Psychiatry News

• Positive Phase 3 Results for Novel Schizophrenia Drug The investigational agent xanomeline-trospium (KarXT) is safe and effective for reducing psychosis symptoms in adults with schizophrenia, topline results from the EMERGENT-2 trial suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• 'Shocking' and Persistent Gap in Treatment for Opioid Addiction Drugs such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone have been shown to reduce opioid overdoses by more than 50%, yet only about 1 in 10 people living with opioid use disorder receive these medications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• AAIC 2022 New Tool Helps Gauge Risk of Undiagnosed Dementia The eRADAR tool uses clinical data routinely collected in the electronic health record to identify older adults at risk of having undiagnosed dementia and who may benefit from cognitive testing.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Treatment Helps Patients Who Engage in Risky "Chemsex" The practice, which is becoming more prevalent, entails risks of addiction and psychological complications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• HCV Reinfection Uncommon Among People Who Inject Drugs Researchers analyzed participants in a 3-year extension of the phase 3 CO-STAR trial that evaluated elbasvir and grazoprevir in people consistently taking opioid agonist therapy.
  MDedge News, August 09, 2022
• Women Receive More Unnecessary Treatments Than Men Do Factors related to gender, rather than sex differences, explain the discrepancy, according to a psychologist. The gender of the clinician does not affect the discrepancy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Which Insomnia Drugs Are More Effective Than the Others? Licensed drugs were more beneficial than melatonin and other nonlicensed drugs in a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Company's Alzheimer's Treatment Study Earns a Flag Oh, what a tangled web we weave, it seems, when it comes to neurofibrillary tangles.
  Retraction Watch, August 09, 2022
• Quitting Smoking Can Halt Dangerous Drinking, Too Drugs that curb nicotine cravings were linked to reductions in heavy drinking in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Do You Have 'MD' on Your License Plates or Credit Cards? Some physicians like to have their credentials on their license plates or credit cards. What have you done and why?
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 08, 2022
• Does Cannabis Help With Menopause Symptoms? A new survey found strong interest in the drug for issues like hot flashes and mood changes, but experts caution that data on effectiveness are lacking.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• AAIC 2022 Negative Antiamyloid Drug Trial: Lessons Learned Although crenezumab was not superior to placebo in individuals who are at high risk for Alzheimer's disease in the API ADAD Colombia Trial, results provide important data for future studies, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• My Patient Planned to Murder Me A physician is horrified when he learns of a patient's deadly intentions. Read about the doctor's terrifying ordeal and how he fought back.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• LAIAs More Effective Than Oral Antipsychotics for Schizophrenia Although some clinicians are hesitant to prescribe long-acting injectables for schizophrenia, new research suggests they're superior to oral antipsychotics in preventing relapse ― and they're safer.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Treatments Explored to Ease ME/CFS and Long COVID Symptoms Most are already commercially available for other indications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Physicians React: Burnout Rates Are Alarming Physicians express opinions and reactions about the extent of burnout in the medical profession, how it arises, and what combination of employer and community factors minimizes burnout.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• How Do Alpine Air and Altitude Help Patients With Severe Asthma? Patients with severe and uncontrolled asthma may benefit from alpine air, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reports.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• AAIC 2022 Skin Test Accurately Identifies Alzheimer's Disease A minimally invasive skin test, which measures factors related to brain connections, shows high specificity and sensitivity in new research, with diagnoses of Alzheimer disease confirmed at autopsy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• 1 In 8 COVID Patients Likely to Develop Long COVID: Large Study Breathing difficulties, chest pain, tiredness, loss of taste and/or smell among the symptoms most likely to hang on.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• Intranasal Oxytocin Fails to Enhance Emotional Connections Despite being marketed as a potential panacea to improve social relationships, intranasal oxytocin failed to improve emotional recognition in healthy men, results of a randomized controlled trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022