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Even mild COVID is hard on the brain
New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...
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Encephalitis linked to psychosis, suicidal thoughts
“The clinical care of persons with encephalitis is challenging because these patients suffer from acute and severe mental health disturbances,”...
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Docs struggle to keep up with the flood of new medical knowledge. Here’s advice
The sheer number of new studies may even force some doctors to retreat from areas where they have not kept up, according to a physician professor...
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Childhood trauma tied to increased Parkinson’s disease severity
The relationship between childhood trauma and PD appears to be dose dependent, new research shows.
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Any level of physical activity tied to better later-life memory
Those who exercised to any extent in adulthood had significantly better cognitive scores later in life, compared with their peers who were...
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High level of psychiatric morbidity in prodromal MS
The relative risk of psychiatric morbidity was up to 88% higher in patients with MS, compared with their counterparts without the disease.
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Beyond the psychedelic effect: Ayahuasca as antidepressant
Some acute measures assessed during ayahuasca dosing moderated the improvements in MDD biomarkers 2 days after a treatment session.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Visual hallucinations: Differentiating psychiatric and neurologic causes
Focusing on key characteristics can help narrow the diagnosis.
For Residents
Co-occurring psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and possible true seizures
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a physical manifestation of a psychological disturbance.
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Ketamine plus psychotherapy ‘highly effective’ for PTSD
A new study “demonstrates the potential feasibility of this treatment model and corroborates previous work.”
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Higher dementia risk in women explained?
A new analysis of data found almost no evidence of sex differences in most known risk factors for dementia.