Mental Health
News
FDA orders stronger warnings on benzodiazepines
"While benzodiazepines are important therapies for many Americans, they are also commonly abused and misused," said Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn,...
Conference Coverage
Breathing enriched oxygen improves major depression
Dr. R. Haim Belmaker offers provocative results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of a nonpharmacologic treatment.
News
More female specialists, but gender gap persists in pay, survey finds
The gap in specialists narrowed slightly.
Conference Coverage
ECG promising for predicting major depression, treatment response
On average, depressed patients had a heart rate that was roughly 10-15 beats per minute higher than healthy controls.
News
Reassuring findings on SSRIs and diabetes risk in children
For the current study, the researchers analyzed claims data on almost 1.6 million patients aged 10-19 years.
Conference Coverage
The gut a new therapeutic target for major depression?
“This finding further ... suggests a role in response to antidepressants,” said coinvestigator Andrea Fontana, MSc.
Commentary
COVID-19 and the psychological side effects of PPE
If health care workers cannot tolerate PPE, use desensitization- and anxiety-reducing techniques to help them. said Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie....
Opinion
Virtual school is especially difficult for children with ADHD
News
Counterintuitive findings for domestic violence during COVID-19
“I think the biggest take-home message is that some victims got better, but the vast majority stayed the same,” said Dr. Katelyn Jetelina.
News
Worry over family, friends the main driver of COVID-19 stress
"We were a little surprised to see that people were more concerned about others than about themselves," said Dr. Ran Barzilay.