Anxiety Disorders
Conference Coverage
Cannabis use: Messages remain mixed across diagnoses
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FDA/CDC
Pandemic drives uptick in need for mental health services
Women were more likely than men to have received any mental health treatment (25.6% vs 14.6%), according to an analysis of 2020 data.
Shrink Rap News
But I am the therapist!
All too often, communication between the inpatient team and the outpatient physician doesn’t happen, said Dr. Dinah Miller.
Commentary
To meme or not to meme: The likability and ‘virability’ of memes
Memes can target emotional pain, neutralize the threat, and turn discomfort into a discourse of playfulness and warmth, said Leanna M.W. Lui.
Feature
Why toilet paper is the unofficial symbol of anxiety during COVID
A year and half into the pandemic, people are hypervigilant to danger. Any hint of a possible toilet paper shortage can provoke anxiety.
Commentary
An integrated response to Surfside: Lessons learned
Our hope is that a better understanding of these strategies will help future therapists and responders who respond to crises.
From the Journals
Sleep problems in mental illness highly pervasive
“This suggests there may need to be even more of an emphasis on sleep in these patients than there already is,” said Dr. Michael Wainberg.
From the Journals
Avoidant attachment style may drive mood in movement disorders
High rates of depression found in patients with functional neurological disorders associated with avoidance of close relationships.
From the Journals
Therapeutic homework adherence improves tics in Tourette’s disorder
After eight sessions of behavior therapy, overall greater homework adherence significantly predicted reduced tic severity.
Conference Coverage
Lower thyroid hormone levels a red flag for elevated suicide risk?
Patients with suicidal ideation were 54% less likely to have higher TSH levels.
From the Journals
What turns wandering thoughts into something worse?
The more negative someone’s thoughts became, the more likely that their next idea would be related to their previous one, researchers found.