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Can Physicians Spot Prescription Drug Misuse?

Study highlights struggles prescribers face with opioids, gabapentin

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Why Justin Bieber Sleeps in a Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber

Is it sound medicine?

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UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuits

Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles"

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Akathisia: A Deadly Imposter

Be on the lookout for it

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Magic Mushrooms Ease Cancer Anxiety; Olanzapine/Samidorphan NDA Accepted

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Should Addicts Get Repeat Valve Surgeries for Endocarditis?

MAT should be part of the equation in patients with opioid addiction, STS debaters agree

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'Surprising' Number of Cancer Survivors Use Alcohol

Clinicians urged to step up alcohol screening at regular intervals, intervention

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Trial: Camden 'Hotspotting' Program Not Enough to Help Superutilizers

Problem isn't lack of care coordination -- it's the quality of care, says program founder

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Trump Administration Touts Mental Health Accomplishments

Speakers offer praise for more aggressive involuntary commitment

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FDA Warns Alkermes on Vivitrol Ads

Campaign omits important risk information, agency says

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Cannabis for Symptomatic Menopause: Cultivating the Evidence

Oyedeji Ayonrinde, FRCPsych, MBA, weeds out the known and unknown

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Heavy Drinking Among Middle-Aged Women: A Sobering Issue

What can doctors do to better screen, treat this population?

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Should DWI Cost Docs Their Medical License?

It's easier to lose a driver's license

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Sarcosine for Schizophrenia; Abilify Lawsuit; Rural America Suffering

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines

Chronic pain patients were left out to dry

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AMA Delegates Debate Privacy of Substance Use Tx Records

Comments address patient privacy, treatment needs

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USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Fails

Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

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'13 Reasons Why' Suicide Spike; Sleeping Pill Warning; Bipolar Genes

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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You're Wrong About Alcohol Withdrawal

Here's the lowdown on DTs

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Can Blocking Kappa Receptors Reduce Opioid Dependency?

Researchers look at targeting pain-related anhedonia

New Depression, ADHD Drugs OK'd; DMT Microdosing; Bitcoin Addiction?

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

Rehab Recruiters; Lilly the Cannabis King; Feds Pin Blame in Child Deaths

This past week in healthcare investigations

New Opioid Epidemic 'Hot Spots' Emerge in U.S.

Once considered largely a Midwest problem, opioid mortality is rising quickly in Eastern U.S.

Pharma Lap Dance; Dark Web Opioids; Pot Cookies for Tantrums?

Clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

Childhood Lead Exposure Tied to Mental Health Issues in Later Life

Greater exposure also associated with difficult personality traits in adulthood

Comorbidities 'Pervasive' Within Mental Disorders

Increased risk for second disorders seen early and beyond 15 years

ADHD Genes; Psychosis and Suicide; Your Brain on Internet Gaming

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

Abuse-Deterrent Oxycodone Ekes Out FDA Panel Win

10-7 vote in joint advisory committee meeting favoring MNK-812 approval

Arguing Aside, Grandparents Cope Well with Raising Grandkids

Older caregivers report handling stresses as well as parents

Substance Abuse and Involuntary Commitment: Will It Work?

While some experts approve of the facilities, several questions remain

Depressed Man Refuses Life-Saving Pacemaker; Now What?

Determining competency and when physicians should intervene

Supervised Injection Sites Reduce Drug-Related Harm

Facilities prevent overdose deaths and connect drug users with addiction treatment

Morning Break: Human Side of Addiction; Eyeing Da Vinci's Genius; No CV Indication for Ilaris

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 麻豆传媒 staff

Stop Saying Social Media 'Addiction'

It has severe implications for free speech

Robots and Surgery; Alcohol and Death: It's PodMed Double T!

This week's topics include Parkinson's disease and metabolic syndrome, lorcaserin and heart problems, the global burden of alcohol related disease, and robotic surgery costs.

'Death Certificate Project' Terrifies California Doctors

Hundreds threatened with disciplinary action for opioid scripts to patients who overdosed

Opioid Use Rising in ADHD Patients on Stimulants

Concomitant usage poses danger for addiction, overdose

Proposed: Screen Patients with Certain Infections for Opioid Addiction

Expert panel identifies endocarditis, skin abscess, others as flags for drug abuse

'Chasing the Dragon' Diagnostic Criteria Proposed

Heroin inhalation method emerging as popular, but literature is scarce

FDA Advisory Committee Rejects New ER Opioid

Votes 3-14 against recommending product approval

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