Mental Health
Conference Coverage
ED visits higher among pediatric asthma patients with comorbid depression, anxiety
TORONTO – Children with asthma who were on Medicaid also had an independent risk for going to the ED.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: How to handle opioid constipation
And there may be a new option for postpartum depression.
Conference Coverage
U.S. youth suicide prevention saved nearly 900 lives
WASHINGTON – Data from a U.S. grant program aimed at reducing youth suicides showed this funding was linked with 882 fewer suicide deaths than...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Fewer smokes mean fewer strokes
And is your EHR preventing breastfeeding?
Opinion
‘You’re not going to tell my parents about this are you?’
What is the role of parents when adolescents are using illicit substances?
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Is ‘medical aid in dying’ suicide?
And one in five Medicaid kids may have a mental health diagnosis.
Commentary
Adulterants in opioids are the rule: Implications for clinical care
Dr. Mark S. Gold and Dr. A. Benjamin Srivastava look at the changes underway in the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Commentary
Commentary: Shifting the care delivery paradigm to diabetes-depression collaborative care models
What is the best approach to managing patients with comorbid depression and diabetes?
Conference Coverage
Is medical aid in dying suicide?
WASHINGTON – The American Association of Suicidology issued a 2017 statement that medical aid in dying is not suicide. Two experts debate whether...
From the Journals
One-fifth of Medicaid kids receive mental health diagnoses
Twenty percent of children younger than 8 years in a mid-Atlantic state received mental health diagnoses; 10% were medicated.
Conference Coverage
Suicidality assessment of people with autism needs better tools
Challenges in communication faced by people with autism produces barriers to their assessment for depression and suicidality.