Mental Health
From the Journals
Youth Mental Health in ‘Dire Straits’
“This concentration of disability burden at an early age raises concern about the potential lifetime impact of these conditions.”
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Bariatric Surgery Doesn’t Improve Mental Health in Teens
Despite improvements in weight, cardiometabolic health, and physical quality of life, bariatric surgery is an obesity treatment and improvements...
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Mental Health Screening May Benefit Youth With Obesity
“Healthcare professionals caring for youth with overweight or obesity should be aware of comorbid mental disorders, and regular mental health...
Letters from Maine
The Amygdala Know
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How Much Does Screen Time Really Affect Child Development?
"Effects of screen time on children is a continuously changing, rapidly developing research field, and other contextual factors have been shown to...
Behavioral Consult
Suicide II
From the Journals
Higher-Dose Atypical Antipsychotics Risky in Young Adults
The findings point to a need for caution when prescribing any antipsychotic medications off label, said Dr. Anish Dube.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Catch and Treat a Stealth Diagnosis: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Targeted treatment dramatically improves the life trajectory of those with OCD.
From the Journals
Adverse events in childhood alter brain function
“We have certainly learned so much more over the past decade about early adversity and that it does have a profound impact on the brain and...
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Rx for resilience: Five prescriptions for physician burnout
“Every person should have a toolkit of the things that bring them out of the psychological and physical distress that dysregulates their nervous...
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Isotretinoin users do not have higher suicide risk: meta-analysis
The analysis showed that the 1-year absolute risk from between two and eight studies of suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, completed suicides,...