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Study Links Suicide to Missed Early Care After Discharge
Evidence of discharge communication between the inpatient facility and primary care clinician was infrequent, highlighting a gap in continuity of...
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Chronic Loneliness Tied to Increased Stroke Risk
Participants who reported having consistently high loneliness across both measured time points had a 56% increased risk for incident stroke.
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Six Distinct Subtypes of Depression, Anxiety Identified via Brain Imaging
“Importantly for clinical translation, these biotypes predict response to different pharmacological and behavioral interventions.”
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Better Sleep Tied to Less Loneliness
“Social awareness and social initiation would appear to be affected by sleep quality, therefore potentially leading, at least in part, to...
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Chronotherapy: Why Timing Drugs to Our Body Clocks May Work
More research showed circadian medicine — timing drug-taking to one’s body clock — could reduce side effects and improve the effectiveness of a...
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Antidepressants and Dementia Risk: New Data
Taking antidepressants in midlife was not associated with an increased risk of subsequent Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
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PTSD Rates Soar Among College Students
Posttraumatic stress disorder rates among college students more than doubled between 2017 and 2022.
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Early-Life Exposure to Pollution Linked to Psychosis, Anxiety, Depression
Both air and sound pollution were detrimental to mental health of adolescents and young adults.
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Losing Weight, Decreasing Alcohol, and Improving Sex Life?
“The vast majority of my male patients using these medications for alcohol abuse disorder experience concurrent increases in...
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Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Much Lower Than Previously Thought
About 15% of patients who discontinued antidepressant therapy had true discontinuation symptoms.
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New Drug Offers Hope for CPAP-Free Nights for Sleep Apnea
Pill aimed at treating sleep apnea in phase 3 trials and shows improvement in fatigue.