Advertisement

Psychiatry General

[Dynamic neuropathology of tauopathy].

Jan 24, 2020

Tauopathy is defined as abnormal accumulation of aberrantly phosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau in the central nervous system, best demonstrated by immunocytochemistry using anti-tau ant...

Psychiatric-Based Pediatric ED Visits: Addressing Inadequate Evaluation & Treatment

Jan 24, 2020

Currently configured as urgent medical care facilities, emergency departments (EDs) typically lack the expertise required to appropriately assist psychiatric populations. It is estimated that greater ...

Prediction of Sex-Specific Suicide Risk Using Machine Learning and Single-Payer Health Care Registry Data From Denmark.

Jan 17, 2020

Suicide is a public health problem, with multiple causes that are poorly understood. The increased focus on combining health care data with machine-learning approaches in psychiatry may help advance t...

Considerations by Dutch Psychiatrists Regarding Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Psychiatry: A Qualitative Study.

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 ...

Discontinuing Antidepressants: How Can Clinicians Guide Patients and Drive Research?

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...

Computational Markers of Risky Decision-making for Identification of Temporal Windows of Vulnerability to Opioid Use in a Real-world Clinical Setting.

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 ...

Smoking tied to worse outcomes after a stroke

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...

FDA Approves Ubrelvy for Acute Migraine Treatment

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...

Overdose, Relapse After Buprenorphine Discontinuation High

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 ...

Axsome Therapeutics Announces AXS-05 Achieves Primary Endpoint in GEMINI Phase 3 Trial in Major Depressive Disorder

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...

RSNA: Brain Changes Observed on MRI in Obese Teens

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...

Concussion May Up Risk for Suicide in High School Students

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 ...

Childhood Adversity Linked to Borderline Personality Disorder

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...

Three Meds Equal as Second-Line Therapy for Status Epilepticus

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...

Exposure to Psychoactive Substances Up From 2000 to 2017

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...

Most Toddlers Exceed Screen Time Guidelines

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...

Many Multiple Sclerosis Patients Considering Stem Cell Transplant

Nov 08, 2019

FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are considering autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) as a treatment option, according to a study pu...

Self-Management Strategies Offer Limited Benefit in Epilepsy

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...

One in Five Have Mental Health Issues in Conflict-Affected Areas

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 ...

Nonsurgical Brain Stimulation Beneficial in Major Depressive Episodes

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 ...

SUBSPECIALTIES

Advertisement