Psychiatry
Report: 376,000 people in UK have had long Covid symptoms for at least a year.
8 Jun, 2021 | 09:27h | UTC376,000 people in UK have had long Covid symptoms for at least a year – ONS – The Guardian
Original report: Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK: 4 June 2021 – Office for National Statistics
More data on the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of adolescents.
6 Jun, 2021 | 23:52h | UTCCommentaries: A lost generation? COVID-19 and adolescent mental health – The Lancet Psychiatry AND COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impact on the mental health of adolescents – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/TheLancetPsych/status/1400783180937011202
2 new meta-analysis detail neurologic and psychiatric conditions in COVID-19.
6 Jun, 2021 | 23:54h | UTCNeurologic, psychiatric conditions common in COVID-19 – CIDRAP
ACP offers guidance on physician suicide prevention and the role of a healing community from an ethics perspective.
3 Jun, 2021 | 10:45h | UTC
Systematic review: Driving performance under treatment of most frequently prescribed drugs for mental disorders – 31% of schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients under antipsychotics, and 18% of unipolar and bipolar patients under antidepressants showed severe impairment in skills relevant for driving.
2 Jun, 2021 | 08:24h | UTC
COVID has caused ‘mass trauma,’ worsening mental health globally.
1 Jun, 2021 | 08:14h | UTCCOVID Has Caused ‘Mass Trauma,’ Worsening Mental Health Globally – Health Policy Watch
Viewpoint | A population-level approach to suicide prevention.
28 May, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCA Population-Level Approach to Suicide Prevention – JAMA
Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19 – “Focusing only on cases and deaths hides the pandemic’s lasting health burden on people, societies and economies”.
27 May, 2021 | 08:35h | UTCCount the cost of disability caused by COVID-19 – Nature
Systematic review of 45 studies including 9751 participants, most of which were hospitalized, found 73% had at least 1 persistent symptom for weeks after Covid-19.
27 May, 2021 | 08:37h | UTCCommentary: Seven out of ten hospitalized COVID-19 patients will have long-haul symptoms – MedicalXpress
COVID Morbidity – The emerging burden of long COVID is significant, and needs to be considered when evaluating the risk vs. benefit of pandemic measures.
27 May, 2021 | 08:34h | UTCCOVID Morbidity – Science-Based Medicine
Addressing distress management challenges: Recommendations from the consensus panel of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and the Association of Oncology Social Work.
26 May, 2021 | 08:18h | UTC
Meta-analysis: New generation antidepressants for depression in children and adolescents – “most newer antidepressants may reduce depression symptoms in a small and unimportant way compared with placebo”.
25 May, 2021 | 08:40h | UTC
AAP Clinical Report: Collaborative care in the identification and management of psychosis in adolescents and young adults.
25 May, 2021 | 08:41h | UTC
[Preprint] No safe level of alcohol consumption for brain health: observational cohort study of 25,378 UK Biobank participants.
24 May, 2021 | 08:20h | UTCCommentaries: Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds – CNN AND Expert reaction to a preprint looking at alcohol consumption and brain health – Science Media Centre AND Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study – The Guardian
Clinical review: Treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care.
21 May, 2021 | 08:31h | UTCTreatment of opioid use disorder in primary care – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
M-A: Comparison of treatments for cocaine use disorder among adults – Only contingency management programs were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of reductions in cocaine use among adults.
21 May, 2021 | 08:28h | UTC
Systematic review: Cognitive behavioral therapy may improve outcomes for autism spectrum disorders.
21 May, 2021 | 08:21h | UTCCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
M-A: Psychologic treatment of depression compared with pharmacotherapy and combined treatment in primary care – Psychotherapy has comparable effects to those of pharmacotherapy, and combined treatment might be better than either psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy alone.
20 May, 2021 | 08:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/pimcuijpers/status/1391999860505825286
Perspective | Facebook calls links to depression inconclusive. These researchers disagree.
19 May, 2021 | 08:30h | UTCFacebook Calls Links To Depression Inconclusive. These Researchers Disagree – NPR
Related: Cohort study: Preschoolers’ extensive electronic media use linked to emotional/behavioral issues AND Analysis: Smartphones, Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health AND [Abstract Only] Study: Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Mental Health Problems Among Youth AND Association of Screen Time and Depression in Adolescence AND The Adverse Effects of Social Media use on Young People’s Mental Health May be Caused by Exposure to Cyberbullying, Loss of Sleep, and Reduced Physical Activity AND Research: This Is Your Brain Off Facebook AND Cohort Study: Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health AND Supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn
M-A: Screening test (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – HADS-D) can identify hospitalized patients with depression.
18 May, 2021 | 07:23h | UTCKnowledge translation tool: Using the HADS-D to Screen for Depression
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Our @DepressdP IPDMA on HADS-D accuracy, led by Dr. Yin Wu, was published today in @bmj_latest! We pooled data from 101 studies and found that a cutoff of >=7 maximized combined sensitivity and specificity. Read more here: https://t.co/iMmsjoeW7f
— Brooke Levis (@blevis_epi) May 10, 2021
Eight out of ten people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological problems – the most common self-reported symptoms included headache (37%) and anosmia or ageusia (26%).
12 May, 2021 | 08:55h | UTC
RCT: An internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program followed by in-person CBT if necessary is noninferior to in-person CBT for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children and adolescents.
12 May, 2021 | 08:39h | UTCEffect of an Internet-Delivered Stepped-Care Program vs In-Person Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
News release: Online CBT effective against OCD symptoms in the young – Karolinska Institutet
Population-based cohort study: Youngest children in class are more likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability
11 May, 2021 | 09:08h | UTCCommentary: Youngest children in class are more likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability – University of Turku
Cohort study: Increased risk in suicide and self-harm in adult survivors of critical illness.
6 May, 2021 | 08:44h | UTCCommentary: ICU admission linked to increased risk of future suicide and self-harm – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
Survivors of critical illness have increased risk of suicide and self-harm, and these outcomes were associated with pre-existing psychiatric illness and receipt of invasive life support, concludes new study @shanfernands https://t.co/WOHBAdnBWK
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) May 5, 2021
M-A: Cognitive Remediation, a behavioral training–based intervention that aims to improve cognitive processes, is effective on both cognitive and functional outcomes and potentially useful for all patients with schizophrenia
5 May, 2021 | 08:19h | UTC