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PCP Comfort in Treating Psychiatric Patients
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February 3, 2022

Primary care has become the de facto mental health care system for many patients, yet primary care provider (PCP) comfort level in treating mental disorders is largely unknown. This...
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Depression Symptom Severity and Cost
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February 1, 2022

Cost studies of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) do not often consider levels of symptoms experienced by patients. This study examined whether including depression symptom severity measures could improve understanding of...
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February 1, 2022

Therapeutic options for treatment-resistant bipolar depression (TRBD) are limited. Since insulin resistance (IR) increases risk of TRBD, this study examined if the insulin sensitizer metformin reversed IR and improved...
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January 25, 2022

Existing measures of irritability rarely distinguish phasic and tonic forms. This article reports on the psychometric properties of the Emotional Outburst Inventory (EMO-I) as a brief screening tool for...
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January 20, 2022

This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on eating disorder symptoms and associated outcomes in a sample of individuals receiving eating disorder treatment in 2020 compared to individuals who...
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January 18, 2022

The impact of biological rhythms on mood or anxiety during the peripartum period is largely unknown. This study examined changes in sleep and biological rhythms, melatonin levels, and light...
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January 13, 2022

This study evaluated the risk of developing depression among adult patients with liver cirrhosis in the United States. Read on to find out more.
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January 13, 2022

This study evaluated factors associated with social anxiety disorder, mainly emotional intelligence, alexithymia, alcohol consumption, depression, anxiety, stress, and self-regard, among a Lebanese sample.
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JCP
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January 11, 2022

Increasing evidence has indicated a relationship between depression and diabetes mellitus (DM). This study investigated differences in suicide and all-cause mortality from comorbid major depression and type 2 DM...
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JCP
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January 11, 2022

Current practices for estimating the risk for mortality in teenage substance users rely heavily on clinical intuition. This study examined whether a positive urine drug screen in youth receiving...
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JCP
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January 4, 2022

Are injuries before age 5 early manifestations of ADHD? And do genetics play a role? This study drew on a large Danish database to investigate these questions.
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PCC
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December 30, 2021

Subjective well-being is the level of satisfaction experienced by individuals in all aspects of daily life. This study explored the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the subjective...
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JCP
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December 28, 2021

Data on adherence to antipsychotics are typically from clinical trials. This study is the first to compare persistence and adherence between paliperidone palmitate once-monthly injection and oral antipsychotics in...
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December 23, 2021

This study investigated the frequency of suicidal ideation and its correlation with other clinical variables in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Read on to find out more about this...
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December 21, 2021

Studies of antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) tend to exclude the perspective of patients and how they experience treatment. This study examined satisfaction with pharmacologic treatment in patients who received APP...
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December 21, 2021

This study evaluated national trends in prescribing varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy to Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries before and after US Food and Drug Administration warnings for varenicline.
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December 14, 2021

Physical assaults are a persistent problem in hospital psychiatry. This study evaluated the relationship between medications used to treat acute agitation and subsequent assault incidence in the psychiatric emergency...
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December 9, 2021

Epilepsy is a chronic condition that requires ongoing treatment. This study identified the etiologies of epilepsy in a cohort of patients in Saudi Arabia to determine the frequency and...
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December 2, 2021

The objective of this study was to develop and validate a scale that measures anxiety related to situations specific to pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read on to find...
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December 2, 2021

This study evaluated the profiles of patients admitted to a psychiatry ward during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared with those of patients admitted 1 year before the pandemic onset....
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JCP
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November 30, 2021

This study used 2 insurance databases to estimate the prevalence of treatment-resistant depression among US patients with pharmaceutically treated depression.
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November 24, 2021

In this study, the authors compared the safety and efficacy of conventional anticoagulants with new oral anticoagulants for management of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Their findings may surprise you.
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RISE Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence
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November 23, 2021

This RCT focused on a psychosocial counseling intervention for women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Outcomes such as empowerment and self-efficacy were evaluated in 60 women Veterans, a population...
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November 23, 2021

The use of valproate during pregnancy is strongly discouraged, and regulatory restrictions have therefore been placed on its use in women. How well are the restrictions followed? Read this...
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