Mental Health
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Prenatal sleep problems, depression linked to poorer outcomes
Screening pregnant patients for sleeping problems and for prenatal depression early in pregnancy may help identify and prevent later problems.
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APA launches online eating disorder assessment tool
The tool guides clinicians through the screening, assessing, diagnosing, and treatment planning of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa...
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Buprenorphine update: Looser rules and a helpful injectable
As overdose epidemic continues, new regulations change landscape for opioid addiction therapy.
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Significant increase in vitamin D deficiency in kids with major depressive disorder
The findings reiterate the importance of screening for vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents, with or without depression.
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Quick medication, better communication linked to less violence at inpatient psych unit
Clinicians emphasized quick access to antipsychotic medication and more staff communication.
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PTSD, anxiety linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
“Awareness of the higher risks of OHCA in patients with stress-related disorders and anxiety is important when treating these patients.”
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Serious mental illness not a factor in most mass school shootings
More than three-quarters of all perpetrators of mass murders in academic settings had no recorded history of psychotic symptoms.
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Can online mindfulness and self-compassion training improve quality of life for patients with atopic dermatitis?
"Stress can make the skin worse, but at the same time the skin disease and symptoms cause stress," Dr. Peter A. Lio said.
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Harmful emotional hit of antidepressants underappreciated
There is a need to develop valid and reliable measures to assess emotional blunting related to antidepressants, said Dr. Mujeeb U. Shad.
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Eating disorder apps fall short when it comes to privacy
Many individuals with an ED may be reluctant to seek treatment because of stigma and shame.