Psychiatry News

• APA 2022 A Psychiatric Patient Confesses to Murder: Now What? A Philadelphia case report offers lessons in handling an unusual dilemma where, an expert notes, law and medical ethics didn't present a clear-cut solution.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Neurosurgeon in the Making: The Amazing Journey of Kwadwo Sarpong How did a young immigrant, who began life in the US as a janitor, start several nonprofits, garner invitations to the White House, and achieve his dream of pursuing a career in neurosurgery? Read on.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• APA 2022 Can a Novel Med School Curriculum Curb the US Opioid Epidemic? A curriculum focused on opioid education improves knowledge and confidence about pain management and opioid prescribing among medical students, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Hearing, Vision Loss Combo a Colossal Risk for Cognitive Decline Seniors with hearing or vision loss are at significant risk of cognitive decline, but the risk skyrockets in individuals with both.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Zolpidem Restrictions: How Are General Practitioners Coping? Most practitioners who participated in a French study described the restrictions as helpful for promoting discontinuation and, at the same time, problematic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Multiple Mental Health Woes? Blame It on Genetics A genetic analysis of 11 major psychiatric disorders offers new insight into why comorbid mental illnesses are the norm, not the exception.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• APA 2022 Anxiety in America: COVID 'Takes a Backseat' to Global Events Recent events, including the war in Ukraine, racially motivated mass shootings, or the effects of climate change, are weighing more heavily on Americans' minds this year than the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• How to Manage Drug Interactions With Paxlovid for COVID Some drugs can be held or reduced for the 5-day course. IDSA has published an online guide. Availability in pharmacies has greatly increased in recent weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Mental Health of Most Kids With Autism Declined in Pandemic Researchers identified parents' mental health difficulties, loss of academic and health services, and material deprivation as risk factors for impaired mental health among children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• New Insight Into How Brain Stimulation Eases Major Depression Functional MRI reveals that rTMS induces widespread alterations in functional connectivity in brain regions involved in emotion and motor control.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Many Americans Missing an Opportunity to Prevent Dementia Nearly half of all US adults aged 45 and older have modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's and related dementia, including high blood pressure, low levels of physical activity, and obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Genomic Risk Score Predicts Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk A metagenomic risk score combined with clinical risk factors shows promise.
  First Look, May 19, 2022
• ATS 2022 COVID Burnout? Turn Off Your Mind, Relax, and Float Downstream A randomized trial showed that transcendental meditation can relieve burnout-related stress and emotional exhaustion.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• ACOG Drops 2023 New Orleans Meeting Over Abortion Concerns Nation's largest OB-GYN group said holding its annual conference in a state where evidence-based care is banned is "at odds with our mission and values"; called on other organizations to follow lead.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• The Anxious Patient Needs Psychosomatic Primary Care Anxiety can result from a patient's disposition and from environmental stimuli such as the internet. Because anxiety can worsen compliance and outcomes, clinicians should work to counteract it.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Who Is Most Concerned With Self-presentation on Social Media? How self-presentation on social media is influenced by sociodemographic variables, lifestyle, and personality.
  First Look, May 19, 2022
• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Could New Therapy for Food 'Cues' Improve Weight Loss? Patients highly sensitive to food 'cues' may benefit from a behavioral therapy, a trial hints. However, the intervention is labor-intensive and associated with modest weight loss, two experts point out.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Does Suicide Risk Show Up in the Blood? Researchers have identified potential blood biomarkers that may signal heightened risk for suicide in patients with major depressive disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022