Mental Health
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Autism tied to higher rates of self-harm, suicide
For both females and males, final models showed autism per se was not significantly associated with suicide death, but certain correlates were...
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Physician-assisted suicide for mental illness – right or wrong?
Newly proposed legislation in Canada would expand the indication for medical assistance in dying to include serious mental illness.
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Ancestry may predict bipolar patients’ response to lithium
Responders to lithium for BPD were less likely than nonresponders to be of African ancestry, and more likely of European ancestry.
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OxyContin marketing push still exacting a deadly toll, study says
The authors say their findings support the view that the opioid epidemic is creating a converging public health crisis, as it is fueling a surge...
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Bipolar disorder tied to a sixfold increased risk of early death
The current study included individuals from various sources including inpatient and outpatient registries as well as social insurance registries...
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Depression at any stage of life tied to increased dementia risk
The double risk persists regardless of when in life depression is diagnosed.
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Psilocybin shows early promise for anorexia nervosa
The researchers cautioned that the effects on eating disorder psychopathology were “highly variable.”
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Fast-acting postpartum depression drug is effective
Approximately 17% of women are affected by postpartum depression during pregnancy or after birth.
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No cognitive benefit from meditation, learning a language?
The findings contradict the researchers’ earlier work that found mindfulness meditation boosted cognitive function in older adults with subjective...
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Nonstimulants: A better option for ADHD?
The findings could represent “a paradigm shift for the field” because “we always think of starting ADHD treatment with stimulants, but perhaps...
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Subcutaneous ketamine for TRD practical, safe, and highly effective
“Individualized dose adjustment, based on clinical response, was very important in optimizing the benefit of ketamine,” said Dr. Colleen Loo.