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Ketamine may be a viable alternative to ECT for severe depression
This was an “extraordinarily important and clinically relevant study, large, well-designed, and well-conducted,” said Dr. Dan Iosifescu.
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Treatment-resistant depression? Don’t forget about MAOIs
Psychiatrists urge colleagues to ignore myths about venerable drugs and consider them in appropriate patients.
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Peak seasons, times for suicidal thoughts, attempts identified
“Most people incorrectly assume that suicide behaviours peak in winter and are surprised, as I was, when learning about this phenomenon, that...
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Prenatal sleep problems, depression linked to poorer outcomes
Screening pregnant patients for sleeping problems and for prenatal depression early in pregnancy may help identify and prevent later problems.
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Significant increase in vitamin D deficiency in kids with major depressive disorder
The findings reiterate the importance of screening for vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents, with or without depression.
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Serious mental illness not a factor in most mass school shootings
More than three-quarters of all perpetrators of mass murders in academic settings had no recorded history of psychotic symptoms.
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Harmful emotional hit of antidepressants underappreciated
There is a need to develop valid and reliable measures to assess emotional blunting related to antidepressants, said Dr. Mujeeb U. Shad.
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The family firearm often used in youth suicide
About 8% of suicide attempts result in death, but when an attempt involves a firearm the percentage jumps astronomically to 90%.
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Study says casual pot use harmful to teens
“The more you use it, the more it negatively affects your thinking. That’s increasing the likelihood of depression and more suicidal thoughts.”
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Will a mindfulness approach to depression boost recovery rates, reduce costs?
Self-help cognitive-behavioral therapy traditionally had been associated with high attrition rates, and alternative forms of self-help therapy are...