Psychiatry
Perspective: many people taking antidepressants discover they cannot quit
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCMany People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Randomized trial: the effects of giving up Facebook on stress and well-being
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:59h | UTCCommentaries: Quitting Facebook can reduce stress – University of Queensland (free) AND Giving up Facebook leads to a drop in the stress-related hormone cortisol, study finds – PsyPost (free) AND Does Quitting Facebook Really Make You Less Happy? Probably Not – Forbes (free) AND Want to de-stress? Delete Facebook, study suggests – Medical News Today (free)
Perspective: change your mind-set, reduce your chronic pain
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:33h | UTCChange Your Mind-Set, Reduce Your Chronic Pain – Scientific American (free)
Cohort study: sleep deficiency and motor vehicle crash risk
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCCommentary: Sleep deficiency increases risk of a motor vehicle crash – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free)
“Study finds that sleep deficiency due to either sleep apnea or insufficient sleep duration is strongly associated with motor vehicle crashes, regardless of one’s self-reported sleepiness level” (from ScienceDaily)
Longitudinal study: lasting cognitive gains from meditation
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCCommentary: Seven-year follow-up shows lasting cognitive gains from meditation – University of California, via ScienceDaily (free)
Randomized controlled trial: preventive cognitive therapy for prevention of depressive recurrence
11 Apr, 2018 | 01:34h | UTCEffectiveness of preventive cognitive therapy while tapering antidepressants versus maintenance antidepressant treatment versus their combination in prevention of depressive relapse or recurrence (DRD study): a three-group, multicentre, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Preventive cognitive therapy is an effective alternative and addition to antidepressants for preventing depression relapse, study finds – ACP Internist (free) AND Preventive Cognitive Therapy Helps Limit Depression Recurrence – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Depression: preventive cognitive therapy improves outcome in recurrent depression – Univadis (free registration required)
Randomized controled trial: mindfulness training to increase resilience to stress in university students
3 Apr, 2018 | 18:01h | UTCCommentaries: Mindfulness training in higher education students – The Lancet (free) AND Mindfulness may help university students reduce stress – The Mental Elf (free)
Randomized controlled trial: mindfulness for the prevention of major depression
3 Apr, 2018 | 17:40h | UTCCommentaries: Mindfulness Intervention Can Prevent Depression, Study Finds – Mad in America (free) AND Could mindfulness prevent major depression? – Medical News Today (free) AND Meditation May Reduce Depression in Primary Care – Medscape (free registration required)
Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: An Increasing Public Health Concern
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:54h | UTCViewpoint: Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: An Increasing Public Health Concern – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Research: Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:35h | UTCAdjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial – The American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Light Therapy Might Help People With Bipolar Depression – NPR (free) AND Bright Light Therapy at Midday Helps Bipolar Patients – Neuroscience News (free) AND Midday Light Therapy May Improve Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Disorder – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Brighter Days Ahead: Light Therapy Effective for Bipolar Depression – Medscape (free registration required)
Association of low blood pressure with suicidal ideation
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:32h | UTCCommentary: Suicidal Thoughts Linked to Low Blood Pressure – Medscape (free registration required)
Cohort Study: Electroconvulsive therapy and risk of dementia in patients with affective disorders
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:09h | UTCElectroconvulsive therapy and risk of dementia in patients with affective disorders: a cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: ECT for Mood Disorders ‘Does Not Cause Dementia’ – Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Cognitive-behavioural therapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:47h | UTCOriginal Article: Cognitive-behavioural interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Violence and Mental Health: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:45h | UTCReport: Violence and Mental Health: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection – National Academies Press (free PDF)
Preventing physician suicide
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:38h | UTCPreventing physician suicide – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related: What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free) AND Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)
Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:35h | UTCCommentaries: Mental health risks to girls who spend more than an hour a day on social media – new study – The Conversation (free) AND How much is too much? Does increasing use of social media having a damaging effect on young girls? – BMC Series Blog (free) AND Social Media May Be More Harmful To Girls Than Boys, Study Finds – Forbes (free)
See also a recent Pediatrics supplement: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (free supplement) and related texts on Social Media and Mental Health (free articles and commentaries)
Research: Suicide After Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents and Young Adults
23 Mar, 2018 | 01:49h | UTCSuicide After Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents and Young Adults – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Young People Who Self-Harm Face Striking Increase in Suicide Risk – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Teens who self-harm are nearly 50 times more likely to commit suicide in the next year compared with their non-self-harming peers” (via @Physns1stWatch see Tweet)
Review: Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:54h | UTC
Stimulating the brain without surgery in the management of chronic pain in adults
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:49h | UTCStimulating the brain without surgery in the management of chronic pain in adults – Cochrane Library (free)
A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:44h | UTCA Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly – The New York Times (free)
Related: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug epidemic – STAT (free)
“Despite warnings from experts, older people are using more anti-anxiety and sleep medications, putting them at risk of serious side effects and even overdoses”.
Guidelines for Elderly with Psychiatric & Neurologic Symptoms
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:37h | UTCIndian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Elderly with Psychiatric & Neurologic Symptoms – Indian Journal of Psychiatry
– The Geropsychiatric Interview- Assessment and Diagnosis (free)
– Clinical practice guidelines for management of dementia (free)
– Clinical practice guidelines for management of delirium in elderly (free)
– Clinical practice guidelines for management of depression in elderly (free)
– Clinical practice guideline for management of psychoses in elderly (free)
– Clinical practice guidelines for geriatric anxiety disorders (free)
– Clinical practice guideline on management of sleep disorders in the elderly (free)
Consensus: Current and Ideal Management Paradigm of Agitation
22 Mar, 2018 | 23:34h | UTC
Do Antidepressants Work?
16 Mar, 2018 | 03:36h | UTCDo Antidepressants Work? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“The most comprehensive study on them has recently been published, showing mostly modest effects”.
See related meta-analysis and commentaries in our February 23rd issue (see #3)
NICE Guideline: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
16 Mar, 2018 | 03:34h | UTCGuideline: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (free)
Viewpoint: Preventing the Malignant Transformation of Bipolar Disorder
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCPreventing the Malignant Transformation of Bipolar Disorder – JAMA (free for a limited period)