Mental Health
Opinion
Preventing arrhythmias and QTc prolongation in COVID-19 patients on psychotropics
Psychotropics associated with QTc interval prolongation should be discontinued (or substituted with a low-risk agent) if a patient presents with...
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Hospitalist well-being during the pandemic
Burnout is a potential reality for clinicians in times of high stress.
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COVID-19: Where doctors can get help for emotional distress
“So many physicians have called me crying. ... They can’t even come home and get a hug.”
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COVID-19: Problematic gambling could worsen
Multiple aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic have the potential to instigate or exacerbate addictive behaviors such as problematic gambling.
Opinion
COVID-19 ravaging the Navajo Nation
The Navajo are having to rely on the strength and resilience of traditional Navajo culture and philosophy to confront COVID, said Dr. Mary Hasbah...
Opinion
COVID-19: An opportunity to rehumanize psychiatry
We should also promote as much humanity as society and public health safety will permit, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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APA, others lobby to make COVID-19 telehealth waivers permanent
Opinion
New York City inpatient detox unit keeps running: Here’s how
BronxCare Health System was able to take in patients with substance use disorders at a time when other detox units were closed.
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Domestic violence amid COVID-19: Helping your patients from afar
In the United States, 2,345 calls were placed to the National Domestic Violence Hotline during March 16–April 6, 2020.
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COVID-19: Psychiatrists assess geriatric harm from social distancing
“Certainly the appalling number of deaths in nursing homes is the No. 1 horror of the pandemic.”