New Schizophrenia Treatments Are Coming: Don't Panic
(MedPage Today) -- At the recent Psych Congress 2023, a session titled "State of the Science: Focus on Schizophrenia" was presented by Peter J. Weiden, MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Heavy Drinking Not Tied to Lower Response to DAAs for Hepatitis C
(MedPage Today) -- Alcohol use and alcohol use disorder (AUD) were not associated with lower odds of sustained virologic response to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a retrospective... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Higher Suicide Risk in Nurses, Other Health Workers
(MedPage Today) -- Health workers had an increased risk for suicide compared with workers in other sectors, according to a nationally representative cohort study.
Using data from 2008 to 2019, the risk of suicide was 32% higher among the 176,000... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Vascular Conditions Offer No Clarity on Pollution-Dementia Link
(MedPage Today) -- Investigators appeared to rule out vascular dysfunction mediating the previously reported link between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and dementia.
Contrasting with prior studies, their nationally representative U.S. cohort... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Black Patients at Higher Risk for Physical Restraint in the ED
(MedPage Today) -- Although the use of physical restraint was generally uncommon in the emergency department (ED), Black patients were more likely to experience this during patient encounters compared with white patients, according to a systematic... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Fentanyl Death Trends; Food Additives and Heart Disease
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Despite Taboo, Med Students, Doctors Use Substances Too
(MedPage Today) -- Some young European medical students and residents were recently candid with VICE Belgium about their off-duty substance use habits.
Using pseudonyms, VICE Belgium detailed how the young doctors partied regularly -- often... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Loneliness Needs to Be Treated Like Any Other Health Condition, Researcher Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Loneliness among both seniors and younger people is a health problem that needs more attention, Kelsey McNamara, MPH, senior director of research at Papa, an organization that provides paid companionship to... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
There's More to the Story of Pilots Avoiding Mental Health Care
(MedPage Today) -- A Washington Post article last month titled,"5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues. Most are still flying," spurred discussions in our department. While we too are like the millions of Americans who trust and depend... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Suppressing Unwanted Thoughts; Choking on Cheese; Diet and Depression
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Training to suppress unwanted thoughts may have possible benefit. (Science Advances)
The U.S. government is re-launching a program to provide free COVID-19 home... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Common Environmental Chemicals May Be Tied to Postpartum Depression
(MedPage Today) -- Prenatal exposure to common environmental chemicals may be linked to postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms, according to a prospective cohort study.
In over 2,100 pregnant individuals, high-molecular-weight phthalates were associated... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizophrenia Sexual Dysfunction; Nuplazid Box Warning Tweak; Psych Practice Fraud?
(MedPage Today) -- Over half of people with schizophrenia experienced sexual dysfunction -- 55.7% of men and 60% of women -- according to a meta-analysis of more than 21,000 study participants. (JAMA Psychiatry)
People who used both tobacco... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Clarifying the 'Duty to Warn' in North Carolina
(MedPage Today) -- Amid rising gun violence and threats in North Carolina, including several incidents in the last few weeks alone, the state has taken important steps to protect against gun violence, the leading cause of death in children statewide... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Emotional CPR as an Alternative to Coercive Mental Health Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- Several months ago, I interviewed the late Sally Zinman, a heroine of our mental health movement of people with lived experience. I asked what changes she would like to see in the mental health system in the future. Without hesitation... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Flu-Like Symptoms, Then Amputation; Docs Charge for Emails; Wait List for Psilocybin
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A Tennessee teenager's flu-like symptoms turned out to be a rare bacterial infection that led to the amputation of his hands and feet. (USA Today)
In Arkansas... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
