Psychiatry
Research: Incidence of Psychotic Disorders in Different Countries
12 Dec, 2017 | 12:25h | UTCTreated Incidence of Psychotic Disorders in the Multinational EU-GEI Study – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Environment May Play Major Role in Psychosis – PsychCentral (free) AND Psychosis incidence highly variable internationally – University College London, via EurekAlert (free)
Research: Risk of death associated with new benzodiazepine use among persons with Alzheimer disease
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:31h | UTCRisk of death associated with new benzodiazepine use among persons with Alzheimer disease: A matched cohort study – International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (RT @Deprescribing see Tweet)
Commentaries: Benzodiazepines linked to increased risk of death among Alzheimer’s disease patients – News Medical (free) AND Benzodiazepines Tied to a 41% Increased Mortality Risk in AD – Medscape (free registration required)
Review – ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:04h | UTC
Systematic Review: Nonsuicidal Self-injury
3 Dec, 2017 | 19:56h | UTCNonsuicidal Self-injury: A Systematic Review – Frontiers in Psycology (free)
Review: Transient global amnesia: current perspectives
30 Nov, 2017 | 17:37h | UTCTransient global amnesia: current perspectives – Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (free)
Aerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCAerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Does aerobic exercise reduce postpartum depressive symptoms? a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (free)
“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Research: AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCCommentaries: Understanding AVATAR therapy: who, or what, is changing? – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Avatars can help schizophrenia patients control threatening voices – Reuters (free) Avatar therapy ‘reduces power of schizophrenia voices’ – BBC (free)
Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn
26 Nov, 2017 | 00:17h | UTCChildren, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn – Pediatrics Supplement (free articles)
– Digital Screen Media and Cognitive Development
– Media Multitasking and Cognitive, Psychological, Neural, and Learning Differences
– Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence
– Digital Life and Youth Well-being, Social Connectedness, Empathy, and Narcissism
– Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children
– Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents
– Virtual Reality in Pediatric Psychology
– Digital Media and Sleep in Childhood and Adolescence
– Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
– Digital Media and Risks for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Problematic Gambling
– Small Screen Use and Driving Safety
– Children’s Privacy in the Big Data Era: Research Opportunities
– Developing Digital and Media Literacies in Children and Adolescents
– Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development
– Digital Inequality and Developmental Trajectories of Low-income, Immigrant, and Minority Children
– Global Perspectives on Children’s Digital Opportunities: An Emerging Research and Policy Agenda
– Screen Violence and Youth Behavior
– The Effect of Advertising on Children and Adolescents
– Social Group Stories in the Media and Child Development
– Sexual Media and Childhood Well-being and Health
Research: Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:51h | UTCAssociation of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides – American Journal of Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Hormonal Contraception May Increase Risk of Suicide, Study Suggests – Psychiatric News Alert (free) AND Oral Contraceptives Linked to Suicide – Medscape (free registration required)
Policy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:38h | UTCPolicy Statement: Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)
News release: The AAP and the Obesity Society Address the Social and Emotional Impact of Weight Stigma on Children and Teens (free)
Commentaries: Help obese kids avoid weight stigma, doctors advise – Reuters (free) AND How Not to Talk to a Child Who Is Overweight – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: The association between paternal and adolescent depressive symptoms
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:12h | UTCEditorial: The effect of paternal depression on depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring (free)
Commentaries: Dads’ Depression Tied to Increased Depression Risk in Teenage Children – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Teenage depression linked to father’s depression – University College London, via ScienceDaily (free)
Research: An Examination of Drivers’ Distractions, Causes, and Potential Interventions
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:10h | UTCCommentaries: Young Men, Frequent Drivers Most Likely To Get Distracted While Driving – NPR (free) AND Risk of distracted driving predicted by age, gender, personality and driving frequency – MedicalXpress (free)
Taking Care of the Physician
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:08h | UTCTaking Care of the Physician – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Speed of processing training results in lower risk of dementia
20 Nov, 2017 | 18:04h | UTCCommentaries: Can brain training reduce dementia risk? Despite new research, the jury is still out – The Guardian (free) AND Nonpharma Intervention Cuts Dementia Risk by a Third – Medscape (free registration required) AND Dementia breakthrough? Brain-training game ‘significantly reduces risk’ – Medical News Today (free)
“There are good reasons to be cautious about a new study claiming computer-based training can reduce the risk of dementia. But what does work?” (from The Guardian).
Research: Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among Adolescents Links to Increased New Media Screen Time
20 Nov, 2017 | 17:46h | UTCCommentaries: Increased Hours Online Correlate With An Uptick In Teen Depression, Suicidal Thoughts – NPR (free) AND Smartphones a likely culprit in the recent decline in teen mental health – STAT (free)
Guideline: Bipolar disorder
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:08h | UTCNICE Guideline: Bipolar disorder: assessment and management (free)
Meta-analysis: Suicide risk in patients with diabetes
14 Nov, 2017 | 20:14h | UTC
Research: Drivers not always told about their prescriptions’ potentially impairing effects
11 Nov, 2017 | 18:56h | UTCCommentaries: Drivers not always told about their prescriptions’ potentially impairing effects – ACP Internist (free)
Research: Effect of Sertraline on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
6 Nov, 2017 | 14:43h | UTCEditorial: Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier (free)
Commentary: Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – UT Southwestern Medical Center, via NewsWise (free)
“Not only doesn’t help treat moderate depression, sertraline causes worse nausea (NNH=8) & diarrhea (NNH=10)” (RT @AnilMakam see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs
5 Nov, 2017 | 20:35h | UTCA ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs – ACP Internist (free)
Related: Growing use of smart drugs by students could be a recipe for disaster – The Conversation (free) AND Brain Hackers Seeking Peak Performance Use Risky Chemical Cocktails: “Smart drugs” are not clinically proven and could be dangerous – Scientific American (free) AND Universities must do more to tackle use of smart drugs, say experts – The Guardian (free) AND Tweaking brains with ‘smart drugs’ to get ahead in Silicon Valley – The Washington Post (free) AND Professors take same ‘smart drugs’ as students to keep up with workloads, claims academic – Independent (free)
Research: Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:35h | UTCPrenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: An Association Between Prenatal Acetaminophen Use and ADHD: The Benefits of Large Data Sets – Pediatrics (free) AND Long-term Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and ADHD – 2 Minute Medicine (free)
Study links acetaminophen in pregnancy to ADHD, but experts question results – CNN (free)
Research: Electronic cigarette use and smoking initiation among youth
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:29h | UTCCommentary: E-cigarette use by high school students linked to cigarette smoking – ScienceDaily (free)
Research: Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:10h | UTCDepression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952–2011 – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Commentaries: Depression strongly linked to higher long-term risk of early death for both women, men – ScienceDaily (free) AND Depression raises risk of early death – Medical News Today (free) AND Depression tied to shorter lifespan – Reuters (free)
Research: “Magic mushrooms” for treatment-resistant depression
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:54h | UTCPsilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms – Scientific Reports (free)
Recommended Commentary: Magic mushrooms: Some reporters buy magical notion of ‘reset’ button for depression – Health News Review (free)
Other Commentaries: Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people – study – The Guardian (free) AND Magic mushrooms can ‘reset’ depressed brain – BBC News (free)
Review: Clinical Management of Insomnia Disorder
29 Oct, 2017 | 00:13h | UTCClinical Management of Insomnia Disorder – JAMA (free)
“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia is recommended as 1st-line Tx; pharmacotherapy, if used, should be on a short-term basis” (RT @JAMAInternalMed see Tweet)