Mental Health
News
Survey: Most high- and middle-school days start too early
Middle- and high-school students typically begin their school days before 8:30 a.m., which is the start time recommended by the American Academy...
Conference Coverage
PCPC: Get patients to unlearn cognitive distortions that sustain pain
Patients often create an internal narrative that serves to delay or prevent recovery from chronic pain, which is why cognitive-behavioral therapy...
Conference Coverage
Exercise lightens depression in patients and caregivers alike
Exercise decreases depressive symptoms and improves mental health status in both cancer patients and the people who care for them.
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Bill to overhaul mental health system introduced in Senate
Conference Coverage
IHC: Botox for migraine also improves depression
OnabotulinumtoxinA injections for chronic migraine significantly improved depression scores in patients with moderate or severe depression at...
Conference Coverage
Treating depression in cancer patients might reduce costs
Key clinical point: Cancer patients with depression use significantly more health care resources than nondepressed cancer patients. Major finding...
News
Mindfulness intervention helps veterans with PTSD
Veterans with PTSD who participated in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program experienced greater decrease in symptom severity, compared...
News
Cell phone use offers depression diagnostic capability
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USPSTF recommends depression screening for adults
Screen the general adult population for depression, as well as pregnant and postpartum women.
Commentary
Better treatment for chronic mental illness is long overdue
News
Most hospitals overestimate their door-to-needle performance
Key clinical point: Personnel at most hospitals, particularly the lowest-performing hospitals, greatly overestimate their performance at giving...