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Child assault tied to triple the risk for mental illness within 1 year
“Our study highlights that there is a critical opportunity for health care clinicians to support children in the first year following physical...
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ADHD meds cut hospitalization risk in borderline personality disorder patients
Medications including benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, and antidepressants were associated with an increased risk of all-cause hospitalization or...
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Brain volume patterns vary across psychiatric disorders
It’s “unlikely that a single cause or mechanism of a given disorder exists [so] a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to treatment is likely only...
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How much pain is in the mind? This doctor thinks the answer is, most
My feeling is that these psychosocial interventions are easy to try, relatively inexpensive, noninvasive, and, in my experience, often can lead to...
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Nutritional psychiatry: Does it exist?
While few would argue with the foundational importance of nutrition for healthy childhood development, how to apply nutrition to mental health...
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Postpartum depression risk increased among sexual minority women
Women identifying as sexual minorities show increases in postpartum depression, yet rates of reporting sexual orientation are low.
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Long COVID–induced activity limitations persist
The prevalence of long COVID in the United States has remained stable, as has the proportion of patients reporting significantly reduced function...
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Controversial issue of maintenance therapy for bipolar depression still unresolved
“We see a significant benefit for patients who continued treatment with antidepressants.”
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What did you learn in med school that you disagree with now?
“I was taught the pathology behind arthritic pain, symptoms, signs, and treatment – that it has a genetic component and is inevitable to avoid –...
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A better way to measure antidepressant response?
Symptom reduction is only one component of depression treatment, said Dr. Mark Zimmerman.
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Autism tied to higher rates of self-harm, suicide
For both females and males, final models showed autism per se was not significantly associated with suicide death, but certain correlates were...