Jan 17, 2020

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in psychiatry are permitted in the Netherlands under certain legal conditions. Doctors may help patients who suffer unbearably and who have no prospect ...

Jan 17, 2020

Recent media reports have refocused attention on the syndromic manifestation experienced by some patients as they discontinue their antidepressant medication ("discontinuation syndrome"). This attenti...

Jan 17, 2020

Opioid addiction is a major public health problem. Despite availability of evidence-based treatments, relapse and dropout are common outcomes. Efforts aimed at identifying reuse risk and gaining more ...

Jan 14, 2020

By Lisa Rapaport People who smoke or have recently quit have higher odds of being severely impaired after a stroke than their counterparts who never smoked, a new study su...

Jan 08, 2020

Significantly more patients treated with Ubrelvy versus placebo achieved pain freedom two hours post-treatment TUESDAY, Dec. 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) tablets have been ap...

Dec 27, 2019

The longer patients continue with buprenorphine treatment, the lower their risk of adverse outcomes.   THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Buprenorphine treatment may be needed ...

Dec 19, 2019

Published: Dec 16, 2019 Potentially first-and-only, oral NMDA receptor antagonist with multimodal activity for the treatment of depression Company to host conference call today at 8:00...

Dec 04, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The brains of obese teens show damage, possibly related to inflammation, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of...

Dec 03, 2019

TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- High school students with a history of sports-related concussions might be at an increased risk for suicide, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in ...

Dec 02, 2019

MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to childhood adversity is associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD), according to a review recently published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandin...

Nov 27, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate are equally effective in children and adults for the treatment of benzodiazepine-refractory convulsive status ep...

Nov 27, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2000 to 2017, the overall rate of exposure to psychoactive substances of natural origin increased, according to a study published online Nov. 25 in Cl...

Nov 25, 2019

MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Most children aged 2 and 3 years do not meet screen time guidelines, and 26.7 percent of children have an increasing screen time trajectory from age 1 to 3 ye...

Jul 02, 2019

TUESDAY, July 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Limited evidence suggests that self-management strategies modestly improve some outcomes among persons with epilepsy, according to a review published online J...

Jun 18, 2019

TUESDAY, June 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The burden of mental disorders is high in conflict-affected areas, according to a review published online June 11 in The Lancet. In an effort to update the ...

Mar 28, 2019

THURSDAY, March 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Nonsurgical brain stimulation techniques seem effective for acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults, according to a review published online ...

Mar 27, 2019

WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Early life stress caused by childhood maltreatment can alter brain structure, which may increase the risk for adverse disease courses in patients with maj...

Mar 11, 2019

MONDAY, March 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Atopic dermatitis (AD) is associated with increased depression and anxiety, according to a study published online March 5 in the British Journal of Dermatolo...

Mar 06, 2019

WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the nasal spray medication esketamine -- a relative of the club drug and anesthetic ketamine -- f...

Feb 25, 2019

MONDAY, Feb. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Several unique characteristics are linked with depression at different time points before and after giving birth, according to a study published online Feb. 5...