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
MDMA-Assisted Therapy Reduced PTSD Symptoms in Diverse Patient Population
(MedPage Today) -- MDMA-assisted psychotherapy proved safe and effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a diverse patient population, according to findings from the phase III randomized MAPP2 trial.
Based on the... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Could This Neuroleptic Ward Off RA?
(MedPage Today) -- Patients taking haloperidol were significantly less likely to develop new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA), relative to those receiving other antipsychotic medications, researchers found.
Data pooled from the VA health system... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Dementia Risk Tied to Sedentary Lifestyle
(MedPage Today) -- People 60 and older who spent more time being sedentary -- passively watching TV, for example -- had a higher risk of incident all-cause dementia, prospective data suggested.
The study followed about 50,000 U.K. Biobank... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Afib Catheter Ablation Wins Points for Psych Improvement
(MedPage Today) -- Catheter ablation was favored for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) when considering its psychological benefits over medical therapy alone, the REMEDIAL randomized trial showed.
Psychological distress tended... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
DEA Gets an Earful About Telehealth Prescribing of Controlled Substances
(MedPage Today) -- Should the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) require a prior in-person visit before allowing clinicians to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine? That was one of the issues that DEA officials heard conflicting... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Med Students Also Plagued by High Insurance Costs for Mental Health
(MedPage Today) -- Health insurance coverage for mental health treatment for medical students after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic had a median out-of-network annual deductible at least twice the median in-network deductible, though most schools... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
PCPs Often First Stop for Managing Newly Diagnosed Depression
(MedPage Today) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Care for new depression was more commonly delivered by primary care providers (PCPs) than psychiatric providers, according to an observational retrospective study.
In a review of adults newly diagnosed... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Safety Profile Sways Physicians on Use of LAIs for Schizophrenia
(MedPage Today) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Psychiatric care providers most often ranked the side effect profile of long-acting injectables (LAIs) for schizophrenia as the top consideration when prescribing the antipsychotics to patients, a survey... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Patients With Narcolepsy Face Mood and Pain Disorders
(MedPage Today) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- People with narcolepsy frequently had mood and pain comorbidities that complicated diagnosis and treatment plans, observational data showed.
In a propensity-matched cohort analysis of more than 4,000 individuals... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Spravato Safety Holds Up Long-Term for Treatment-Resistant Depression
(MedPage Today) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Esketamine nasal spray (Spravato) showed consistent long-term safety outcomes for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to follow-up data from the SUSTAIN-3 trial.
In the open-label... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Long-Acting Schizophrenia Tx Shows Long-Term Safety With Limited Relapses
(MedPage Today) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Every-6-month dosing of the long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate (Invega Hafyera) for schizophrenia was effective and safe up to 3 years, researchers reported here.
In an intention-to-treat analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Physician Assistants Also Feel Post-Pandemic Burnout
(MedPage Today) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nearly a third of board-certified physician assistants (PAs) said they experienced burnout in the past 3 years, according to a national cross-sectional analysis.
Looking at over 111,000 PAs who worked in... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
