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The 2017 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting in San Diego, “Prevention Through Partnerships,” helped attendees stay abreast of the rapid changes in the field due to new science, technologies, systems of care, collaborations, and partnerships, while making new connections and renewing old ones. The meeting offered more than 450 educational sessions and courses to expand practitioners’ knowledge, network, and meet certification and licensure requirements.

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Researchers suggest that family-based cognitive behavioral therapy may be a key factor in treating children with autism spectrum disorder who have problems sleeping.

The CDC's Lauri A. Hicks, DO, captain, US Public Health Service, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, explains how antibiotics can be harmful if they are not used appropriately.

University of Houston researchers suggest that children who experience inadequate or disrupted sleep are more likely to develop depression and anxiety orders later in life.

Adults diagnosed with bipolar disorder are much more likely than the general population to have suffered emotional, physical, or sexual abuse as children.

Researchers report there is evidence of a correlation between immune recovery and the behavior of a certain subset of gut bacteria in patients with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy.

Study results show that adults with chronic low back pain are more likely to use illicit drugs—including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine—than those without chronic low back pain.

Investigators from York University in Toronto, Canada, found a strong connection between the fear of needles that exists in more than half of children and their parents’ behavior during vaccination.

Researchers found that inaccurate HIV status test results were not due to the tests being damaged by improperly storing them above the recommended temperatures. It must be operator error, they concluded.

Study results show that newly initiated combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) in treatment-naïve patients with HIV appears to not effectively prevent the progression of significant arterial inflammation.

A University of Queensland (Australia) researcher appears to have overcome a substantial hurdle in harnessing the potential of marine snail venom as a means for pain medicine.

Do patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder experience a greater burden of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia?