Mental Health
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HHS sets final rules on mental health parity
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Don’t ignore headaches in teens with bipolar disorder
Major finding: Teenagers with headaches had significantly greater identity confusion (P = .026) as measured by the LPI, and anger/depression (P...
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Intervention uses smart phones to predict relapse in alcohol dependence
Major finding: Patients with recovery progress scores of –35 to –28 had a 33% probability of lapse and a 67% probability of non-lapse.
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Pregabalin improves fibromyalgia pain with comorbid depression
Major finding: Pregabalin resulted in an improvement in mean pain scores from 6.7 at baseline to 4.84 in fibromyalgia patients on antidepressant...
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Extended-release hydrocodone approved by FDA
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Parity laws appear to improve access to substance use disorder treatment
Major finding: Substance use disorder (SUD) parity laws were associated with a 9% increase (P less than .001) in treatment rates in all specialty...
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Fifteen-minute walk may dull alcohol cravings
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Longer tapering more effective for prescription opioid addiction
Major finding: Four-week buprenorphine tapering is significantly more effective than 2- and 1-week tapering in treatment of prescription opioid...
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NMDA blocker lanicemine safely reduces depression
Major finding: Treatment with lanicemine produced an average 5-point greater reduction in depression score from baseline, compared with placebo....
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Atomoxetine may lead to improved driving for adults with ADHD
Major finding: After 8 weeks treatment with atomoxetine, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder patients showed significant improvement over...
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Treating psychiatric comorbidities might help lower benzodiazepine use
Major finding: Patients maintained on different agonists appear to have different underlying motives and patterns of benzodiazepine use.