Mental Health
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COVID-19: New guidance to stem mental health crisis in frontline HCPs
“Support needs to be deployed in multiple dimensions ... and include training in resilience, stress reduction, emotional awareness, and self-care...
Conference Coverage
‘No mobile phone’ phobia tied to sleep problems in college students
Cell phone addiction may play a role in sleep problems.
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Study highlights role of structural racism in delayed autism diagnoses
Study explores potential drivers of both diagnostic delays and the intellectual disability disparity in African American autism diagnoses.
Commentary
Mitigating psychiatric disorder relapse in pregnancy during pandemic
The most common reasons for consultation on our service continue to be the appropriate, safest use of antidepressants and mood stabilizers during...
News
COVID-19: ‘Record’ spike in Internet anxiety, panic queries
Investigators found an 11% increase in all acute anxiety queries between March 2020 and May 2020. This translates into about 375,000 more searches...
News
Nine antihypertensive drugs associated with reduced risk of depression
Some but not all drugs in three antihypertensive classes are associated with reduced risk of depression.
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Send kids to school safely if possible, supplement virtually
Commentary
COVID-19 and the myth of the super doctor
What does it mean to be a hero, and what is the cost of hero worship, asks Dr. Tanya Thomas.
News
CDC data confirm mental health is suffering during COVID-19
The prevalence of symptoms of anxiety disorder alone was roughly three times that reported in the second quarter of 2019.
News
Chloroquine linked to serious psychiatric side effects
“In COVID-19 patients who may still be [undergoing treatment] with chloroquine, close psychiatric assessment and monitoring should be performed,”...