Psychiatry News

Members of the AMA adopted new policies on substance use during its annual meeting of the House of Delegates, according to a press release.

Recent data showed that an 11-item symptom checklist was effective in identifying substance use disorder severity in primary care, supporting its use as a clinical decision-making tool, researchers reported.

Patients with anxiety or depression are less likely to exhibit healthy self-management for their rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis or axial spondyloarthritis, according to data presented at EULAR 2023 Congress.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among prisoners, women were more likely to have opioid use disorder and more likely to receive treatment at intake compared with men, according to a poster presented here.

A study found an increase in children diagnosed with anxiety during office visits in a recent 12-year period but a decrease in the proportion of office visits that included therapy, according to results published in Pediatrics.

Over three in five affected children do not receive mental health services within 6 months of experiencing a firearm injury, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

There has been a landscape of litigation to hold responsible parties accountable for their part in the opioid crisis.

About 58% of pharmacies reported availability of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder at the time of patients’ requests, according to researchers.

A gratitude-focused intervention could improve the positive affect of health care workers, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published in Annals of Family Medicine.

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