Psychiatry News

• Physician Support Line: One Psychiatrist Making a Difference A Pennsylvania psychiatrist has started a peer-to-peer physician support hotline with psychiatrist volunteers providing a sympathetic ear.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Pandemic Slices Medicare Physician Spending in First Half of 2020: AMA Pandemic Slices Medicare Physician Spending in First Half of 2020
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Four Phases Help COVID Patients Ease Back Into Exercise Patients who have had mild to moderate COVID-19 can start gentle activity a week after their symptoms have passed. Those who had severe COVID-19 or who have heart complications need more assessment.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• Semaglutide for Meaningful Weight Loss in Obesity and Diabetes? "This is by far the best result we had with any weight loss medicine in patients with diabetes," says the senior author of the STEP 2 clinical trial of weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4 mg.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2021
• US Boosts Virus Sequencing Efforts as More Variants Emerge Nearly $200 million has been added to sequencing efforts in the United States as experts monitor mutations and flag major problems from breakthrough infections and other concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• Nurse Pleads Guilty to Swapping Saline for Fentanyl A former Yale fertility nurse admitted to replacing painkillers with saline, knowing it would cause patients harm.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• Severe Atopic Dermatitis Often Puts a Dent in Quality of Life In his role as head of the division of pediatric behavioral health at National Jewish Health, Bruce Bender, PhD, helps kids and adults navigate the adverse effects of severe AD on their quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• AAN 2021 Sleep Apnea, Cognitive Impairment Common Bedfellows A new study correlated obstructive sleep apnea with lower cognition and poorer sleep quality.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• AAN 2021 Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Brain Bleeds? Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are not associated with an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in a large observational study, but one expert urged caution in interpreting the finding.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• AAAAI 2021 Patients With Asthma Using Mepolizumab Had Fewer Exacerbations "Mepolizumab has clearly been shown to improve severe asthma control in many clinical trials, but atopy, obesity, and depression/anxiety affect patients with asthma at an increased rate."
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• NPA 2021 When Should a Patient's Violent Thoughts Trigger Action? Psychiatrists routinely ask about violent thoughts and homicidal ideation, but violent fantasies can be a warning sign of future danger, one expert notes.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year's Vaccine Prep Low influenza case numbers are 'strikingly different' this year and will change the trajectory of next year's flu season and vaccine planning.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• RCPE Calls for Decriminalising Drug Possession A new report from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) advises that decriminalising drug possession.
  Medscape News UK, March 03, 2021
• Regular Caffeine Consumption Tied to Reduced Brain Volume Regular caffeine consumption appears to be tied to decreased gray matter volume, but only temporarily.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• Neurologic Disorders Ubiquitous and Rising in the US New research estimates that 60% of the US population now lives with one or more of these disorders ― a much greater rate than was previously estimated for neurologic disease burden nationwide.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• How to Make Resident Mental Healthcare Stigma-free Opt-out programs that allow residents to reject wellness support, rather than seek it out, are seeing results.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Brain's Metabolic Run-up to Dementia Directly Linked to HTN Hypoperfusion by PET imaging in brain regions linked to cognitive function were independently related to preclinical carotid disease and CV risk score, particularly the hypertension component.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Vitamin Sales Skyrocket in the Pandemic, but Buyer Beware The supplement market, valued at $48 billion in 2019, is projected to grow to $58 billion this year, but misleading claims take advantage of people trying new methods to improve health in a crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• 'Landmark' Schizophrenia Drug in the Wings? A novel treatment that combines a muscarinic receptor agonist with an anticholinergic agent is associated with greater reduction in psychosis vs placebo, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• AAN 2021 Migraineurs Not Taking Advantage of an 'Effective Prophylactic' Getting the recommended amount of exercise can help reduce migraine days and mi-graine triggers such as stress, depression, and sleep problems, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021