Mental Health
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Agency issues advisory on mental health symptoms of long COVID
This advisory helps to raise awareness, especially among primary care practitioners and clinicians who are often the ones treating patients with...
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CBSM phone app eases anxiety, depression in cancer patients
Few patients with cancer have access to psycho-oncologic support.
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New cannabis laws, higher binge drinking rates linked
States that have not enacted cannabis laws showed consistently lower rates of binge drinking over time among all age groups.
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SSRI improves cognition, major depression in early dementia
Improvements in depressive symptoms were irrespective of dementia type.
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Final USPSTF recommendations on anxiety, depression, suicide risk
The authors of an accompanying editorial note that a positive screen result for anxiety “should be immediately followed with clinical evaluation...
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Tips for addressing uptick in mental health visits: Primary care providers collaborate, innovate
Clinical psychologist recommends primary care providers screen all adult patients for depression and anxiety.
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Probiotics an effective adjunct to antidepressants for major depression
When compared with the placebo group, the probiotic group also experienced greater improvements in anxiety symptoms.
Commentary
Are you a physician ... or a vending machine?
We stopped prescribing oxycodone and now people are on gabapentin in the highest doses, diversion is up, and so is its abuse.
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Teen depression and dyslipidemia: New data
There were no differences between study groups in mean lipid levels after adjusting for age, sex, and standardized BMI.
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Depression drives metabolic syndrome
The association between baseline depression and development of metabolic syndrome was strongest for those with severe depression.
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Dramatic rise in hallucinogen use among young adults
While hallucinogen dependence has historically been rare in the U.S. population, it could become more common as use increases.