, Quality of Life

Almost half reported self-consciousness, adverse effects on professional, social, personal lives

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Epic's AI Fail; Controversial Alzheimer's Marketing; No Good COVID Drugs

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Wide Variability Across Nurse Rehabilitation Programs

Survey shows variability across outcomes, operations, costs, governance

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Is This Rehab Program Helpful or Harmful to Nurses?

Critics question the effectiveness of one state's nurse rehabilitation program for substance use

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Aducanumab: What to Know If You Prescribe

Recommendations may change when trial data are published

AAIC over a computer rendering of phosphorylation of tau proteins leading to disintegration of microtubuli in a neuron axon

Better Air, Better Brains

Reducing air pollution tied to lower dementia risk, slower cognitive decline

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To Prevent Chronic Illness, Start With Mental Health

The two are inextricably linked

A female psychiatrist takes notes during a session with her male patient, both are wearing protective masks.

Psychiatrists Can Be Valuable Vaccine Educators

"Actively and constantly searching" for ways to address the needs of a vulnerable population

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Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety

Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors

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Drug Overdoses Spike; Shock Therapy Effective; Psychiatrist Charged for 'Pill-Mill'

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Staying on Pimavanserin Cut Dementia-Related Psychosis Relapse

However, late-stage trial couldn't separate efficacy in dementia subtypes

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Unexplained Catatonia: What's Behind Woman's Sudden Symptoms?

Recent history of insomnia could be a clue

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