Mental Health
From the Journals
Low depression scores may miss seniors with suicidal intent
Only half of older adults (52%) in the study met criteria for major depression, determined on the basis of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric...
Conference Coverage
Managing sleep in the elderly
Polypharmacy, behavioral issues can pose unique challenges to treating sleep problems in older adults.
News
FDA OKs stimulation device for anxiety in depression
The neurostimulation system has previously received FDA approval for refractory depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and smoking addiction...
From the Journals
‘Reassuring’ findings for second-generation antipsychotics during pregnancy
“For women with major mood and/or psychotic disorders, treatment with an atypical antipsychotic during pregnancy may be the most prudent clinical...
Opinion
Shedding the super-doctor myth requires an honest look at systemic racism
How can the expectations of patient-focused, patient-centered care prevail without an honest look at the vicissitudes facing medicine? asked Dr....
Opinion
Is this a psychiatric emergency? How to screen, assess, and triage safety concerns from the primary care office
Given the significant recent surge in children presenting to the emergency department for psychiatric needs and that environment having its own...
From the Journals
Obesity leads to depression via social and metabolic factors
Consider the biological consequences of having a higher BMI and the social implications when treating patients with obesity.
Opinion
No more encopresis!
While constipation has consequences besides functional fecal incontinence that are physical, emotional, and social, we can be supportive and...
Feature
Novel antidepressant shines in phase 2 trial, but FDA has issues with its NDA
In the MERIT study, AXS-05 significantly delayed time to depression relapse compared with placebo, which was their primary endpoint.
From the Journals
Opioid prescribing laws having an impact
The number of days an opioid was prescribed for each Medicare beneficiary decreased by 11.6 days in 2018 in states that imposed duration limits....
Opinion
Reappraisal as a way to cope with pandemic news
Reappraisal is an intervention that encourages individuals to think differently about their current situation in hopes of improving their...