Overhauling Our Mental Health System
(MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive video, Eric Reinhart, MD, a political anthropologist, psychoanalyst, and medical resident at Northwestern University in Chicago, discusses the "Treatment Not Trauma" campaign. This initiative by the Chicago... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More
(MedPage Today) -- In July, we reported that lecanemab (Leqembi) won full FDA approval to treat Alzheimer's disease. In this article, we look beyond anti-amyloid agents like lecanemab to see what other targets are being studied to prevent or treat... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
'They See a Cash Cow': Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements
(MedPage Today) -- The marketing pitches are bold and arriving fast: Invest opioid settlement dollars in a lasso-like device to help police detain people without Tasers or pepper spray. Pour money into psychedelics, electrical stimulation devices... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control
In this report, we follow up on what has happened since doctors first started raising concerns about this contaminant and its effects.
Early in 2023... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Providing Telemedicine in War Zones
(MedPage Today) -- In this interview, Brandon Welch, MS, PhD, founder and CEO of doxy.me, explains why telemedicine is so important in high-conflict environments. Part 1 of this interview can be viewed here.
The following is a transcript of his... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court's 2024 Term
(MedPage Today) -- Throughout the year, Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD, and Sarah Wetter, JD, MPH, have weighed in on several major Supreme Court cases and decisions affecting American health and healthcare. As part of our series looking ahead to... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Autism Aggression Sensor; Psychiatry Top Telehealth Spender; Mid-Stage Wins, Losses
(MedPage Today) -- A wearable biosensor paired with machine learning predicted aggression in psychiatric inpatient youths with autism 3 minutes before it happened. (JAMA Network Open)
Psychiatry had the highest share of telehealth spending, making... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mind of the 'Maestro': Inside the Head of Leonard Bernstein
(MedPage Today) -- In the new Netflix movie "Maestro," the 20th-century composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein comes alive as a high-energy force of nature -- a genius who transforms the world but is tortured by his desires.
What was going... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Young-Onset Dementia Tied to New Risk Factors
(MedPage Today) -- Four new risk factors for young-onset dementia were identified in the prospective U.K. Biobank study.
Orthostatic hypotension, vitamin D deficiency, high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, and social isolation emerged as new risk... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews
In this report, we follow up on what has happened since then.
The federal government-backed 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Can Residents Flourish? Managing Common Foot and Ankle Conditions
(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 - December 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Burnout Relief, Made Easier
(MedPage Today) -- Last week, Massachusetts hospitals, local health plans, and healthcare systems all committed to eliminating invasive, stigmatizing questions about mental illness and addiction from their credentialing processes. The move was... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Masks, Pandemic Gear Ditched; COVID Vocal Cord Paralysis; How Bruce Willis Coped
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As stockpiles expire, states are ditching excess masks and pandemic gear in droves. (AP)
JN.1 is now the fastest-growing COVID variant in the U.S., causing about... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
First Test to Identify Opioid Addiction Risk Approved by FDA
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the first test that uses DNA to identify whether adults have an elevated risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD), the agency said Tuesday.
The AvertD test is intended to be used before patients who are... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Planning to Stop That Benzodiazepine? Think Twice
(MedPage Today) -- Stopping long-term benzodiazepine treatment was tied to a higher risk of death, according to a comparative effectiveness study using claims data.
An intention-to-treat analysis showed that among people who weren't simultaneously... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
