A Death Valley Crisis Forces an MD to Use All Her Training A Death Valley Crisis Forces an MD to Use All Her Training
A psychiatrist must call on her previous training to help a cyclist with critical head and spinal injuries in the middle of Death Valley.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Weighing Childhood Obesity Interventions Weighing Childhood Obesity Interventions
The growing number of options for managing obesity raises important clinical concerns for primary care clinicians.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

As Psychiatrists, Do We Offer Hope or Do We Offer Death? As Psychiatrists, Do We Offer Hope or Do We Offer Death?
As Canada considers physician-assisted suicide for serious mental illness, psychiatrist Dinah Miller asks whether that undercuts her profession ' s mission to protect patients ' lives and be emissaries of hope.Medscape Psychiatry (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Commentary Source Type: news

Novel Tool Accurately Predicts Suicide After Self-Harm Novel Tool Accurately Predicts Suicide After Self-Harm
The 11-item Oxford Suicide Assessment Tool for Self-harm (OxSATS) can accurately predict suicide in the 6 to 12 months after an episode of nonfatal self-harm.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

New Consensus on Biomarkers for Neurocognitive Disorder Dx New Consensus on Biomarkers for Neurocognitive Disorder Dx
A new European consensus statement offers expert guidance on which biomarkers to use for patients presenting with cognitive complaints.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

New Research Criteria May Help Predict Progression to CTE New Research Criteria May Help Predict Progression to CTE
New research criteria appear to accurately identify athletes in sports such as boxing or martial arts who will go on to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Lean Muscle Mass Protective Against Alzheimer's? Lean Muscle Mass Protective Against Alzheimer's?
This study suggests higher levels of lean muscle mass can be protective against cognitive decline and Alzheimer ' s.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - July 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Anxiety From AF Symptoms Calmed by Cognitive Training Anxiety From AF Symptoms Calmed by Cognitive Training
The behavioral therapy deserves to be a routinely available adjunct to ablation for patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, say researchers.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Men and Women React Differently to Acute Stress Men and Women React Differently to Acute Stress
In the face of an acute stress, cognitive control of negative emotions differs between men and women.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

REN Benefits for Migraine Begin as Early as 2 Weeks REN Benefits for Migraine Begin as Early as 2 Weeks
Remote electrical neuromodulation treatment begins to prevent migraine attacks in as early as 2 weeks, as shown in a study that compared its effectiveness to placebo in warding off migraine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

New Data on TBI Show It's Chronic, Evolving New Data on TBI Show It's Chronic, Evolving
Longitudinal data show that people with traumatic brain injury continue to show improvement or to decline across a range of domains well beyond the traditional 12-month post-injury period.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Schizophrenia Much More Common Than Previously Thought Schizophrenia Much More Common Than Previously Thought
New federally funded research provides the most-up-to-date prevalence rates of schizophrenia and other common mental health disorders among US adults.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Dealing With the Physical Impact of Intense Grief Dealing With the Physical Impact of Intense Grief
' People don ' t talk about how physical grief is; it ’s a shock to your entire being. When this grief came flooding in, I didn’t know what to do with it, ' said Susan Whitmore, who lost her daughter to cancer.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

HHS Gives Advisory on Mental Health Symptoms of Long COVID HHS Gives Advisory on Mental Health Symptoms of Long COVID
"It can be very challenging for a person, whether they are impacted themselves, or they are a caregiver for someone who is affected."WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Psychedelic Drug Trials FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Psychedelic Drug Trials
The guidance offers ' fundamental considerations ' for designing clinical trials testing psychedelic drugs as potential treatments psychiatric and other conditions.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Alert Source Type: news