Psychiatry

There were several risk factors for generalized anxiety disorder including being a health care worker, having a chronic illness, and fear of contracting COVID-19.

Those with a first-degree female relative with PPD history were more than 2.5 times likelier to have PPD.

New data suggest a combination of cosmetic and psychiatric care for patients with the chronic pigmentation condition may provide multi-systemic benefit.

The survey identified long-term health complications of sickle cell disease as a primary concern among patients and providers and overall understanding of the disease needs more educational support.

Investigators confirmed olanzapine and samidorphan (LYBALVI) resulted in statistically significant less weight gain compared to patients with schizophrenia between 16-39 years treated with olanzapine.

Dr. Amy Licis details the signs and symptoms of restless leg syndrome and how to identify it from other causes of sleep issues.

National prescribing cohort data suggest clinicians buck against the recommended use of the antidepressant.

Data show myopic children experienced higher scores of depression than normally-sighted children.

Dr. Amy Licis details recent observations regarding potential underlying neurobiological reasons for sleep disturbance in pediatric patients with ADHD or autism.

Sleep issues are prevalent among children with autism or ADHD and both these common disorders are increasing. Any provider working with children is most likely going to encounter patients struggling with sleep.

The study from SLEEP 2022 is the first to explore directionality of sleep-stress relationships in a sample of perinatal women.

Investigators observe an increased risk of dream enactment among specific subgroups of veterans with trauma.

Dr. Aric Prather and his team at UCSF are running a large study that began in March 2021 which follows healthy individuals through the COVID-19 vaccination and booster process.

The findings presented at SLEEP 2022 differ from previous studies that evaluated the objective-subjective sleep patterns of this population.

A Montefiore residency director explains the impact of engaging with communities to improve mental health care capability.

Montefiore's Carol A. Bernstein, MD, discusses the role of psychiatry specialists in discerning their colleagues' need for mental health care or resolutions to burnout.

The majority of treatment emergent adverse events were mild to moderate in severity.

AXS-05 also showed superiority to placebo in safety.

The public perception of marijuana has shifted significantly, and Dr. Timothy Fong addresses how to keep up with progressive research and what risk factors still need to be better understood.

Gina Poe, PhD, discusses the potential role of beta blockers in treating psychiatric illness-related sleep, as well as the specific benefit of melatonin.

NIDA research director Carlos Blanco-Jerez, MD, PhD, reviews how stigma, language barriers and digital health create disparate outcomes in mentally-ill Hispanic patients.

Lois Choi-Kain, MD, MEd, discusses her field's interest in improving the modern diagnosis and evidenced-based treatment of personality disorders.

The UCLA-based investigator discusses the unique impact of PTSD on patients' sleep stages, and how they can limit their insomnia.

The director of NIDA discusses the interplay of substance use disorder and pain in patients, as well as means to assure patients are receiving evidenced-based treatment.

Lois Choi-Kain, MD, MEd, discusses the unique presentations of disease and burdens of care that impact younger patients with BPD.