Depression
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FCC backs designating 988 as suicide prevention hotline
The report submitted to Congress says the new three-digit number “could be more effective” at prevention than the current 10-digit one.
Commentary
Addressing suicidality among Indigenous women, girls
The history of abuse and genocide has its precursors in antiquity. A brief sketch of this history will provide some insights into the impact of...
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Commentary: Medical educators must do more to prevent physician suicides
Oregon Health and Science University and Stanford General Surgery are providing exemplary mental health support to residents.
Opinion
Technology, counseling, and CBT apps for primary care
Technology has made fantastic inroads in helping patients achieve real improvement in troublesome behavioral symptoms.
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Brain imaging could predict response to CBT in depression
The imaging suggested that individuals who responded showed more pretreatment neural activity in areas of the brain that deal with the acquisition...
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Depression Across the Spectrum of Mood Disorders: Advanced Strategies in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
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Psychiatrists face challenges in creating Spravato practices
Some physicians are eager to deliver intranasal esketamine, but the prospect includes structure, delivery, and staffing considerations.
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First-time fathers at risk of postnatal depressive symptoms
"Strategies to promote better sleep, mobilize social support, and strengthen the couple relationship may be important to address in innovative...
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Statin use linked to less depression, anxiety in ACOS patients
Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome patients who used statins with or without either inhaled or oral corticosteroids had...
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Depressive symptoms linked to poor diet quality in men
Depressive symptoms may be linked to poor diet quality, especially in men.
Commentary
Book Review: The hope that comes from ‘Growing Pains’
Dr. Mike Shooter beautifully describes the societal ills that have contributed to a global rise in child and adolescent mental health problems, Dr...
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For African Americans with MDD, more education means more benefits of friendships
“These findings underscore the complexity of social support as a possible intervening process in depression,” Dr. Ann W. Nguyen wrote.