Psychiatry News

• AHA 2022 Perceived Discrimination Tied to Worse Recovery After MI in Young Among adults aged 55 and younger who survived an MI, experiencing discrimination in day-to-day life was associated worse recovery — greater chest pain, worse quality of life — a year later.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2022
• Highly Processed Foods 'as Addictive' as Tobacco Highly processed foods can be as addictive as tobacco, according to a new US study, while other data show that a combination of a low carb diet and psychoeducational intervention can reduce food addiction.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2022
• Study Finds Chronic Jet Lag-like Body Clocks in PLWH People living with HIV had lagging internal body clocks and less sleep, a study reports. The circadian delay may contribute to other health problems, as well as suggest potential solutions.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2022
• Working in a Prison Can Be a 'Fantastic Job' for a Doctor The chair of the French association of healthcare professionals in the prison service describes her experiences working in a detention center.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022
• 'New Kid on the Block' May Help Relieve PTSD, Panic Disorder Patients with panic disorder and PTSD often experience increased respiratory rate or hyperventilation. This biofeedback-based technology addresses those symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022
• Dopamine Dysregulation a Causative Culprit in Schizophrenia? A genetic postmortem analysis of the brains of patients with schizophrenia suggests the dysfunction of dopamine receptors in the caudate nucleus may play a role in causing cause the disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022
• Pioneering Addiction Psychiatrist Mitchell Rosenthal Dead at 87 Mitchell Rosenthal, MD, the founder and long-time president and CEO of Phoenix House, a nonprofit substance use disorder treatment organization, died on November 17 at age 87.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022
• Don't Call Me 'Dr', Say Some Physicians. Most Disagree Patients "untitling" physicians has become more common. Some doctors think it's a positive trend, but others feel that the honorific title helps reinforce the physician's medical knowledge.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022
• Motor Impairment Indicators Shown in Children With Autism White matter in the brains of children with autism was found to be distinct from the white matter in children with developmental coordination disorder.
  MDedge News, November 23, 2022
• COVID-19 Affects Brain 6 Months After Symptoms, Research Finds Scientists have found that COVID-19 causes brain 'abnormalities' even 6 months after symptoms are gone.
  WebMD Health News, November 22, 2022
• Local-Level Youth Suicides Reflect Mental Health Care Shortages Rates of youth suicides at the county level increased as mental health professional shortages increased, according to data from more than 5000 youth suicides across the US.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• Women Need Not Wait to Conceive After Miscarriage, Abortion Women who conceived within 6 months of having a miscarriage or induced abortion were not at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• New Risk Score Predicts Dementia Probability A newly developed risk score may help clinicians determine an individual's probability of dementia over 5, 9, and 13 years, allowing for more time to potentially intervene.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• More Evidence Insomnia Contributes to Cognitive Decline Frequent difficulty falling asleep in midlife was equivalent to the effect of 2 to 3 years of aging across cognitive domains 14 years later in a long-running study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• Recommending Exercise for Migraine: Just Do It Strength training is the most effective form of exercise for reducing migraine, with high-intensity aerobics coming in second, but both beat top-line migraine meds topiramate and amitriptyline, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• Can Social Media Help Teach Young People About Sexuality? Young people find themselves on social media alone without guidance, which highlights the importance of educational support, said one sexologist.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• New Docs Find Both Fulfillment and Frustration in First Years Whether you just became an attending or have a few years under your belt, the newest generation of physicians speaks out about the good, the bad and the ugly within the medical field.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• Most Global Bacterial Deaths in 2019 Linked to Five Pathogens Worldwide, researchers estimate Staphylococcus aureus was linked to more than 1 million deaths, while four more pathogens were associated with more than 500,000 deaths each.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2022
• Intermittent Fasting Diet Trend Linked to Disordered Eating Researchers are urging healthcare professionals to increase vigilance in patients practice intermittent fasting, as doing so may be linked to eating disorder behaviors such as binging and vomiting.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2022
• Pennsylvania Latest State to Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips Pennsylvania joins a growing list of state legislatures that have legalized fentanyl test strips as a way of reducing overdose deaths.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2022