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‘Reassuring’ findings for second-generation antipsychotics during pregnancy
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“For women with major mood and/or psychotic disorders, treatment with an atypical antipsychotic during pregnancy may be the most prudent clinical...
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Short-term approach is best for seizure prevention after intracerebral hemorrhage
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“Strategies that involved long-term antiseizure drug prescription fail to provide better outcomes in most clinical scenarios,” Dr. Lidia M.V.R....
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Even 10 minutes of daily exercise beneficial after ICD implantation
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Significant reductions in hard clinical outcomes shown in a new study reiterate the “profound” underutilization of cardiac rehabilitation,...
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PUFAs a promising add-on for borderline personality disorder
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Adjunctive omega-3 fatty polyunsaturated fatty acids significantly reduce overall BPD symptom severity, a meta-analysis of four RTCs shows.
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Ketamine and psychosis risk: New data
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“Our findings could encourage clinicians and researchers to examine a broadened indication for ketamine treatment,” said Dr. Jolien K.E. Veraart...
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Common parasite now tied to impaired cognitive function
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“We know the parasite forms cysts in the brain and can influence dopaminergic neurotransmission, which, in turn, affects neurocognition.”
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Could the Surgisphere Lancet and NEJM retractions debacle happen again?
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“The Surgisphere incident served as a wake-up call for everyone involved with scientific research to make sure...
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High rates of work-related trauma, PTSD in intern physicians
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
About 10% of participants screened positive for PTSD by the end of the internship year, compared with a 12-month PTSD prevalence of 3.6% in the...
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Low-dose nitrous oxide shows benefit for resistant depression
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
The study cannot be considered definitive, so “it is too early to advocate for the use of nitrous oxide in everyday clinical practice,” said Dr....
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Child suicides drive Colorado hospital to declare state of emergency
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
"I've been in pediatrics for two decades and have never seen anything like this before," said Dr. David Brumbaugh.
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Emotional support animals help lick symptoms of depression, anxiety in serious mental illness
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“There is definitely a place for ESAs, especially with mental health post pandemic,” said Dr. Janet Hoy-Gerlach.
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Suicide risk prediction tools fail people of color
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“You don’t know whether a prediction model will be useful or harmful until it’s evaluated,” said Dr. Yates Coley. “The take-home message of our...
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Nurses or physicians: Who are at highest suicide risk?
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“The main takeaway is that the risk of suicide among nurses is twice that of the general population and even higher than that among physicians,”...
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Adult separation anxiety raises suicidality risk
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
The DSM-5 expanded the diagnosis to include adults over 18 years of age because research had “found a later onset to be common.”
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Can exercise prevent cognitive decline in patients with early Parkinson’s disease?
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Higher physical activity was related to slower APOE epsilon4-associated cognitive decline in patients with early Parkinson’s disease.