Mental Health
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Behavioral Strategy Helps Inpatients With Depression
Major Finding: Behavioral Activation Communication increases positive affect for inpatients, especially for major depression. Data Source:...
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Suicide Risk Factors Hide in Plain Sight
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Depression Derails Truthful Talk to Physicians
Major Finding: A full 70.2% of patients with depression reported they had, at least once, not told the truth to their physician.Data Source:...
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Antipsychotics Linked to Metabolic Syndrome Spike in Children
Major Finding: The risk for the developing metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents increases sharply between 3-12 months of antipsychotic...
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Chemical Suicides May Be Rising in U.S.
Major Finding: Since 2006, chemical suicides in automobiles have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Data Source: A...
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Estimating PTSD Prevalence Requires Precise Exposure Details
Major Finding: More than a third of the subjects in the study who experienced direct exposure to danger during the tragic events of 9/11 met...
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Marijuana Drives Slight Increase in Illicit Drug Use
Major Finding: Between 2007 and 2010, the rate of marijuana use rose from 5.8% to 6.9%, and the number of users increased from 14.4 million to 17....
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Probable PTSD Among Sept. 11 Firefighters Still Surpasses 7%
Major Finding: The prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder among firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center disaster is 7.4%.
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Addiction Medicine on the Road to Subspecialty Status
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Sleep Deprivation Predicts PTSD in Redeployed Soldiers
Major Finding: The majority (72%) of the 2,738 subjects reported short sleep duration – with 43% reporting less than 7 hours nightly (short sleep...