Mental Health
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Black psychiatric inpatients more likely to be restrained and for longer
Compared with White patients, restraint was 85% more likely among Black patients.
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Body dysmorphic disorder diagnosis guidelines completed in Europe
New guidelines for body dysmorphic disorder are designed to facilitate diagnosis and choice of intervention.
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Can thermal biofeedback reduce pain and anxiety?
Device reduced anxiety scores by 22% in small study.
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Serious mental illness tied to 50% higher all-cause mortality risk after COVID
“From a public health perspective, our study has emphasized the need for early and timely preventative interventions (e.g. vaccination) for the...
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Ketamine no better for depression than placebo?
Investigators say participants’ expectations of an improvement from ketamine may be driving that result.
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Psychedelic therapy tied to reduced depression, anxiety
Study participants reported significant increases in psychological flexibility, cognitive functioning, and postconcussive symptoms.
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Air pollution tied to postpartum depression
Black carbon had the strongest association with postpartum depression.
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Is it time to scrap ultraprocessed foods?
For every 10% increase in UPF consumption, the odds of developing any kind of dementia increased by 25% in one study.
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Lag in antidepressant treatment response explained?
Compared with the placebo group, participants taking escitalopram had a marked increase in synaptic density.
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Telehealth linked to better opioid treatment retention
There was no increased risk of nonfatal overdose with telehealth treatment.
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Pandemic-era telehealth led to fewer therapy disruptions
After the onset of the pandemic, more than half of psychotherapy visits (51.8%) were virtual.