Psychiatry News

• Muscle Fat: A New Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline? Increased muscle fat may be a novel risk factor for cognitive decline in older adults, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• Semaglutide Bests Liraglutide for Post-Surgery Weight Regain Once-weekly semaglutide produced over twice the weight loss as did daily liraglutide for people who regained weight after metabolic/bariatric surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• SLEEP 2023 Regular, Optimal Sleep Tied to Lower Mortality Risk Getting a sufficient amount of sleep on a regular basis was associated with about a 40% lower risk of dying of any cause over 7 years in a diverse group of aging adults.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• Ability to Recover From Work Affects Next Day Mood The quality of recovery from work in the evening hours may affect employees' level of wakefulness, calmness, and pleasantness on the job the next day.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• SLEEP 2023 Disordered Sleep in Teens Tied to Poor Grades, Expulsion Variability in sleep patterns is associated with worse academic performance and school-related behavior problems among teenagers, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2023
• Alcohol Dependence in Teens Tied to Subsequent Depression New research shows alcohol dependence in adolescence increases the risk of depression in early adulthood.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2023
• Blood Biomarker May Help Predict Who Will Develop AD A blood biomarker that measures astrocyte reactivity may help determine who, among cognitively unimpaired older adults with amyloid-beta, will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• SLEEP 2023 Suicidality Risk in Youth at Highest at Night A study shows diurnal variation in suicidal ideation and attempts among youth and pinpoints nighttime as the high-risk period.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• Different Type of Doc Takes Up Slack in Rural Primary Care The number of DOs is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.
  KFF Health News, June 06, 2023
• Novel Suicide Assessment Tool Promising in the ED Setting A constellation of symptoms reflected in a new assessment tool may flag patients at immediate risk for suicide.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• Unlocking the Riddle of REM Sleep In the 70 years since Eugene Aserinsky discovered REM sleep, it's been tied to dreams and memory consolidation, but largely remains a mystery to sleep scientists. Is it even a thing and do we need it?
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2023
• Review May Help Clinicians Treat Adolescents With Depression Many family physicians feel unprepared to treat patients with mental health complaints, and a new review offers guidance.
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2023
• ACOG 2023 Prenatal Sleep Problems, Depression Linked to Poorer Outcomes "I think the national conversation around mental health in general will hopefully carry us forward to better supporting the patients who are coming in with preexisting conditions."
  MDedge News, June 05, 2023
• CMSC 2023 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program Benefits MS Previous research has found that life stressors are linked to clinical MS flares.
  MDedge News, June 05, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Reconnecting With Patients to 'Rediscover Joy of Oncology' Oncologists are facing burnout in ever-greater numbers as overwhelming nonclinical demands are preventing them from reconnecting with patients in a meaningful manner, say leading experts.
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2023
• Your Mouse and Keyboard Can Gauge Workplace Stress How you type and how you use your computer mouse can show how stressed you are at work.
  Quick Take, June 05, 2023
• Anxiety, Your Brain, and Long COVID: What the Research Says Having anxiety and depression before a SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of developing long COVID.
  WebMD Health News, June 02, 2023
• 7 Tactics to Reduce EHR Tasks and Save Time The EHR is a major source of frustration for doctors. Here's how some hospitals and doctors are eliminating time-consuming tasks.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• Listening Habits May Affect Music's Benefits for Memory Researchers found that music's positive effects on memory are modulated by differences between patients relating to the use of music in their lives.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• MDs With Chronic Illness Live in a Different Medical World Physicians with chronic illnesses face unique professional challenges, including resistance from other physicians when they seek treatment. But they also have a much richer understanding of their own patients.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023