Psychiatry

Mixed feature depression can be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms can be similar to other psychiatric disorders.

There remains a need for more research into the connection between grief and depression following a death.

Borderline personality disorder remains one of the most difficult to understand conditions in psychiatry.

A high calorie, high fat diet is needed for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) to maintain a normal weight resulting in an emphasized focus on their nutrition and weight management.

Prefrontal anodal transcranial direct current stimulation is more effective in treating ADHD compared to stimulation of the right inferior frontal gyrus.

The relative contribution of genetic influences to psychotic experiences was lower with increasing environmental exposure for paranoia, cognitive disorganization, grandiosity, and anhedonia.

Patients with dementias also had higher levels of NA-OXS, as did psychotic and bipolar disorders.

Mean inattention scores were about 5 points lower in the tDCS group compared to the sham treatment group.

Dr. Levine talks with Dr. Lisa Harding about how clinicians can best improve patient care in psychiatry.

Patients treated with LAIAs had a lower risk of hospitalization for any cause, hospitalizations for psychiatric disorders, hospitalizations for schizophrenia, and incident suicide attempts compared to patients treated with oral antipsychotics.

The prevalence of suicidal was 10.9% in studies that included child-reported outcomes for child only and 10.4% for child and parent combined.

After March 2020, overdose deaths not involving methadone continued to increase whereas methadone-involved overdose deaths remained stable.

The association with depressive symptoms was greater when race, ancestry, or national origins among Hispanic or Latino participants was the main reason for discrimination.

The patients prescribed stimulants were more likely to not have coexisting conditions than those treated with A2A.

Patients with autism had a fivefold increase in adjusted relative risk of self-harm.

The investigators found the overall age-standardized prevalence of depression based on the CIDI-SF scale was 5.7%, significantly higher than the self-reported rate of 0.5%.

A survey of 10,325 individuals shows 30.2% of healthcare workers likely meet the diagnostic criteria for clinical depression.

Patients who use cannabis for physical health and mental health had poorer health and mental health compared to those in the non-medicinal cannabis use only group.

During follow-up, 2.6% of the patients were diagnosed with depression, while 32.1% were treated with antidepressants.

The relationship between hours of electronic device use and psychological distress was not mediated by insomnia.

Cannabis sleep aid use was also linked to increased cannabis dependence symptoms among students using cannabis over 1 year, as well as past-2-week binge drinking among students using alcohol and lifetime cigarette use.

The efficacy of treating insomnia sustained throughout the 24-week postintervention follow-up period for the electroacupuncture treatment group.

Pediatric neurologist and sleep expert Dr. Amy Licis shares available methods to consider when treating a pediatric patient with sleep issues or sleep disorders accompanied by autism or ADHD.

Patients with Crohn’s disease subtype, females, pediatric-onset IBD, young adult patients with IBD, and patients with short-duration IBD were all at a higher risk for suicide.

Preventable factors including obesity, hypertension, and physical activity are disparately impacting the rate of dementia among people of color.