SUICIDE
New research suggests high school students who have had a sports-related concussion may be at increased risk of dying by suicide.
The face of the opioid crisis has been largely suburban and white, which has threatened to obscure the challenges that African-Americans continue to experience in treatment.
Because the use of MAT is a fundamental organizational philosophy as much as it is a treatment modality, implementation requires support from all levels, up to and including executives.
Depression
Approximately 20% of people with major depressive disorder (MDD) experienced high or fluctuating suicidal ideation over 12 weeks of treatment with antidepressants, researchers found in a study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Depression
Compared with US adults who have never used electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), those who have used e-cigarettes had higher odds of reporting a history of a clinical diagnosis of depression, according to a study of nearly 900,000 people.
Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders
Pimavanserin, currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis, reduced the risk of psychosis relapse 2.8-fold in patients with dementia.
Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders
In patients with schizophrenia and viral hepatitis, the second-generation antipsychotic paliperidone was associated with a reduced risk of liver damage.
