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<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in psychiatry.

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<乌鸦传媒>Telehealth Has Pros and Cons for Addiction Treatment

In-person treatment may be more effective, but don't discount access to care during COVID

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy

Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said

AAP over an illustration of a child getting vaccinated by a doctor

<乌鸦传媒>Pandemic Sleeplessness: Are Kids Tossing and Turning as Much as Adults?

Children seem to suffer from less "coronasomnia" but melatonin sales still shot up

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<乌鸦传媒>Warning on Tylenol in Pregnancy No Cause for Alarm

More research is needed, but the review should not alter clinical decision-making, experts say

AAP over an illustration of a child getting vaccinated by a doctor

<乌鸦传媒>Collateral Damage of COVID-19: Home Injuries, Suicides in Kids?

Trends during a period when many kids were kept out of school

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<乌鸦传媒>Just How Many New Depression, Anxiety Cases Popped Up in 2020?

Pandemic's impact on mental health worldwide hit women and young people especially hard

A pensive pregnant woman lies on the couch

<乌鸦传媒>Mental Health Disorders Linked to Higher Childbirth Costs

Pregnant patients with trauma, stress-related illnesses had the highest costs

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<乌鸦传媒>Diabetes Risk With Breastmilk, Antidepressants, Weight Loss

A roundup of noteworthy research from the EASD 2021 meeting

EASD over an illustration of a person's hand and blood glucose monitor and other icons associated with diabetes.

<乌鸦传媒>Healthy Lifestyle Keeps Dementia at Bay in Patients With Diabetes

Maintaining control of risk factors neutralized excess dementia risk

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc With 'Outsized Personality' Convicted in Opioids-for-Injections Scheme

Frank Patino, MD, gave patients opioid scripts in exchange for unnecessary spine injections

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<乌鸦传媒>Does Slight Autism Risk With Epidurals Matter?

Study authors and JAMA editorial say probably not

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<乌鸦传媒>Stimulant Reduces Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease

Twice daily methylphenidate showed modest effect size

A close up of a man's white rubber gloved hand picking up a bullet shell from the floor with tweezers.

<乌鸦传媒>Preventing Gun Violence in Patients With Dementia

Gun safety advocate Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, offers advice

A depressed looking woman sits on the floor and rests her head on her elbows on the foot of her bed.

<乌鸦传媒>Prediabetes Tied to Doubled Risk of Major Depression in Dutch Study

Check metabolic status of those with mood disorders and vice versa, researcher says

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<乌鸦传媒>The Rising, Devastating Trends in Meth Use

Overdose deaths increased 180% among U.S. adults, large study finds

ESMO over a computer rendering of a tumor.

<乌鸦传媒>Survey Says: Support Is Lacking for Cancer's Lingering Effects

Survivors report dissatisfaction with long-term support

A computer rendering of beta-amyloid protein forming plaques and collecting between neurons.

<乌鸦传媒>Amyloid Tipping Point Helps Predict Alzheimer's Dementia Onset

Algorithm requires only one PET scan and age

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<乌鸦传媒>Q&A: Loice Swisher, MD, on National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

Showing her own vulnerability helps others, she says

<乌鸦传媒>Feared ARNI Effect on Cognition Hasn't Come to Fruition

Neurocognitive protection by sacubitril/valsartan suggested instead by observational study

A bride with her mascara running from crying looks wide-eyed into a mirror.

<乌鸦传媒>Something Borrowed: This Psychologist's Command Performance

How "being there" for a patient can take many forms

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury

SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility

Four physicians make demands of a weary young female nurse.

<乌鸦传媒>The LMNOPs of Caring for the Nursing Workforce

Healthcare systems can do more to prevent staff burnout

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<乌鸦传媒>Cough, Cancer, PTSD: Two Decades of World Trade Center Studies

Research has revealed the fallout of response to a crisis

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<乌鸦传媒>Some Reassurance on Cognition in People With Older LVADs

Will newer devices look even better for neurological outcomes?

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<乌鸦传媒>Transgender Women Dying Faster Than General Population

Biggest drivers were HIV, suicide, and heart problems

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<乌鸦传媒>Twice-Yearly Schizophrenia Tx OK'd; Austedo Effective Long-Term; $$ for Sobriety

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

<乌鸦传媒>The Cost of Compassion Fatigue During COVID

Jessi Gold talks about how healthcare professionals can help themselves while helping others

Photo of a worried female doctor looking through the hospital window.

<乌鸦传媒>We're Building the Plane as We Fly It

Health systems and organizations must do more to support the well-being of providers

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Benzo-Involved Overdoses on the Rise

Concerns grow about illicit versions

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<乌鸦传媒>Blood Test Discerns Alzheimer's From Other Dementia With High Accuracy

Plasma p-tau moves another step closer to clinical use

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<乌鸦传媒>Vaccine Effect or Functional Neurological Disorder?

COVID vaccination may trigger FND, much like other stressors

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<乌鸦传媒>Mental Health: The New 'Coming Out' in Medicine

Openness about challenges with anxiety, depression can help fight the stigma

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<乌鸦传媒>Emergency Medicine Residents Report High Rates of Mistreatment

Large survey study also found that such experiences were linked to increased suicidality

Teenaged girl exhaling smoke from a vaporizer.

<乌鸦传媒>More Teens Are Trying to Quit Vaping Than Ever Before

Over half of adolescent e-cigarette users want to quit and have tried to quit, new study shows

A bottle of Nuplazid (pimavanserin) capsules over a photo of a senior woman hiding her eyes with her hands.

<乌鸦传媒>Parkinson's Drug Tied to Increased Hospitalizations, Death

Mortality risk persisted in people taking pimavanserin

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<乌鸦传媒>Pot Smokers Face Distinct Risks After Coronary Procedures

But could marijuana use be associated with fewer cases of acute kidney injury?

FDA APPROVED calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates (Xywav) over a photo of a young woman asleep at her computer.

<乌鸦传媒>First Drug OK'd for Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Sleep drug Xywav gains a new indication

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<乌鸦传媒>New Data on Opioids for Chronic Pain: Less Than Meets the Eye?

Unclear what, if anything, new NCHS report means

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<乌鸦传媒>When Patients With Functional GI Issues Felt Better, They Got Better

Improvements in psychological, clinical factors tied to reduced dyspepsia symptoms

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<乌鸦传媒>NewYork-Presbyterian Sued for Allegedly Ignoring Child Sexual Abuse

Former patient says anorexia specialist Joseph Silverman abused her when she was 11

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