Mental Health
News from the FDA/CDC
Fentanyl-related deaths show strong regional pattern
Overdose death rates for cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl are high in the East and low in the West.
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Veterans at higher risk of sleep behavior disorders
Veterans with a history of PTSD or traumatic brain injury may be at higher risk of REM sleep behavior disorders.
Conference Coverage
Conduct disorder in girls gets overdue research attention
COPENHAGEN – “The main finding of the study ... is that we found no major differences in physiology between male and female conduct disorder.”
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Suicide screening: How to recognize and treat at-risk adults
Choose a screening tool that focuses on current and past suicidal ideation, intent, and plan, and interview the patient. Plus: Avoid this common...
Conference Coverage
Understanding your LGBTQ patients’ needs
News from the FDA/CDC
Suicide deaths rising in children aged 10-19 years
Death rate from suicide has nearly tripled for those aged 10-14 since 2007.
Conference Coverage
Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
News
Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale shows value for assessing binge eating patients
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Robot-assisted, gamelike tool effective for classifying ADHD
The robot “can reliably determine the three key elements of ADHD diagnosis: hyperactivity, inattentive behavior, and working memory.”
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High burden of mental health symptoms in teens with insomnia
Among youth seen at a sleep clinic for insomnia, most had a previous mental health diagnosis and evidence of current symptoms