Psychiatry

Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being

17 Apr, 2017 | 13:56h | UTC

A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel – Harvard Business Review (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)

Original article abstract ($ for full-text): Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study – American Journal of Epidemiology

 

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Screening for Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

10 Apr, 2017 | 16:05h | UTC

The World Health Organization Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Screening Scale for DSM-5 – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

Invited commentary: Good News for Screening for Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – JAMA Psychiatry (free)

See also: Do You Zone Out? Procrastinate? Might Be Adult ADHD – NPR Health News (free)

Others disagree… call it “disease mongering”, “overdiagnosis”. For example, Prof Allen Francis, author of Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life, wrote some remarks about the study, see Tweet 1, Tweet 2 and Tweet 3

See also: The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

 

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Antipsychotics May Boost Respiratory Failure Risk in COPD – MedPage Today

7 Apr, 2017 | 15:50h | UTC

Association Between Antipsychotic Agents and Risk of Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – JAMA Psychiatry (Link to abstract – $ required for full-text) (RT @atscommunity)

See also: Antipsychotics Tied to Respiratory Failure in At-Risk Patients – Medscape (free registration required) AND Antipsychotics May Boost Respiratory Failure Risk in COPD – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

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Cancer patients have 55% greater risk of suicide

6 Apr, 2017 | 15:05h | UTC

Cancer patients have 55% greater risk of suicide, study finds – The Guardian (free) (RT @ghn_news)

 

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

5 Apr, 2017 | 21:49h | UTC

Review: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)

 

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Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system

31 Mar, 2017 | 19:06h | UTC

Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system – NICE Guideline (free)

News release: Checks needed every year for people with a mental health problem in the criminal justice system, says NICE (free)

 

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Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

29 Mar, 2017 | 17:12h | UTC

Effective Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders – An American College of Physicians Position Paper (free)

See also: Treat Substance Abuse as Chronic Condition, ACP Says – Medscape (free registration required) AND Physicians call for drug abuse to be treated as ‘chronic disease’ – ABCNews (free)

 

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Alcohol and cardiovascular disease

27 Mar, 2017 | 00:46h | UTC

Association between clinically recorded alcohol consumption and initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study using linked health records – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Alcohol and cardiovascular disease (free)

See also: Alcohol and the Heart: Moderation Still Best – Generally higher risks seen with no or heavy drinking – MedPage Today (free registration required)

 

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