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Buprenorphine Prescribing: To Expand or Not to Expand
This article first reviews the pharmacology, clinical use, and US legislative action related to buprenorphine, followed by a discussion of the misuse and diversion of buprenorphine in the United States as well as internationally. We then explore the impact of buprenorphine abuse as well as discussing strategies for its reduction, including changes in policy, prescription and pharmacy monitoring, and continuing medical education for guiding and improving clinical practice.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - May 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Attitude of Medical Students About Their Role and Social Accountability in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Conclusion: Social accountability is an important issue for medical students in the pandemic era. At the same time, non-disruption of their academic calendar would ensure continuous availability of component medical professionals, which is important for adequate future healthcare responses.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The Association Between Social Support, COVID-19 Exposure, and Medical Students' Mental Health
Conclusions: Some medical students suffered from a poor psychological status during the COVID-19 outbreak. Low social support was a stronger factor related to poor mental status compared with COVID-19 exposure or the provincial epidemic condition. Thus, we suggest that colleges or universities provide social support and mental health screening.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - May 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

APA Applauds Mental Health Provisions in Federal End-of-Year Spending Package
APA today responded to the Congressional passage of the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 2617 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023). The bill includes funding for workforce equity, collaborative care, telehealth, and other measures that APA supports.“As families around the nation continue to contend with the adverse impacts of the pandemic, a crisis in child and adolescent mental health, a high rate of suicide, and the opioid epidemic, it is heartening to see Congress forge a bipartisan agreement and invest in policies that that are proven to help,” APA said in astatement.The fiscal year 2023 Omnib...
Source: Psychiatr News - December 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill collaborative care model health equity HR 2617 Medicare mental health parity Minority Fellowship Program samhsa telehealth workforce equity Source Type: research

Prevalence and Related Factors of Insomnia Among Chinese Medical Staff in the Middle and Late Stage of COVID-19
Conclusions: Our study shows that nearly 1/3 of Chinese medical workers suffer from insomnia nearly a month after the COVID-19 outbreak. Compared with the general population, medical staff who are working with COVID are more prone to insomnia. Risk factors for insomnia include younger age, lower education level, longer working hours per day, and physical illness. The tenacious dimension of psychological resilience is a protective factor for insomnia.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - December 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Influencing Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Dental Medical Staff in Emergency Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in China
Conclusions: The prevalence of mental symptoms was high among the first-line emergency dental staff. Male sex, working in the Wuhan area, working in a general hospital, a past medical history, and lower levels of education were risk factors. Therefore, we need to pay close attention to the mental health problems of frontline dentists during the COVID-19 outbreak and adopt active preventive strategies to maintain their physical and mental health.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - October 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Depression a Growing, Hidden Epidemic in Med Students Depression a Growing, Hidden Epidemic in Med Students
More than a quarter of medical students suffer depressive symptoms, and most don ' t seek help, prompting calls to overhaul the medical education system.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

APA Commends Bipartisan Budget Deal for Health, MH Provisions
Thebipartisan budget agreement passed last week by Congress wonpraise from APA for its inclusion of funding for many mental health, substance use, and criminal justice programs that will benefit millions of Americans living with serious mental and substance use disorders. APA had lobbied hard on many of these issues for months leading up to the vote.Among the major provisions of the legislation is an extension of the Children ’s Health Insurance Program through 2028, marking the longest reauthorization in the program’s history. CHIP is a federal-state partnership that provides comprehensive health insurance coverage fo...
Source: Psychiatr News - February 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: bipartisan budget agreement of 2018 Children's Health Insurance Program opioid epidemic Saul Levin telehealth Source Type: research

APA Praises Congress for Funding Mental Health Programs for FY 2019
APA today praised Congress for funding several mental health programs through the passage ofHR 6157, a bill which includes funding for the departments of Defense, Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services through the end of September 2019.The spending package includes funding for the following:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): $5.7 billion ($584 million increase)National Institutes of Health (NIH): $39.1 billion ($2 billion increase), including $429 for the BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies)Curbing the opioid epidemic: $3.8 billion ($206 ...
Source: Psychiatr News - September 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Altha Stewart and Health and Human Services BRAIN Initiative Congress Defense education House Labor NIH opioid epidemic samhsa SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program Saul Levin Senate Source Type: research

The association of trends in charcoal-burning suicide with Google search and newspaper reporting in Taiwan: a time series analysis
Conclusions We found that increased Internet searches for charcoal-burning suicide appeared to be associated with a subsequent increase in suicide by this method. The prevention of suicide using emerging methods may include monitoring and regulating online information that provides details of these methods as well as encouraging Internet service providers to provide help-seeking information.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - April 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

1.4 Use of Project ECHO to Provide Education on Best-Practice Clinical Management of Adolescent Vaping
As adolescent vaping reaches epidemic rates in the United States, it is imperative that pediatric clinicians have access to up-to-date, best-practice medical knowledge for screening, assessing, and treating adolescent vaping-related substance use. The Indiana Teen Vaping ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) program was developed using the Project ECHO model to offer timely, practical learning sessions focused specifically on clinical management of adolescent vaping in community healthcare settings.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alexander P. Oliver, Lauren A. Bell, Jon Agley, Kristina Bixler, Leslie A. Hulvershorn, Zachary W. Adams Source Type: research

Occupational Stress and Mental Health: A Comparison Between Frontline Medical Staff and Non-frontline Medical Staff During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
Conclusion: The results indicated that during the COVID-19 epidemic, medical staff experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression and insomnia than citizens, and their occupational stress had positive effects on their psychological distress. These findings emphasize the importance of occupational stress management interventions to decrease the risk of developing mental health problems among the medical staff during a biological disaster.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - December 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Coping Strategies and Psychopathological Responses Among Medical and Non-medical Professionals – a Cross-Sectional Online Survey
Conclusions: Positive screening for psychopathological and PTSD symptoms was expected regardless of the analyzed groups' coping strategies. Given the dramatically developing situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, support initiatives grounded in research evidence may be essential for maintaining the mental well-being and resilience of both the medical and non-medical workforce.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - May 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Psychological Distress, Social Support, Coping Style, and Perceived Stress Among Medical Staff and Medical Students in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Epidemic in China
Conclusions: In the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, medical staff and medical students were at moderate to high risk of psychological distress. Our results suggest that psychological interventions designed to strengthen social support, reduce perceived stress and adopt a positive coping style may be effective at improving the mental health of medical staff and medical students.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The Role of the Medical School Training on Physician Opioid Prescribing Practices: Evidence from Ontario, Canada.
CONCLUSION: The role of medical school training on opioid prescribing patterns among Ontario physicians differs from that in the United States likely due to greater homogeneity of curricula among Canadian schools. Ensuring physicians trained abroad receive additional pain management/addiction training may help address part of the opioid epidemic in Ontario. PMID: 32508120 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: de Oliveira C, Iwajomo T, Gomes T, Kurdyak P Tags: Can J Psychiatry Source Type: research