Diabetic teens with high blood sugar may feel more distress
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Teens with type 1 diabetes may have more emotional...
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Psychiatry
Psoriasis Symptoms, Quality of Life Tied to Disease Severity
Findings show alignment of patient-reported symptoms, clinician assessment tools
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New Drugs May Influence Social Behaviors in Those With Autism
Drugs modulating the vasopressin pathway explored as agents to modify social behaviors in autism
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Cocaine-, Psychostimulant-Involved Death Rates Increasing
Synthetic opioids driving increases in cocaine-involved deaths, less so in psychostimulant-involved deaths
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April 2019 Briefing – Psychiatry
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Psychiatry for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice. Texting Program May Improve Schizophrenia Outcomes TUESDAY, April […]
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Living Alone Tied to Increased Risk for Mental Disorders
Loneliness explains majority of the association with common mental disorders
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Texting Program May Improve Schizophrenia Outcomes
Significant improvement in medication adherence and reductions in relapse, rehospitalization observed
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Poll: Americans Among Most Stressed People in the World
Younger and poorer Americans driving new highs for reports of stress, worry, anger
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U.S. youth suicides up after Netflix show, cause unclear: study
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Suicides by young Americans rose by nearly a third in the month...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aids Irritable Bowel Symptoms
Improvements in symptoms, life impact maintained at 12 months
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Video Games Appear Not to Harm Boys’ Social Development
But 10-year-old girls who play frequently have less social competence at age 12 than those who do not
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Speech-Based Algorithm Helps ID Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Algorithm with 18 speech features differentiates PTSD from controls with high area under the curve
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Obesity May Impact the Form and Structure of the Brain
Gender appears to be a modifier of the link between fat percentage and the size of specific brain structures
Read MoreHigher state minimum wage tied to lower suicide rates
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Suicide rates grow more slowly in states that increase their minimum wage, according to a U.S. study that suggests this might be one strategy for curbing deaths by suicide. Although a...
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Stress disorders tied to increased heart disease risk
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who suffer from conditions like post-traumatic...
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Group, Telephone, Guided CBT Treatment Effective for Depression
Individual and group CBT were significantly better than guided self-help in terms of acceptability
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Increased Screen Time in Preschool Tied to Worse Inattention
Odds increased for reporting clinically significant externalizing problems, inattention problems
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U.S. launches four-state study to find ways to reduce opioid overdose deaths
By Manas Mishra and Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday said they...
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One in Three U.S. Adults Aged 35 to 44 May Have Drinking Problem
Nine percent continue to drink despite negative effects on career, education, relationships
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Child abuse, recurrent depression linked to similar changes in brain
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) – Abuse during childhood may cause physical changes to...
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