Psychiatry
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)
NIHR research on support for people with severe mental illness
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:41h | UTCForward Thinking – NIHR research on support for people with severe mental illness – NIHR Dissemination Centre (free)
Research: Effectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCEffectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention: Comparison of Service Users and Nonusers in Population-Based Health Administrative Data – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Early Psychosis Intervention Program Found to Increase Patient Contact With Psychiatrists, Reduce Mortality – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Early Psychosis Interventions May Reduce Patient Mortality – PsychCentral (free)
Graduate students need more mental health support
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:16h | UTCGraduate students need more mental health support, new study highlights – Science (free) AND Mental Health Crisis for Grad Students – Inside Higher Ed (free) AND Depression, anxiety high in graduate students, survey shows – University of Texas Health Science Center, via ScienceDaily (free)
Systematic review: Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:09h | UTCEffectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations – Cochrane Library (free)
In general practice or emergency care settings, brief alcohol interventions can reduce alcohol consumption and related harm.