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Noninvasive brain stimulation promising for COVID-related smell loss
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- Lolita Osorio
A small, double-blind, sham-controlled study showed that stimulation combined with olfactory training provided...
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Clozapine and cancer risk in schizophrenia patients: New data
- Author:
- Lolita Osorio
The clozapine-related risk increase was specific to hematological malignancies only.
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Does noninvasive brain stimulation augment CBT for depression?
- Author:
- Lolita Osorio
More research is needed to optimize treatment synchronization to achieve synergies between noninvasive brain stimulation and psychotherapeutic...
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Higher ‘chemical restraint’ rates in Black psych patients in the ED
- Author:
- Lolita Osorio
Black patients presenting with a psychiatric disorder were significantly more likely to receive chemical sedation than White patients presenting...
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Long-term cannabis use linked to dementia risk factors
- Author:
- Lolita Osorio
“We saw that long-term cannabis users showed a decline in IQ from childhood to adulthood.”
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Psilocybin ‘rewires’ the brain to alleviate depression
- Author:
- Lolita Osorio
“Psilocybin works differently from conventional antidepressants, making the brain ... less entrenched in the negative thinking patterns associated...
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FDA okays first sublingual med for agitation in serious mental illness
- Author:
- Lolita Osorio
With a demonstrated onset of action as early as 20 minutes, dexmedetomidine shows a high response rate in patients at both 120-mcg and 180-mcg...