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New data further suggest that stress does a number on the CV system
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Postpartum anxiety: More common than you think
Postpartum anxiety is more common than postpartum depression, but is often overlooked. Here’s when to suspect it.
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Click for Credit: Suicide in Medicaid youth; persistent back pain; more
Topics include: Persistent back pain • COPD & in-hospital death • Suicide in Medicaid youth • Antidepressant overprescribing in the elderly •...
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Scales assessing pediatric OCD possess little symptom overlap
Be careful in selecting scales to assess OCD symptomatology, being mindful of the specific characteristics of each one.
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Report calls for focus on ‘subpopulations’ to fight opioid epidemic
“Methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone ... save lives” but most people with OUD get no treatment, new report says.
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BP control slowed brain damage in elderly hypertensives
NEW ORLEANS – Elderly hypertensive patients treated to a systolic blood pressure of 130 mm Hg had less white matter disease progression than...
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Patients with OCD/hoarding differ from those with OCD/nonhoarding
“Clinical implications of our findings are to have the treatment follow a more intensive and structured course (i.e. avoid surprises).”
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Cannabis use, potency linked to psychotic disorder risk
Daily use of cannabis or use of high-potency cannabis is associated with an increased risk of psychotic disorder.
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‘Difficult’ discussions reduced anxiety, depression in life-limiting cancer patients
However, there was no difference versus controls in goal-concordant care or peacefulness at end of life.
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Opioid overdose risk greater among HIV patients