Mental Health
Commentary
Universal depression screening for adolescents not without controversy
Some favor the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new guidelines; others wonder whether they are ambivalent.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Do HPV vaccines really cut cancer risk?
And Zika's had a costly effect on blood donor screening.
Conference Coverage
Managing agitation in outpatient dementia
NEW ORLEANS – An SSRI is first-line pharmacotherapy for agitation in dementia and can be augmented with a benzodiazepine
Primary Care Medical Abstracts
Abstract: Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes
Studies examining the benefits versus harms of coffee consumption have yielded conflicting results.
From the Journals
Emotional regulation training lowers risk of adolescents having sex
Emotional regulation training helps adolescents understand feelings and, in turn, better control them.
Conference Coverage
Comorbidities provide possible path to schizophrenia subtypes
NEW YORK – In schizophrenia patients, comorbid conditions such as panic disorder or OCD might be a path to understanding clinically distinct...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Research reveals surprises in mental health and gun violence
And there’s a new FDA approval for multiple myeloma.
Conference Coverage
About sex, adults aren’t talking or kids aren’t listening
TORONTO – Almost half of adolescents say their PCPs aren’t talking with them about sex, and parents more often report having “the talk” than teens...
Conference Coverage
Consider heterogeneous experiences among veteran cohorts when treating PTSD
NEW YORK - Veterans are not a homogeneous group; cohort and other individual factors should be considered when treating PTSD.
Conference Coverage
Off-label prescribing of SGAs in children varies by diagnosis
TORONTO – On-label prescribing of second-generation antipsychotics in hospitalized pediatric patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia was...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Research underscores murky relationship between mental illness, gun violence
NEW YORK – New research shows that the link between mental health and gun violence isn’t as clear and simple as it might seem.