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'Follow your passion' not always good career advice
A better tact might be to insert “interest” instead of “passion” when pondering career choices.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Putting the brakes on ‘virality’
New restraints placed on WhatsApp could be in the long-term interest of the social networks.
From the Journals
Maternal obesity plus diabetes lead to psychiatric disorders in offspring
The highest risks were for autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Can celebrity stories about anxiety reduce stigma?
Dr. Jessica Gold advises people who get annoyed by celebrity proclamations to think about why they are feeling that way.
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Judge seeks replication of efforts to support people with SMI
Florida judge is seeking to end what he sees as an overuse of incarceration.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Not all drugs are created equal in the U.S. drug crisis
Illicit drugs can contain other compounds, like methamphetamine and other addictive substances, or even rat poison.
From the Journals
Parents’ religiosity tied to reduced suicide risk in girls
Girls with parents who considered religion important in their lives were less likely to consider or attempt suicide.
From the Journals
Methylphenidate deemed best first-line option for ADHD in children
Meta-analysis finds that methylphenidate is top ADHD treatment for young patients; amphetamines prove superior for adults.
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Ranked: State of the states’ health care
Vermont’s good outcomes and low costs have the rest of the country green with envy.
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FDA proposes broader outcomes for OUD treatment drug approvals
Draft guidance supports various clinical endpoints, including changes in drug use patterns other than the endpoint of abstinence.
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Some doctors are warming to single-payer medicine
A “youth uprising” in support of a single-payer health care system at this year’s AMA House of Delegates meeting speaks to a cultural shift in the...