Depression
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Cancer Diagnosis Appears to Raise Suicide, Cardiovascular Risks
Major Finding: The rate of completed suicide was twice as high among adults with newly diagnosed cancer of any kind (0.36 per 1,000 person-years)...
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Single Question Flags Depression in Chronic Pain
Major Finding: Asking patients who have activity-limiting pain how much they’ve felt downhearted or depressed in the past 4 weeks identified...
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Identify Depressive Symptoms Early in Breast Cancer Patients
Major Finding: Almost one in four women had a combined state anxiety and depressive symptoms before their diagnosis of breast cancer, and a higher...
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Medicaid Project Tests Emergency Care at Psych Hospitals
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SSRIs During Pregnancy May Restrict Fetal Head Growth
Major Finding: Children born to women using SSRIs were twice as likely to be born preterm as were controls. The absolute rates of preterm birth...
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Her Chief Complaint Is ... And by the Way She’s Also Pregnant
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Survey: 20% of Adults Report Mental Illness
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Fatigue in Cirrhosis Linked to Psychosocial Factors
Major Finding: Depression and anxiety were both highly correlated (P less than .001) with fatigue in cirrhosis patients, even 1 year post...
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Depression, Physical Impairment Linger in ALI Survivors
Major Finding: New-onset depression occurred in 40% of ALI survivors, and new-onset physical impairment occurred in 66%. In most, those problems...
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Parathyroidectomy Improves Depression, Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Major Finding: The prevalence of major depression in a cohort of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism dropped from 43% prior to...
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Sleep Apnea Worsens Psychiatric Symptoms
Major Finding: Of 85 psychiatric patients screened with the STOP-Bang questionnaire, 14 were ultimately diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea....