Depression
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Active shooter drills may be harming children, but doctors offer help
Data suggest that realistic active shooter drills in schools can increase depression, anxiety, and stress.
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Chemokine expression predicts severity of major depressive disorder
Serum levels of ligands CCL17 and CCL22 also were significantly increased in MDD patients compared to controls.
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A ‘promising target’ to improve outcomes in late-life depression
Older adults with depression and comorbid apathy have poorer outcomes, including lower remission rates and poorer response to first-line...
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‘Go Ask Alice’: A fake view of teen mental health
The false diary was published at a time when not as much research existed on teen mental health.
Commentary
Reassessing benzodiazepines: What role should this medication class play in psychiatry?
Benzodiazepines are appropriate and helpful in situations that cause transient anxiety and with patients who have done poorly with other options...
Opinion
Burnout and stress of today: How do we cope?
“I am reminded every day of the commitment and excellence of my colleagues in the health care field, and I do not want to lose them.”
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Mixed results for intensive home care for psychiatric crises
“Intensive home treatment is not a substitute for inpatient care but a different treatment opportunity for psychiatric patients in crisis,” said...
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University to train ‘trip facilitators’ for psychedelic therapy
“The tools of conventional psychiatry to deal with things like depression and anxiety and addiction are not very good, and some of them are...
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Skin-picking, hair-pulling disorders: Diagnostic criteria, prevalence, and treatment
Affected children “have type A personalities,” and are “very driven young kids,” Dr. Jon E. Grant said.
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B6 a new approach for depression, anxiety?
Some previous research has suggested that vitamins B6 and B12 have a role in improving mood-related outcomes.
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Pharmacogenomic testing may curb drug interactions in severe depression
Some physicians have expressed scepticism about pharmacogenomic testing, but the study provides additional evidence of its usefulness.