Psychiatry News

• COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Challenge Trials, Desperate PPE Measures These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Experimental Nonstimulant Effective, Fast-Acting for ADHD Once-daily viloxazine reduced symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as soon as 1 week after dosing and was well tolerated in a pivotal phase 3 study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Vitamin D Fails to Prevent Late-Life Depression, Boost Mood VITAL-DEP, a large randomized trial, shows no benefit of vitamin D3 supplements for the prevention of depression in the general population of middle-aged and older adults.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• ED Visits for Mental Health, Substance Use Doubled in One Decade An increasing number of people are turning to the emergency department for mental health care, suggesting the urgent need for more outpatient services.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• AAIC 2020High BMI in Early Adulthood Linked to Increased Dementia Risk Being overweight or obese when an individual is in their 20s to 40s is associated with an increased risk for dementia development later on, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2020
• AAIC 2020Cognitive Impairment in 9/11 Responders Tied to Brain Atrophy First responders to the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, who have cognitive impairment show reduced cortical thickness across multiple brain regions commonly affected by Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2020
• Are You Considering Quitting Clinical Medicine? Taking on an administrative or executive role can sound appealing to many clinicians, particularly because of COVID-19's effects on healthcare.
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 05, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Monoclonal Antibodies, Pooled Hospital Testing These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Medicare Sticks With E/M Pay Plan Over Some Objections Medicare officials posted two proposed rules for 2021 payments for clinicians and hospital outpatient services, including a plan to broaden the pool of clinicians who can supervise diagnostic tests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Screen COPD Patients With Sleep Problems for Mood Disorders Worse sleep in these patients was associated with worse scores on measures of mood.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• PANS May Be More Prevalent Than Thought Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, a rare acute onset of psychiatric symptoms, might be more common than initially thought, says an expert.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2020
• Addiction Specialist Charged in $681 Million Treatment Fraud Case The Florida addiction medicine specialist used unnecessary urine tests as a linchpin in a scheme to defraud Medicare and private insurers, the federal government alleges.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Reopening vs Risk, First Antibody Quantity Tests These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• FDA Okays New Indication for Esketamine Nasal Spray Esketamine nasal spray (Spravato), taken with an oral antidepressant, is now indicated in adults with major depression with acute suicidal ideation or behavior.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• Depression, Anxiety in COVID-19 Indicators of CNS Attack? Psychological distress in the form of depressed mood or anxiety may reflect the penetration of the novel coronavirus into the central nervous system, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• AAIC 2020Twelve Risk Factors Linked to 40% of World's Dementia Cases In a new update to the Lancet Commission's 2017 report on dementia, 12 modifiable risk factors have been added. Together, they are estimated to account for 40% of cases worldwide.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• Fracture Risk Prediction: No Benefit to Repeat BMD Testing Measuring bone mineral density 3 years after a baseline assessment does not improve the accuracy of fracture risk prediction in healthy postmenopausal women, according to new research.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• AAIC 2020'Long Sleep' or Apnea in Middle Age Double Risk for AD Sleep apnea, averaging at least 9 hours of sleep a night, and excessive daytime sleepiness during an individual's middle years are all associated with increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 31, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: PPI Risk, Aerosol Transmission The coronavirus stories Medscape''s editors around the globe think you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, July 31, 2020
• Docs Share a Laugh in a Twitter Comedy Free-for-All Physicians and scientists are taking a moment to inject some humor into what has so far been a turbulent year.
  Medscape Medical News, July 31, 2020