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Lurasidone approved for bipolar I depression for children aged 10-17
The approval is based on results of a 6-week, randomized phase 3 study of 347 children and adolescents.
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Nonopioid analgesics have no major disadvantages vs. opioids for chronic pain
Chronic pain patients may be able to improve function without increasing risk of addiction.
FDA/CDC
Opioid deaths in the ED increase nationally
Opioid overdose deaths have reached an all-time high across the country.
Conference Coverage
Interventions ‘key’ when ADHD, conduct disorder, and delinquency overlap
LAS VEGAS – The overlap of ADHD, conduct disorder, substance use disorder, and criminality likely reflect related underlying mechanisms.
Conference Coverage
Aspirin may protect against dementia in T2DM
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Benefit was greater in women than in men in large Japanese study.
Conference Coverage
Gun policy reform related to mental illness ‘a complex puzzle’
LAS VEGAS – Dr. Jeffrey W. Swanson says the idea that fixing the mental health care system alone will solve the U.S. gun violence problem is “...
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Americans support the right to affordable health care
Republicans and Democrats actually agree on something.
Conference Coverage
Demand, not need, may drive further expansion of telepsychiatry
TAMPA – Dr. James (Jay) H. Shore says patients who grew up with technology “want to see their doctors on video.”
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Expert argues for improving MACRA, not scrapping it
Noted health expert offers her view on how to improve the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
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Deeply entrenched gender bias in academic medicine is treatable
TAMPA – Dr. Molly Carnes presented follow-up data corroborating that long-term changes are possible with intervention.
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Firearm home storage practices pose a risk for suicidal teens
The results of this study are troubling, with firearms used in 40% of suicides in children between the ages of 10 and 17 in 2015.