Mental Health
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The importance of treating insomnia in psychiatric illness
Sleep disturbances can worsen symptoms of diagnosed mental illness, including substance abuse, mood and psychotic disorders.
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Atypical anxiety offers intervention target in Parkinson’s disease
A systematic review identified a range of anxiety symptoms related to motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
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‘Alarming, unexpected’ rate of suicidal behavior in long-term care residents
These high rates underline the need for clinicians to exercise “extra caution” when assessing elderly people living in a long-term care facility...
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‘Pre-death grief’ is a real, but overlooked, syndrome
It is vital to reduce pre-death grief, experts say, as studies show that the syndrome may “result in higher rates of prolonged grief disorder.”
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Psychotropic med use tied to ‘striking’ post-COVID dementia risk
“It is possible that psychotropic medications may potentiate the neurostructural changes that have been found in the brain of those who have...
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Neuropsychiatric outcomes similar for hospitalized COVID-19 patients and non–COVID-19 patients
Cognitive status in COVID-19 survivors was worse at 6 months compared to controls, but overall disease burdens were similar.
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Schizophrenia risk lower for people with access to green space
Individuals living in areas with the lowest levels of green space were 24% more likely to develop schizophrenia.
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‘Alarming’ worldwide decline in mental health
The most dramatic finding was the difference in mental well-being between younger and older adults.
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FDA clears once-weekly transdermal patch for Alzheimer’s
Adlarity is the first and only once-weekly patch to continuously deliver consistent doses of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor through the skin...
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Why is there an increased risk of cancer in depressed patients?
“We have to think about depression as a systemic illness,” Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff said. “What is depression doing that’s creating a fertile...