Mental Health
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Healthy diet, less news helped prevent anxiety, depression during COVID
The study “provides some important insights as to which behaviors may protect our mental health during times of significant stress.”
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Cognition-boosting ‘smart drugs’ not so smart for healthy people
“While the drugs administered were motivational, the resulting increase in effort came at a cost in the loss of productivity.”
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Study finds systemic AD treatment relieves depressive symptoms along with skin symptoms
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Preexisting mental illness symptoms spiked during pandemic
Disease severity was higher among individuals with preexisting mental illness admitted to inpatient care in the wake of COVID-19.
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Bipolar risk and parental age: What’s the relationship?
“We must stress that this risk is moderate, and it must be kept in perspective,” said Dr. Giovanna Fico.
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Sleep kits help foster children manage effects of trauma
The sleep kits, some containing a stuffed animal, aromatherapy, and a night-light, could be an alternative to other forms of sleep therapy or...
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Self-worth training boosts ketamine’s effects in severe depression
The double-blind, randomized clinical trial is the first to assess combining ketamine with a low-cost protective learning program.
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‘Disturbing’ lack of follow-up care after psychiatric crises
Patients who had received both primary care and mental health care before an acute event had the highest odds of receiving follow-up.
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‘Not in our lane’: Physicians rebel at idea they should discuss gun safety with patients
Hundreds of physicians have posted comments on arguments that doctors should bring up gun safety when talking to their patients.
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Teens with diagnosed and undiagnosed ADHD report similar quality of life
Those diagnosed with ADHD in childhood were more than twice as likely to report self-harm.
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Dementia signs detected years before diagnosis
Findings of a new study offer hope for interventions to reduce the risk of the dementia developing.