Nocturnal Hot Flashes and Alzheimer's Risk Nocturnal Hot Flashes and Alzheimer's Risk
Dr Andrew Kaunitz comments on a study that offers hope for reducing subsequent risk for Alzheimer ' s disease in women who experience hot flashes at night.Medscape Ob/Gyn (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Commentary Source Type: news
Most Homeless People Have Mental Health Disorders Most Homeless People Have Mental Health Disorders
A researcher suggests that the relationship between homelessness and mental health disorders is likely bidirectional.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - April 29, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
The physical and psychiatric diagnoses before suicidal death in the elderly: a national population-based study in Taiwan from 2006 to 2015 - Chang SW, Lee MB, Wu CY, Chan CT, Chen CY.
BACKGROUND: Suicide in older adults is an important public issue globally, but large-scale studies of the physical and mental diagnoses before suicidal death are lacking. The study aimed to reveal the medical diagnoses before suicidal death and estimate th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Daily levels and dynamic metrics of affective-cognitive constructs associate with suicidal thoughts and behaviours in adults after psychiatric hospitalization - Wallace GT, Brick LA, Provost EM, Peters JR, Miller IW, Schatten HT.
The period after psychiatric hospitalization is an extraordinarily high-risk period for suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STBs). Affective-cognitive constructs (ACCs) are salient risk factors for STBs, and intensive longitudinal metrics of these constructs... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Dual harm: violent behaviour to others and self-harm behaviour in adults compulsorily admitted to a Dutch psychiatric hospital - Michielsen PJS, Hoogveldt S, L'oihmi N, Sneep S, van Dam A, Mulder CL, Hoogendijk WJG, Roza SJ.
BACKGROUND: Verbal and physical violence in psychiatric hospitals can have harmful consequences for staff members, such as physical injury, traumatisation, and sick leave, and they often accompany involuntary admission. Harm to others may co-occur with sel... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Unmasking the struggle: a scoping review exploring post-traumatic stress symptoms in caregivers of individuals with neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders - Lim JM, Barlas J, Kaur D, Ng P.
The impact of caregiving on caregivers' mental health is typically considered within the caregiver stress and burden literature; however, more recently, research has investigated the experience of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in caregivers. As an ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Neuroinflammation and suicide in bipolar disorder - Stoddard-Bennett T, Lee JH.
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe psychiatric condition characterized by mood lability, which poses the highest risk of suicide of any psychiatric illness. BD patients exhibit chronic neuroinflammation, especially during mood episodes, affecting cytokine l... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Sociologic and psychiatric aspects of U.S. gun violence: a cure for this endemic - Webster J.
There are at least fifty million more guns in than people in America. The U.S. also suffers more shootings and ten times more gun deaths per-capita than any other developed country in the world1. Clearly the underlying problem is the widespread availabi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Relationship of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia polygenic risk scores to suicide: a comparison between European and Asian ancestry populations - Otsuka I, Galfalvy H, Guo J, Akiyama M, Okazaki S, Terao C, Rujescu D, Turecki G, Hishimoto A, Mann JJ.
Psychiatric diagnosis rates in suicide decedents appear higher in European ancestry populations compared with East Asians. Shared genetic components exist between major depressive disorder (MDD)/schizophrenia (SCZ) and suicide, but no study has compared th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The prevalence of psychiatric and physical diagnosis before suicidal death for the middle-aged adults 25 to 64: a national population-based study in Taiwan from 2011 to 2015 - Chang SW, Lee MB, Wu CY, Chan CT, Chen CY.
BACKGROUND: The middle-aged population constitutes the majority of suicide deaths in terms of numbers. The study aimed to clarify the patterns of medical service utilization and diagnoses preceding incidents of suicide in middle-aged adults in Taiwan. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
In the tradition of William Osler: a new biohumanistic model of psychiatry - Ghaemi SN.
William Osler (1849-1919) is often considered the most influential physician in the emergence of science-based medicine. However, his approach to clinical medicine tends to be misunderstood, and its relevance to psychiatry has not been explored systematica... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Antidepressants and Dementia Risk: Reassuring Data Antidepressants and Dementia Risk: Reassuring Data
Antidepressants are not associated with an increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia in adults without cognitive impairment, new research showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Does'Brain Training' Really Improve Cognition? Does'Brain Training' Really Improve Cognition?
Some companies claimed that engaging in " brain games " can improve cognition or stave off cognitive decline. What ' s the evidence and do crosswords and Sudoku count?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Loneliness Linked to Increased Mortality Risk in Cancer Survivors
(MedPage Today) -- Greater feelings of loneliness and social isolation were associated with a higher risk of mortality among cancer survivors, according to a retrospective longitudinal study.
Over the study period of 10 years, cancer survivors... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Consequences of Afib; Autism Heritability in Males and Females
(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 - April 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
