Mental Health
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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale shows value for assessing binge eating patients
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Robot-assisted, gamelike tool effective for classifying ADHD
The robot “can reliably determine the three key elements of ADHD diagnosis: hyperactivity, inattentive behavior, and working memory.”
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High burden of mental health symptoms in teens with insomnia
Among youth seen at a sleep clinic for insomnia, most had a previous mental health diagnosis and evidence of current symptoms
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Concussion effects may linger on MRI 1 year after athletes resume play
More research is needed to understand the optimal recovery time from a neurobiological perspective, a study suggests.
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SSRIs may reduce fecundability, live birth rate in reproductive-age women
PHILADELPHIA – Women in a subgroup receiving fluoxetine experienced a greater incidence of pregnancy loss than women taking other SSRIs, but the...
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Suicide attempts up in black U.S. teens
The rate of attempts grew from 1991 to 2017 in black adolescents, according to survey findings, but white adolescents are still more likely to...
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Firearm-related deaths show recent increase
Mortality from suicides and homicides began to rise in 2015.
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Clinician burnout can impact quality of care
A meta-analysis suggests that burnout may be associated with lower quality of care, but the effect may be less because of study limitations.
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Higher teen pregnancy risk in girls with ADHD
Women and girls with ADHD may be at significantly greater risk of pregnancy before age 20.