Mental Health
Commentary
Tips to share with patients feeling vaccine FOMO
Many of our patients are feeling worn down from the chronic stress and are not in the best shape to deal with another issue, said Dr. Eva Ritvo....
From the Journals
Children with increased suicide risk are falling through the cracks
Children in the welfare system who died by suicide were twice as likely to receive mental health services within the 6 months before their death,...
Opinion
Dialing back pandemic screen time
How should parents, and those of us who advise them, begin to restructure sensible and enforceable guidelines for screen time given the sea change...
From the Journals
Buprenorphine for OUD may also mitigate risk with concomitant benzo, Z-drug use
“It seems like the individuals with polysubstance use are largely ignored in the setting of the opioid epidemic,” said Dr. Kevin Xu.
Opinion
Addressing mental health for transgender patients during the pandemic
As transgender patients continue to seek care from ob.gyns., it is vital that we not only screen transgender patients for depression and intimate...
Opinion
Who to trust for advice on reopening schools?
My recommendation, biased by my experience, is to trust the CDC.
Opinion
School refusal and COVID-19: The pediatrician's role
Even when a family decides it is best for their child to return, we might encounter scenarios in which children and adolescents outright refuse to...
Feature
Fauci worries about possible post–COVID-19 ‘mental health pandemic’
“I hope we don’t see an increase in some preventable situations that would not have happened if people had the normal access to medical care,”...
Opinion
The siesta solution
The ability to take daytime naps and reap their cardiometabolic benefits is not just luck but has a significant genetic component, says Dr....
Conference Coverage
Novel Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline in phase 2 trial
The Alzheimer’s Association is encouraged by the promising data, according to Maria Carrillo, PhD, chief science officer for the organization.
Feature
Meghan Markle interview resurfaces suicidality screening debate
Ask open-ended questions of those patients who are struggling, said Dr. Mona Masood.