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PUFAs a promising add-on for borderline personality disorder
Adjunctive omega-3 fatty polyunsaturated fatty acids significantly reduce overall BPD symptom severity, a meta-analysis of four RTCs shows.
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Ketamine and psychosis risk: New data
“Our findings could encourage clinicians and researchers to examine a broadened indication for ketamine treatment,” said Dr. Jolien K.E. Veraart...
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Common parasite now tied to impaired cognitive function
“We know the parasite forms cysts in the brain and can influence dopaminergic neurotransmission, which, in turn, affects neurocognition.”
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High rates of work-related trauma, PTSD in intern physicians
About 10% of participants screened positive for PTSD by the end of the internship year, compared with a 12-month PTSD prevalence of 3.6% in the...
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Low-dose nitrous oxide shows benefit for resistant depression
The study cannot be considered definitive, so “it is too early to advocate for the use of nitrous oxide in everyday clinical practice,” said Dr....
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Child suicides drive Colorado hospital to declare state of emergency
"I've been in pediatrics for two decades and have never seen anything like this before," said Dr. David Brumbaugh.
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Emotional support animals help lick symptoms of depression, anxiety in serious mental illness
“There is definitely a place for ESAs, especially with mental health post pandemic,” said Dr. Janet Hoy-Gerlach.
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Suicide risk prediction tools fail people of color
“You don’t know whether a prediction model will be useful or harmful until it’s evaluated,” said Dr. Yates Coley. “The take-home message of our...
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Nurses or physicians: Who are at highest suicide risk?
“The main takeaway is that the risk of suicide among nurses is twice that of the general population and even higher than that among physicians,”...
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Adult separation anxiety raises suicidality risk
The DSM-5 expanded the diagnosis to include adults over 18 years of age because research had “found a later onset to be common.”
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Can exercise prevent cognitive decline in patients with early Parkinson’s disease?
Higher physical activity was related to slower APOE epsilon4-associated cognitive decline in patients with early Parkinson’s disease.
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Age-related cognitive decline not inevitable?
‘Cognitive decline is not inevitable,’ says an author of a new paper.
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Encephalopathy common, often lethal in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Toxic metabolic encephalopathy was associated with a 24% higher risk of in-hospital death.
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New data on worldwide mental health impact of COVID-19
“The data suggest that there will be long-term fallout from the pandemic on the mental health front,” said Dr. Tara Thiagarajan.