Mental Health
From the Journals
Screen opioid users for depression, study recommends
Opioid prescribing should be combined with both screening and treatment of depression, a new study shows.
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‘Anxiety sensitivity’ tied to psychodermatologic disorders
A study finds associations between “anxiety sensitivity” and certain dermatologic disorders.
Article
Analyses of Fort Lauderdale shooting need a reset
Dr. Dinah Miller says the media’s default explanation for the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., mass shooting – mental illness – is likely to change as more...
Conference Coverage
Resources and technologies are making teen drivers safer
Dr. Joseph O’Neil discusses how you can help parents keep teen drivers safe behind the wheel.
Article
Perfect attendance
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses how adolescents’ value their parents’ presence more than you might think.
Conference Coverage
BRAIN Initiative could help end mental illness stigma
Top researchers are optimistic that billions in funding for basic neuroscience research made possible by the 21st Century Cures Act will lead to...
Conference Coverage
Depression further boosts stroke risk in A-fib
NEW ORLEANS – Depression increases stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Conference Coverage
Psychiatric comorbidities common in newly diagnosed pediatric epilepsy cases
HOUSTON – About one in three children diagnosed with new-onset epilepsy present with psychiatric diagnoses at the onset, results from a single-...
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Depressive symptoms plague ‘significant number’ of active airline pilots
Rates of depression and suicidal thoughts among airline pilots are significant and underreported because of stigma.
Conference Coverage
MDMA – the love drug – makes a therapeutic comeback
VIENNA – MDMA’s potential as a pharmacologic assist to psychotherapy in PTSD draws intense interest.
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Teens see marijuana as less harmful after legalization
Adolescents’ improved perceptions of marijuana after legalization for recreational use appear to be tied to increased use of the drug, an analysis...