Our Brains Are Getting Bigger, MRIs Show
(MedPage Today) -- Human brains appeared to be getting bigger, temporal trends showed.
From the 1930s to 1970s, brain volumes and cortical surface area of people who had neither dementia nor stroke became progressively larger, reported Charles... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mom's 911 Call for Her Son's Mental Health Ends With His Death After Police Response
(MedPage Today) -- Taylor Ware's mom just wanted to get her son the help he needed.
But her home was 400 miles away and Ware was deep into a manic episode at an interstate rest stop in rural southern Indiana.
"I need someone to come, OK, so that... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Most Post-Stroke Depression Strikes Within 5 Years
(MedPage Today) -- The vast majority of post-stroke depression (87.9%) occurred within the first 5 years after a stroke, suggesting a benefit for screening within that timeframe, according to a prospective study from the U.K.
During an 18-year... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Depression TMS Cleared for Teens; Phase III Narcolepsy Win; Fake ADHD Diagnosis?
(MedPage Today) -- Neuronetics said the FDA cleared its transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device, NeuroStar, as an adjunct therapy for the first-line treatment of major depressive disorder in individuals ages 15 to 21 -- the only TMS device... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Another Subway Rider Is Fatally Pushed Onto Tracks in New York City
(MedPage Today) -- A man accused of fatally shoving another person into the path of an oncoming New York City subway train was described Tuesday by his mother and officials as having psychological issues, reviving discussion about how the city... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
FDA Again Tries to Ban 'Aversive' Shock Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA proposed a ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior, the agency announced Monday.
In a step "rarely" taken by the agency, the FDA deemed these devices... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
AI Chatbots for Mental Health Have Arrived, Despite Limited Evidence They Work
(MedPage Today) -- Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you're greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon.
Start talking or typing about anxiety and the app generates the kind of comforting, sympathetic... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Rachel Levine of HHS: Transgender Medicine Should Be Available in Every U.S. State
(MedPage Today) -- In part three of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Face Distortions Appear 'Demonic' to Man With Rare Neurologic Disorder
(MedPage Today) -- A case report showed what may be the first realistic visualizations of the face distortions experienced by a patient with prosopometamorphopsia (PMO).
The 58-year-old patient, V.S., had a 31-month history of seeing peoples... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Concomitant SSRI and Oral Anticoagulant Use Tied to Major Bleeding Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Concomitant use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and oral anticoagulants (OACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation was tied to an increased risk of major bleeding compared with OAC use alone, a case-control... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Almost 108,000 Americans Died of Drug Overdoses in 2022, Another Record
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday by the CDC.
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Heart Disease Outcomes Better When Anxiety, Depression Are Treated
(MedPage Today) -- In people with heart disease and comorbid anxiety or depression, mental health treatment showed strong links to better clinical outcomes in an observational analysis of the Ohio Medicaid database.
Those hospitalized with coronary... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
People Facing Health Challenges Make Up Largest Group of Suicide Decedents
(MedPage Today) -- Five distinct suicide profiles that could improve detection and treatment of co-existing health conditions and bolster suicide prevention strategies were identified in a cross-sectional study.
In an analysis of 306,800 suicide... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psilocybin for Depression Win; 1 in 10 Kids Have ADHD; Loneliness in Middle Age
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted CYB003 -- an investigational depression treatment that acts as a deuterated psilocybin analog -- a breakthrough therapy designation after patients achieved an average 22-point symptom reduction in Montgomery... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Elon Musk's Ketamine Use
(MedPage Today) -- Earlier this week, Elon Musk told Don Lemon in an exclusive interview on X that he has a prescription for ketamine that he uses when he experiences a "negative chemical state in my brain."
Musk said he uses "a small amount once... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
