Mental Health
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Patients who engage in risky ‘chemsex’ benefit from appropriate treatment
Chemsex combines sex, drugs, and smartphones, and physicians know very little about it.
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‘Shocking’ and persistent gap in treatment for opioid addiction
In all 50 states and Washington, D.C., past-year prevalence of opioid use disorder was greater than rates of medication use.
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Mixed results for intensive home care for psychiatric crises
“Intensive home treatment is not a substitute for inpatient care but a different treatment opportunity for psychiatric patients in crisis,” said...
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Sexual assault flagged as a possible psychosis trigger
“We need more investment in comprehensive strategies to prevent traumatic experiences at the population level to decrease the burden of psychosis...
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Legal abortion is a matter of public health
Each year, around 60,000 women worldwide die as a result of an unsafe voluntary termination of pregnancy. That’s one woman every 9 minutes.
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No increase in overdose deaths with take-home methadone
The percentage of deaths involving methadone decreased from 4.5% in 2019 to 3.2% in 2021.
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Anxiety spreads from mother to daughter, father to son
The findings point to the possible role of environmental factors in the transmission of anxiety from parents to their children.
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Americans’ biggest source of anxiety? Hint: It’s not COVID-19
“Knowing that so many Americans are concerned about finances is important because it can prepare clinicians to be ready to approach the subject...
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Antidepressants may curb opioid overdose
“If you are treating someone with pain, particularly chronic pain, it’s critically important to better assess their depression and not to...
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Inflammatory profiles impact major depressive disorder
Changes in inflammation were significantly higher in adults with early-onset MDD, compared with late onset.
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The heartache of bereavement can be fatal in heart failure
“Having an awareness of the risk and trying to follow patients or at least not let them fall out of usual care, asking questions, trying to...