Mental Health
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How to identify and treat patients with substance use disorders
Doctors aren’t necessarily rewarded for the time it takes to develop a rapport with patients ... that leads to asking, “How much are you drinking...
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Robots better than humans at detecting mental well-being issues in children
“The children were willing to confide in the robot, in some cases sharing information with the robot that they had not yet shared via the standard...
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Are mass shootings contagious?
“The more you’re exposed [to violence], the more likely you are to repeat it, just like the more you’re exposed to COVID, the more likely you are...
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Inhaled, systemic steroids linked to changes in brain structure
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that glucocorticoids have significant effects on the brain, which could explain their...
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Omega-3 fatty acids and depression: Are they protective?
In the fully adjusted model, consumption of fatty acids from the omega-3 family had a protective effect against maintenance of depressive episodes...
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‘Doomscrolling’ may be a significant driver of poor mental health
“It’s important for health care providers to be aware that problematic news consumption may be a significant driver of mental and physical ill-...
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Distorted time perception during the pandemic tied to stress, poor mental health
“Continuity between past experiences, present life, and future hopes is critical to one’s well-being, and disruption of that synergy presents...
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Stable, long-term opioid therapy safer than tapering?
The investigators compared three dosing strategies: abrupt withdrawal, gradual tapering, and continuation of the current stable dosage.
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Psychedelic drug therapy a potential ‘breakthrough’ for alcohol dependence
The effects observed with psilocybin were “considerably larger” than those of currently approved treatments for alcohol use disorder.
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Adult ADHD improved by home-based, noninvasive brain stimulation
Home-use tDCS devices, which avoid the need for daily office visits for stimulation sessions, have been validated in previous clinical samples.
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‘I missed it’: Coping with medical error
I can recall memorable moments from my training when I came to understand that what I initially perceived to be a mistake was instead part of the...