Mental Health
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How a concussion led a former football player/WWE star to a pioneering neuroscience career
The NIH and the CDC are now in agreement about the risks of participating in impact sports and activities.
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Mental health system failing kids leaving ED
Fewer than one-third had an outpatient visit within a week. Editorialists call for a “child mental health moonshot.”
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Nature, not nurture, the culprit in OCD
The findings of a new study are particularly surprising, say the authors.
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What is the psychological cost of performing CPR?
Andrés Snitcofsky, a 40-year-old designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, heard harrowing cries for help.
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We don’t lose our keys (or other things) as much as we think
Remembering what your keys look like won’t necessarily help you find them.
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Primary care providers are increasingly addressing mental health concerns
A new study’s findings point to a sizable gap in psychiatric care.
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Loneliness risk elevated among young cancer survivors
Young cancer survivors were more than twice as likely to report loneliness at study baseline and follow-up.
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Similar brain atrophy in obesity and Alzheimer’s disease
The findings of a new study suggest that managing excess weight might slow cognitive decline and lower the risk for AD.
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Six healthy lifestyle habits linked to slowed memory decline
A healthy diet emerged as the strongest deterrent, in a new study.
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Don’t cross the friends line with patients
A physician’s life can be lonely. So, when a patient invites you for coffee or a game of pickleball, do you accept?
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Childhood behavioral, emotional problems linked to poor economic and social outcomes in adulthood
Participants in the high externalizing and high internalizing symptom profiles had lower earnings and a higher incidence of annual welfare receipt...