Depression
From the Journals
Self-harm on rise in U.S. among girls aged 10-14
Findings point to the need for suicide and self-harm prevention strategies that are evidence based and comprehensive.
Conference Coverage
Antidepressant therapy is too often tardy
Forty percent of U.S. patients aren’t even at the minimum therapeutic dose within 4 weeks of diagnosis.
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Use of opioids, SSRIs linked to increased fracture risk in RA
Osteoporotic fracture risk increase started even after 1-30 days of opioid use, results from an analysis of national data show.
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Guselkumab tops adalimumab for psychiatric comorbidities in psoriasis
Treatment with guselkumab was associated with significantly greater improvements in anxiety and depression.
Conference Coverage
Rethinking lithium: It keeps patients with unipolar depression out of the hospital
Findings from a large Finnish national study suggest that lithium is better than SSRIs and SNRIs at keeping patients from being rehospitalized.
Conference Coverage
ECT patients do better when families attend sessions
NEW ORLEANS – Making patients’ loved ones “ambassadors against stigma” can help demystify the procedure, experts say.
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Psoriasis patients face higher risk of alcohol-related death – but lower suicide risk
GENEVA – But a large U.K. study using the same database showed they have a below-average suicide rate.
Opinion
#MeToo: Does it help?
Dr. Dinah Miller asks whether turning everyone into a sexual harassment victim detracts from the stories of women who have faced indisputable...
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Suicide rate highest in rural areas
Gap between rural and large U.S. metropolitan counties widened between 2001 and 2015.
Conference Coverage
Use MADRS to dose ketamine for refractory depression
Patients on maintenance therapy saw their MADRS scores drop from a mean of 28.72 points at baseline to 10.73 points.
From the Journals
Mental health risks higher in sexual minorities with acne
Young, nonheterosexual adults with acne are much more likely to have suicidal ideation or use antidepressants.