Psychiatry News

• COVID-19 Daily: Infectious Stool, Thyroiditis Risk These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• No Link Between ARBs, Increased Suicide Risk A Veterans Affairs study fails to confirm the results of an earlier Canadian, population-based, nested case-control study, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• EAN 2020No Laughing Matter: Illicit Use of Nitrous Oxide on the Rise? The growing popularity of nitrous oxide is linked to an upsurge in young people presenting to the hospital with neurologic complaints.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19: Psychiatrists Assess Geriatric Harm From Distancing Social connectedness between elderly persons and their peers and family members can be maintained and should be encouraged during the physical distancing required by the pandemic, says one expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Tau Inhibitor Promising in Rapidly Progressing Dementia Type An experimental tau inhibitor in development for Alzheimer's also has significant pharmacologic activity in bvFTD, a rare, rapidly progressive type of dementia that affects those younger than 65.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: HCQ Trial Halted, Autopsy Lung Damage These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• EAN 2020Sleep Burden Index Predicts Recurrent Stroke The index, which considers several sleep disturbances, is superior to looking at isolated sleep issues in predicting subsequent cardio- and cerebrovascular events.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• JAMA Journal Retracts Paper Linking Doctor Burnout to Patient Safety A JAMA journal has retracted a 2018 paper linking physician burnout to poor patient care, after a misconduct inquiry found evidence of shoddy work but not data fabrication.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19: Helping Your Patients From Afar As people are social distancing and staying at home, domestic violence is increasing, and people are at risk. Experts say you can intervene, even from a distance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• Movement-Based Yoga 'Viable' for Depression in Many Mental Disorders A new systematic review and meta-analysis has concluded that regular yoga practice can improve the effects of depressive symptoms in patients suffering from a range of mental health disorders.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Healthcare Worker Risk, Prone Positioning These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• Healthcare Workers May Be at Risk Early in COVID-19 Outbreak In the early stages of a COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare workers may not recognize that patients have the disease, which can put them at risk, new data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• EAN 2020Social Isolation Tied to Higher Risk of CV Events, Death New study results are especially relevant now with social distancing guidelines due to COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• AAN 2020Sleep Disturbance May Predict Rapid Cognitive Decline in AD Significant sleep disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's disease may increase cognitive decline, especially in APOE carriers or those who have cerebral amyloid angiopathy, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• Many Clinicians Still Not Asking About Postpartum Depression Although the prevalence of screening has risen in recent years, many women could be suffering in silence, data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Chilblains in Children, Antibody Tests Removed These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020
• Psychiatrists' Pay Increases, Most Happy With Income, Career Psychiatrists got a raise this year but continue to rank close to the bottom of the pay ladder in medicine, yet most would choose a career in psychiatry again.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020
• More Evidence Blood Pressure Lowering Benefits Cognition Lowering blood pressure with antihypertensive agents is linked to a significant reduction in the risk of dementia or cognitive impairment, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020
• Annual US Death Toll From Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide Tops 150,000 Deaths from synthetic opioids, cocaine, and other psychostimulants increased sharply in 2018; deaths from alcohol and suicide also rose, and because of COVID-19, the worst may be yet to come.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020
• Novel Program for Preventing Addiction-Related Suicide A single group psychosocial intervention for patients in intensive outpatient programs for addiction treatment resulted in significant improvement in knowledge and attitudes regarding suicide.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2020