Mental Health
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Growing evidence gardening cultivates mental health
The study results support carrying out large, well-designed, rigorously designed trials.
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No increase in overdose deaths with take-home methadone
The percentage of deaths involving methadone decreased from 4.5% in 2019 to 3.2% in 2021.
Opinion
Our role in preventing postpartum depression
Simply making postpartum depression screening our own professional priority can save lives, ease suffering, and improve postpartum outcomes.
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Electroacupuncture promising for depression-related insomnia
Patients with co-occurring depression and sleep disorders have a greater risk for relapse and recurrence of depression.
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Anxiety spreads from mother to daughter, father to son
The findings point to the possible role of environmental factors in the transmission of anxiety from parents to their children.
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Americans’ biggest source of anxiety? Hint: It’s not COVID-19
“Knowing that so many Americans are concerned about finances is important because it can prepare clinicians to be ready to approach the subject...
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Antidepressants may curb opioid overdose
“If you are treating someone with pain, particularly chronic pain, it’s critically important to better assess their depression and not to...
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Inflammatory profiles impact major depressive disorder
Changes in inflammation were significantly higher in adults with early-onset MDD, compared with late onset.
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The heartache of bereavement can be fatal in heart failure
“Having an awareness of the risk and trying to follow patients or at least not let them fall out of usual care, asking questions, trying to...
Opinion
Addressing posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents
Having increasing familiarity with PTSD diagnostic criteria and treatment modalities will likely lead to increased confidence and comfort...
Opinion
Social media in the lives of adolescents
Help your patients with common mental and emotional issues to be aware of how social media may make their treatment harder, rather than being the...