Depression
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Majority of cancer patients with depression untreated; integrated collaborative care found ‘strikingly’ effective
Key clinical point: It is possible to effectively treat major depression in patients with poor-prognosis cancer.Major finding: A total of 73% of...
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Mental health services can be integrated into adolescent primary care
Key clinical point: Integrating depression screening into adolescent care makes sense in light of the prevalence of the illness in this population...
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For severe depression, cognitive plus medical therapy beats antidepressants alone
Key clinical point: The combination of antidepressant medication and cognitive therapy offers a good chance of recovery for patients with severe,...
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Suicide linked to poor sleep in older patients
Key clinical point: Assessing the sleep quality of older patients might be a "useful screening tool and a novel therapeutic target for suicide...
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Behavioral coaching boosted diabetes self-management in depressed patients
Key clinical point: Behavioral coaching in type 2 diabetes patients with depression improved diabetes control and mental health status.Major...
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Depression may run with opiate use in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Key clinical point: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who use opiates are far more likely to self-report depression than are those who do not...
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Three simple questions can screen for suicide risk in ED patients
Key clinical point: Universal screening for suicide risk in patients who present to emergency departments with a nonpsychiatric chief complaint is...
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Telecare intervention lessens chronic joint pain
Key clinical finding: A hands-off telecare approach helps patients with chronic joint and other musculoskeletal pain manage it.Major finding:...
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Dissociation found to mediate ketamine’s antidepressive effects
Key clinical point: Some degree of dissociation might be needed "as a proxy for the strength of the NMDA receptor blockade because of its...
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More screening needed to detect injury, violence risk
Key clinical point: It is now time to screen for preventable injury and violence.Major finding: Nearly 80% of deaths between ages 1 and 30 years...
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Chronic pain and opioid use much higher among soldiers
Key clinical point: Prescription practices should be analyzed to make sure that the use of opioids among military personnel "is consistent with...