Mental Health
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Environment May Top Heredity in Autism
Major Finding: Environmental factors accounted for 55% and genetic factors for 37% of a child’s susceptibility to autism.Data Source: A population...
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Text-Messaging Intervention Doubles Smoking Cessation Rates
Major Finding: After a 6-month text-messaging intervention, 11% of adults showed evidence of smoking cessation, compared with 5% of a control...
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Depressive Symptoms: Like Father, Like Child
Major Finding: In households where the father had clinically significant depressive symptoms as defined by a PHQ-2 score of 3 or greater, 15.5% of...
Conference Coverage
Attention Turns to Concussions' Psychiatric Effects in Athletes
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FDA, Company Announce Risperidone Recall
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Normal Folate Levels Associated With Depression in Diabetes
Major Finding: A study of patients with diabetes found that 6.3% with low-normal serum folate were depressed; among those with folate levels at or...
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Bipolar Patients Need Highly Targeted Treatments
Major Finding: Among 121 bipolar patients, no medication regimen proved superior to any other at 1-year follow-up. Patients who recovered were as...
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Screen Breast Cancer Patients for Depression
Major Finding: Women whose depression scores improved during a 1-year treatment trial for metastatic breast cancer lived a median 53.6 months...
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Thirteen Steps Advised to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Patients
Major Finding: Delirium is underrecognized and underdiagnosed in hospitalized patients and approximately one-third of cases could be prevented....
Clinical Inquiries
What is the long-term educational outlook for youngsters with ADHD?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) complete fewer years of school, graduate from...