Mental Health
Opinion
Incorporating self-care, wellness into routines can prevent doctors’ burnout
The importance of mental health and self-care cannot be overstated.
Opinion
Screaming for screens: Digital well-being in the 2020s
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized what was already getting louder: Screen life is becoming a ubiquitous, increasing, and normative function of...
Opinion
Is your patient having an existential crisis?
COVID-19 has reduced or blocked access to old and new friends and the ability to fulfill Erickson’s stages of “mastery” and “productivity.”
From the Journals
Cortical thinning in adolescence ‘definitively’ tied to subsequent psychosis
"This is the first study to definitively show that there are subtle, widespread structural brain differences in high-risk youth before they...
From the Journals
Schizophrenia meds a key contributor to cognitive impairment
The investigators found that 63% of participants had an anticholinergic cognitive burden score of at least 3, which is "striking."
Conference Coverage
‘Remarkable’ response to diabetes drug in resistant bipolar depression
Patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression with insulin resistance showed marked improvement in depressive symptoms after metformin...
Feature
Child suicides drive Colorado hospital to declare state of emergency
"I've been in pediatrics for two decades and have never seen anything like this before," said Dr. David Brumbaugh.
Conference Coverage
Once-weekly oral antipsychotic for schizophrenia on the horizon
LYN-005 was well tolerated in the 85% of study participants who received all three doses.
From the Journals
Tai chi as good as working out to shrink waistline
Researchers measured changes in waistline size, cholesterol levels, and weight for about 9 months.
From the Journals
Medical licensing questions continue to violate ADA
“No one should ever wonder, ‘Will I lose my job, or should I get help?’ ” said Dr. Jessica A. Gold, co–senior author of the study.
From the Journals
Emotional support animals help lick symptoms of depression, anxiety in serious mental illness
“There is definitely a place for ESAs, especially with mental health post pandemic,” said Dr. Janet Hoy-Gerlach.