Psychiatry
Telepsychiatry and the Covid-19 Pandemic
13 May, 2020 | 02:02h | UTC
Podcast: Managing Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal
8 May, 2020 | 10:00h | UTC#212 Sober Talk: Managing Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal – The Curbsiders
See also: Episode List
Study: In Utero Antidepressants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Kindergarteners
5 May, 2020 | 03:47h | UTCIn Utero Antidepressants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Kindergarteners – Pediatrics
Commentaries: Providing the Evidence for Managing Depression in Pregnancy – Pediatrics AND Adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes linked to prenatal exposure to antidepressants – 2 Minute Medicine
Review: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Youth Suicide
5 May, 2020 | 03:39h | UTCPrimary and Secondary Prevention of Youth Suicide – Pediatrics
We Need to Flatten the ‘Other’ Coronavirus Curve, Our Looming Mental Health Crisis
1 May, 2020 | 02:45h | UTCRelated: Health Care Workers Seek to Flatten COVID-19’s ‘Second Curve’—Their Rising Mental Anguish
Systematic Review: Antidepressants for Smoking Cessation
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:40h | UTCAntidepressants for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library
Summary: Do medicines used to treat depression help people to quit smoking? – Cochrane Library
Mental Health Status Among Children in Home Confinement During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
26 Apr, 2020 | 21:17h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to paper looking at mental health in children under lockdown in Hubei in China – Science Media Centre AND With Schools Closed, Chinese Primary School Students Show Signs of Depression, Anxiety – U.S News
Health Care Workers Seek to Flatten COVID-19’s ‘Second Curve’—Their Rising Mental Anguish
24 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTCHealth care workers seek to flatten COVID-19’s ‘second curve’—their rising mental anguish – Science
Related: Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA AND Mental health outcomes among front and second line health workers associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. – medRxiv AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
“there’s a second curve we’re going to have to flatten: the mental health consequences of the pandemic.”
Cohort Study: Association of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences with Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder–Like Symptoms
21 Apr, 2020 | 07:55h | UTCAssociation of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences With Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder–Like Symptoms – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at screen time in infants and autism spectrum disorder-like symptoms – Science Media Centre AND More Screen Time, Less Parental Playtime Increase Toddler’s ASD-Like Symptoms – Physician’s Weekly
Review: Antidepressants for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
17 Apr, 2020 | 01:52h | UTCAntidepressants for irritable bowel syndrome – Canadian Family Physician
Systematic Review: Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:34h | UTCTreatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
See also: Full Report AND Executive Summary:
The Covid-19 Crisis too Few are Talking About: Health Care Workers’ Mental Health
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:25h | UTCThe Covid-19 crisis too few are talking about: health care workers’ mental health – STAT
Related: Impact on mental health and perceptions of psychological care among medical and nursing staff in Wuhan during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease outbreak: A cross-sectional study – Brain, Behavior, and Immunity AND Mental Health Needs of Health Care Workers Providing Frontline COVID-19 Care – JAMA Health Forum AND Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ AND Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open
Analysis: Managing Mental Health Challenges Faced by Healthcare Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:55h | UTCManaging mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ
Related Study: Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open AND Commentary: Survey Finds COVID-19 Takes Heavy Psychological Toll on Health Care Workers – Psychiatric News Alert
Meta-analysis: Association Between Suicide Reporting in the Media and Suicide
20 Mar, 2020 | 10:49h | UTCEditorial: Suicide and the media: reporting could cost lives (free)
Commentaries: Responsible communication on suicide in the media is essential if we want to be serious about tackling the stigma surrounding suicide – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Suicide and the media: reporting could cost lives – University of Bristol (free) AND Media reports of celebrity suicide linked to increased suicide rates – BMJ (free)
Meta-Analysis: Psychotherapy for Depression Across Different Age Groups
19 Mar, 2020 | 10:41h | UTCEditorial: The Age of Depression and Its Treatments (free)
Commentary: Psychotherapy not as effective for kids, adolescents with depression, study says – UPI (free)
WHO Guidance: Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak
16 Mar, 2020 | 07:57h | UTCMental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related: The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence – The Lancet (free) AND Behavioural scientists form new front in battle against coronavirus – The Guardian (free)
“Minimize watching, reading or listening to news that causes you to feel anxious or distressed; seek information only from trusted sources and mainly to take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and loved ones.”
Cohort Study: Association of Functional, Cognitive, and Psychological Measures With 1-Year Mortality in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
16 Mar, 2020 | 07:43h | UTCAssociation of Functional, Cognitive, and Psychological Measures With 1-Year Mortality in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Prevention of Psychosis: Advances in Detection, Prognosis, and Intervention
13 Mar, 2020 | 07:53h | UTCPrevention of Psychosis: Advances in Detection, Prognosis, and Intervention – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Prevention of Psychosis—Advances in Detection, Prognosis, and Intervention (free audio)
Systematic Review: Alcoholics Anonymous Very Effective for Alcohol Use Disorder
12 Mar, 2020 | 08:10h | UTCAlcoholics Anonymous and other 12‐step programs for alcohol use disorder – Cochrane Library (free)
Author Interview: Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs for alcohol use disorder (free)
News Release: New Cochrane Review finds Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step Facilitation programs help people to recover from alcohol problems (free)
Commentaries: A new, big review of the evidence found that Alcoholics Anonymous works — for some – Vox (free) AND Alcoholics Anonymous validated by meta-analysis: ‘It absolutely does work’ – Stanford Medicine (free)
Randomized Trial: Efficacy of Gabapentin for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
10 Mar, 2020 | 08:27h | UTCEfficacy of Gabapentin for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Drug eases withdrawal, improves abstinence in alcohol use disorder – UPI (free) AND Gabapentin Found to Work Best for Those With Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome – Psychiatric News Alert (free)
FDA Safety Alert: Montelukast May Cause Serious Mental Health Side Effects
6 Mar, 2020 | 10:22h | UTCCommentary: Montelukast to Get Boxed Warning – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Meta-Analysis: Male and Female Physician Suicidality
5 Mar, 2020 | 10:20h | UTCMale and Female Physician Suicidality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Psychiatry (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Physician Suicide—A Personal and Community Tragedy (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Meta-Analysis Spotlights Challenge of Physician Suicide – Psychiatric New Alert (free)
Systematic Review: Computerized Cognitive Training May Have Small Benefits of Uncertain Clinical Importance for Maintaining Cognitive Function in Cognitively Healthy People in Late Life
3 Mar, 2020 | 07:46h | UTCComputerised cognitive training for 12 or more weeks for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in late life – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Computerised cognitive training for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in late life – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized Trial: A Novel Digital Intervention for Actively Reducing Severity of Pediatric ADHD
3 Mar, 2020 | 07:42h | UTCCommentaries: Digital health interventions for children with ADHD – The Lancet Digital Health (free) AND Video game-like intervention shows promise in improving attention of children with ADHD – The Lancet (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
There's something much better than Ritalin to help kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (#ADHD) and it's not a pill. It's a video game, validated in a randomized, controlled trialhttps://t.co/Xikx0fUNa4 @LancetDigitalH by @skollins1 @StephenFaraone and colleagues pic.twitter.com/AKn6F4rMUX
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 25, 2020
Meta-Analysis: Efficacy of Antidepressants are of Questionable Importance to the Average Patient
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:39h | UTCRelated: Evidence Synthesis: Should Antidepressants be Used for Major Depressive Disorder? (free studies on the subject)