Mental Health
Conference Coverage
Long COVID neuropsychiatric deficits greater than expected
Studies document the cognitive and psychiatric effects of long COVID.
News
Don’t equate mass shootings with mental illness
There is no psychiatric diagnosis that includes the symptom of shooting strangers, or shooting children.
Commentary
What can we do about mass shootings?
Anger, hatred, racism, and evil may be ailments of the soul, but they are not mental illnesses.
Conference Coverage
Medical trauma an under-recognized trigger for PTSD
Proven therapies include CBT and drugs such as Effexor, while TMS and ECT get research attention.
Conference Coverage
Antipsychotic safe, effective for resistant depression in phase 3 trial
Previous research has shown almost half of patients with MDD do not experience satisfactory results from their current treatment regimen.
Conference Coverage
Depressed patients respond faster to IV ketamine than intranasal ketamine
One of the first comparator studies shows responses with fewer treatments for depression with IV versus intranasal ketamine.
Conference Coverage
A psychiatric patient confesses to murder: Now what?
Philadelphia case report offers lessons in handling an unusual dilemma.
Conference Coverage
Anxiety in America: COVID ‘takes a backseat’ to global events
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of U.S. adults are somewhat or extremely anxious about current events happening around the world.
Latest News
Cluttered consciousness: The mental effects of growing up with a hoarder
“There’s now good reason to believe that people can live much happier lives and overcome this problem. CBT does seem to work for a lot of people...
News
Does suicide risk show up in the blood?
“This is the first study to analyze blood and brain samples in a well-defined population of MDDs demonstrating significant differences in gene...