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Diagnostic criterion may hide borderline personality disorder
“Clinicians need to screen for borderline personality disorder in patients with other suggestive symptoms, even if those patients don’t self-harm...
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LAIAs safer, more effective than oral antipsychotics for schizophrenia
“There may be a unique benefit to transitioning to long-acting injectable antipsychotics within the first 2 years of illness,” said Dr. Brittany...
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A ‘promising target’ to improve outcomes in late-life depression
Older adults with depression and comorbid apathy have poorer outcomes, including lower remission rates and poorer response to first-line...
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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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B6 a new approach for depression, anxiety?
Some previous research has suggested that vitamins B6 and B12 have a role in improving mood-related outcomes.
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High rate of mental health problems in transgender children
“Clinicians providing general health care to transgender children should keep this vulnerability in mind and proactively address any mental health...
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Electroacupuncture promising for depression-related insomnia
Patients with co-occurring depression and sleep disorders have a greater risk for relapse and recurrence of depression.
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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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Surprising ethnic difference in atherosclerosis burden in Harlem, N.Y.
“For the same predicted CV risk, non-Hispanic Black individuals appear to be more vulnerable than people of Hispanic origin to early subclinical...
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Sleep-deprived physicians less empathetic to patient pain?
“Pain management is a major challenge, and a doctor’s perception of a patient’s subjective pain is susceptible to bias.”
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PTSD may accelerate cognitive decline over time
The associations of PTSD with cognitive change remained evident after additional adjustment for behavioral factors and health conditions.
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Physicians react: Compensation isn’t worth the hassles. What’s the solution?
A family physician lamented that he has “made less in the past 3 years, with more hassles and work” and he “can’t wait to retire next year.”
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Transdermal med may directly target hostility in schizophrenia
“It’s important not to assume ... that the only way to treat someone hostile is by sedating them,” said Dr. Leslie Citrome.
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New light on why some psych patients don’t respond to therapy
“Ask patients if they think they deserve to get better, particularly patients who seem to be ‘stuck,’ and explore what’s underlying that belief...
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Why it’s so hard to prevent physician suicide
It’s important for physicians to be aware of warning signs in their colleagues, such as showing up late, being irritable and short-tempered with...