'Licking the Spoon' Can Help Patients Take Their Meds A powerful motivator to encourage psychiatric medication initiation Nov 10, 2022
Eating Disorder Spike; $1M Fraud at Psych Clinic? Risperidone LAI Heads Back to FDA News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 09, 2022
Violence, Impulse Disorders May Predict Substance Use in Youth Psychiatry Inpatients Both factors tied to more than twofold increased likelihood of positive urine screens Nov 09, 2022
Doctor Dives Into Online Therapy We know our past shapes how we relate, how we parent, and how we are in the world Nov 08, 2022
First Admission Length for Schizophrenia Predicts Antipsychotic Choice Age also tied to use of long-acting injectable antipsychotic drugs Nov 07, 2022
Florida Medical Boards Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Kids First state to limit care for trans youth through medical board action Nov 07, 2022
Telehealth Training May Address Shortages for Pediatric Mental Health Services Few children in rural or underserved areas have access to mental health appointments Nov 07, 2022
Support Groups Improve Reproductive Health Awareness for High-Risk Psych Inpatients Women with psych disorders are 5 times more likely to have unplanned pregnancy, researcher says Nov 07, 2022
Bariatric Surgery Cuts All-Cause Mortality Rate Over Many Years But younger patients seem to face higher suicide risk Nov 05, 2022
Psilocybin for Depression; What's the Best Direct Oral Anticoagulant? Also in TTHealthWatch: hormone therapy to prevent chronic disease Nov 05, 2022 podcast
Doctor, Drug Rep Plead Guilty in Nuedexta Drama Fallout continues for drug pushed on elderly patients who may have been harmed Nov 03, 2022
FDA Eases Clozapine REMS Recs; Auvelity Hits Shelves; Mass Murderers & Psychosis News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 02, 2022
Allegory Is a Powerful Tool in Medicine Just be sure the message isn't lost on the patient Nov 02, 2022
Mental Health Is a Slippery Slope When It Comes to Physician Well-Being Physicians need better support systems Nov 01, 2022
Early Promise With Fluoxetine for Refractory Nocturnal Enuresis in Children Responses in three-fourths of patients at 4 weeks, declining to about one-third at 12 weeks Nov 01, 2022
Don't Normalize Depression in Older Adults Access to treatment among seniors is critical, just as with any other age group Oct 31, 2022
Haloperidol for ICU Delirium Misses on Hard Endpoints No difference from placebo on composite outcome in randomized trial Oct 27, 2022
ECMO May Come With Mental Health Costs Use of ECMO for critical illness linked to modestly increased risk of new mental health diagnoses Oct 26, 2022
Autistic Young Women at Higher Risk for Anxiety, Depression, Sleep Disorders Nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized as autistic young men, Swedish study showed Oct 26, 2022
Stop the Confusion and Rethink Names of Drug Types, Psychiatric Nurses Say Patients don't get why they're prescribed stimulants for ADHD and anti-psychotics for anxiety Oct 24, 2022
Divide on When to Start Anti-Psychotic LAIs; Restraint Toll; Wilderness Tx Failures A roundup of noteworthy research from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association meeting Oct 24, 2022
Video Games May Not Rot Kids' Brains After All Opposite effect actually seen when it comes to cognition Oct 24, 2022
Implicit Bias Training Betters Psychiatric Care at One Seattle Hospital Less use of restraints for minorities, although higher seclusion rates still an issue Oct 22, 2022
Hawaii Hospital Cuts Unneeded ED Psych Evals Following Police Encounters Program requiring consults before involuntary evaluations gets a revamp, with positive results Oct 21, 2022
Hospital System Saw Fewer Attacks From Patients With New Crisis Strategies Emergency response teams, de-escalation training likely contributed to dip in violence Oct 21, 2022
Transgender Teens Seldom Abandon Hormones as Young Adults Study found discontinuation of gender-affirming hormones was uncommon Oct 20, 2022
Gender-Affirming Chest Surgeries Increase by Nearly 5x in Teens Researchers compared number of annual surgeries in 2016 to 2019 Oct 17, 2022
Teen Suicide Trends; Kanye West's Bipolar Disorder; Schizophrenia and Dementia Risk News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 12, 2022
Teen Suicides Jump 29% Over the Past Decade, Report Finds Nevada saw the biggest increase; American Indian/Alaska Native teens most vulnerable overall Oct 12, 2022
The Heavy Psychological Toll of the War in Ukraine Mental health support is the need of the hour Oct 09, 2022
How a Suicide in a Clinical Trial Turned a Bioethicist Into a Whistleblower His advice for other potential whistleblowers: Don't go it alone Oct 06, 2022
What Killed the First Gender-Affirming Surgery Clinic in the U.S.? Powerful people, prejudice, and politics, according to a review of its history Oct 03, 2022
Dementia Diagnosis Linked to Suicide Risk almost seven times higher for people with diagnosis before age 65 Oct 03, 2022
Mental Health Dx Tied to Complications After Gender-Affirming Surgery Public insurance, age also linked with higher rate of postoperative health problems Sep 28, 2022
Comorbidities May Stall Diagnosis of PTSD in the General Population Analysis shows that many patients are treated for symptoms of the disorder before diagnosis Sep 21, 2022
Rexulti Calms Alzheimer's Dementia-Related Agitation But atypical antipsychotic disappoints in borderline personality disorder Sep 19, 2022
Physician Burnout Continues at Record Levels, One-Third Feel 'Hopeless' Stigma surrounding seeking care for mental health persists, survey shows Sep 19, 2022
Who Needs a 'Recovering' Shrink Now? My past should no longer be a burden but an advantage Sep 13, 2022
Long COVID Risk Factors May Include Loneliness, Depression, Stress Psychological distress linked to higher risk of post-COVID symptoms than physical conditions Sep 07, 2022
Nearly 1 in 4 Young Adults Treated for Mental Health in 2021 Treatment rates increased only for adults 18 to 44 Sep 07, 2022
