COVID-19 Updates
From the Journals
Analysis boosts fluvoxamine for COVID, but what’s the evidence?
“I’m not sure how useful this is given we have several antiviral agents available. Why would we choose this over Paxlovid, remdesivir, or...
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COVID cases rising in about half of states
“If we look more closely at the local level, we find a handful of counties where we are seeing increases in both cases and markers of more severe...
From the Journals
About 19% of COVID-19 headaches become chronic
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White House announces long-COVID action plan
The initiative will gather experts from various federal agencies to expand existing long-COVID clinics and broaden research on symptoms of the...
Conference Coverage
More evidence that COVID ‘brain fog’ is biologically based
Patients whose cognitive symptoms developed during the acute phase of COVID-19 had the highest levels of brain inflammation.
From the Journals
Ivermectin doesn’t help treat COVID-19, large study finds
“Now that people can dive into the details and the data, hopefully that will steer the majority of doctors away from ivermectin toward other...
Commentary
COVID-19 and the psychiatrist/psychoanalyst: My experience
COVID-19 affected all aspects of psychiatric care. As a psychiatrist who is also a psychoanalyst, I faced some unique challenges to caring for my...
Residents' Voices
Managing a COVID-19–positive psychiatric patient on a medical unit
With the COVID-19 pandemic turning the world on its head, we have seen more first-episode psychotic breaks and quick deterioration in previously...
News
Fingers take the fight to COVID-19
Plus: The interesting man in his flying machine, giving food as medicine some bite, and one benefit of being rude or stubborn.
From the Journals
Psychotropic med use tied to ‘striking’ post-COVID dementia risk
“It is possible that psychotropic medications may potentiate the neurostructural changes that have been found in the brain of those who have...
News from the FDA/CDC
As FDA OKs another COVID booster, some experts question need
“Is the goal to prevent any symptomatic infection with COVID-19, is the goal to prevent the spread of COVID-19, or is the goal to prevent severe...