Depression
Conference Coverage
Learn to anticipate, resolve difficult interactions with patients
Begin by recognizing the difficult situation and assessing how the patient, the environment, or you might be contributing to the problem, said Dr...
Mental Health Consult
No-suicide contracts: Can they work?
Dr. Caroline Roberts analyzes the literature on NSCs in this installment of Mental Health Consult.
Conference Coverage
Stress, COVID-19 contribute to mental health concerns in college students
In a spring survey of students published by Active Minds about COVID-19 and its impact on mental health, 91% of students reported having stress or...
Conference Coverage
No ‘tidal wave’ of new mental illness; pandemic exacerbates preexisting conditions
Overall, the results suggest that “we’ve not all been ‘in this together,’ as we heard in some of the media,” Dr. Daisy Fancourt said.
Conference Coverage
ECT more effective for psychotic vs. nonpsychotic depression?
In one study, response rates to ECT were significantly higher for the patients with psychotic depression than for those with nonpsychotic...
Commentary
International medical graduates facing challenges amid COVID-19
Prospective residents, graduating residents, and fellows need the ability to join the American health care system promptly, the authors say.
Commentary
Meditations in an emergency: Talking through pandemic anxiety with a pioneer of mind-body medicine
“I wanted to really focus on how to change and enrich medicine by making self-care, self-awareness, and group support central to all health care...
Conference Coverage
Beefed up inpatient/outpatient care transition is key to suicide prevention
Suicide risk is increased 300-fold during first week after inpatient psychiatric discharge.
From the Journals
‘Nietzsche was wrong’: Past stressors do not create psychological resilience.
The investigators explain that these findings are particularly relevant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the current focus on racial and...
Commentary
How can we better engage black men as patients?
Challenge yourself to allow the patient to tell his story, said Dr. Kevin M. Simon.
From the Journals
Do SSRIs raise the risk of violent crime?
"Our findings should not be used as grounds for individuals to go off their [SSRI] medication," said lead author Tyra Lagerberg, MSc.