Mental Health
News
FDA confirms nationwide Adderall shortage
The FDA announcement follows weeks of reports of a shortage of the drug by pharmacy chains and Adderall users.
News
Poor visual acuity linked to depression, changes in brain structure
Visual impairment was associated with a 19% higher risk for depression.
News
Suicide notes offer ‘unique window’ into motives, risks in the elderly
Most previous studies of late-life suicide have focused on risk factors rather than the themes and meaning underlying individuals’ distress.
Clinical Review
Mental Health Outcomes Among Transgender Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members in the United States: A Systematic Review
Increasing evidence suggests that transgender veterans and service members experience worse mental health outcomes when compared with their...
Commentary
Psychedelics and the Military: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
Human subjects’ protections have exponentially improved since the days of the military’s secret LSD research, but the federal government must...
News
The truth about the ‘happy hormone’: Why we shouldn’t mess with dopamine
Since its first synthesis in the early 20th century, dopamine has often been misunderstood and oversimplified – and it seems the story is...
News
Gut microbiota disruption a driver of aggression in schizophrenia?
Peripheral cytokines “could cross the blood-brain barrier, thus precipitating changes in mood and behavior through hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal...
Latest News
New ICD-10-CM codes a ‘big switch-over’ for neurocognitive disorders
The changes represent “the most consequential” coding changes for DSM-5 disorders since the Oct. 1, 2015, changeover from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM...
News
Temper tantrums, bullying colleagues: How to avert physician misbehavior?
“Any human put in a position of power over other humans has the potential to be disruptive, harass, etc, if they have certain personality traits...
Conference Coverage
Long-acting naltrexone effective in alcohol use disorder
“ED patients are at higher risk of complications for AUD simply because they are in the ED in the first place – initiating AUD treatment in this...