Illustration of a brain shaped maze. Amid ongoing shortages, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing 24% more productionopens in a new tab or window of Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse) and its generics. ( Reuters )
Is a chain of psychiatric hospitals detaining its patientsopens in a new tab or window to maximize insurance payments? ( New York Times )
High-dose psilocybin yielded better treatment responsesopens in a new tab or window than placebo and escitalopram (Lexapro) in a meta-analysis of antidepressant trials. ( The BMJ )
More than one in five people who died of a drug overdoseopens in a new tab or window in 2022 had a non-substance-related mental health disorder, most commonly depression or anxiety. ( Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report )
Kids with neurodevelopmental disordersopens in a new tab or window had higher increases in BMI than peers without from 2004 to 2020, a Swedish cross-sectional study found. ( JAMA Network Open )
Researchers in Schizophrenia argued for a stepwise treatment rationaleopens in a new tab or window for patients with early-stage schizophrenia that slightly diverges from established algorithms.
Suicide deaths were higher for cancer patientsopens in a new tab or window who did not undergo surgery. ( JAMA Network Open )
Risk for dementia was significantly loweropens in a new tab or window for Korean adults taking an SGLT-2 inhibitor versus a DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes, a population-based cohort study found. ( The BMJ )
The New York Times examined efforts to rethink whether addiction should be considered a chronic brain diseaseopens in a new tab or window .While telemedicine was only used in 13.9% of all alcohol use disorder medicationopens in a new tab or window initiations, it still "may play an important role" in the process, said researchers in JAMA Network Open .Baseline cognition didn’t moderate the treatment effect of vortioxetine (Trintellix) on depressive symptomsopens in a new tab or window , a pooled analysis of four trials suggested. ( Journal of Clinical Psychiatry )After two fatal New Jersey police shootings of people in mental health crisesopens in a new tab or […]
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