Practice Management News

NEW YORK — Dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy appeared effective at reducing suicide ideation among suicidal adolescents, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

An FDA advisory committee voted against recommending a psychedelic treatment for PTSD, citing insufficient data for what many described as a still-promising path forward.

NEW YORK — A key role for psychiatrists is assessing the mental health needs of a community affected by natural disaster, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, told Healio at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Transitioning to parenthood was associated with reduced mental health therapy attendance among a large cohort of U.S. service member families, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

One of the most important questions physicians will need to answer is whether they will hire a financial advisor to help them manage their wealth or do it themselves.

Insufficient sleep was tied to poorer cognition and attention in adolescents who were classified as having overweight or obesity based on their BMI compared with those with normal weight, according to a recent study in JAMA Neurology.

Drug overdose deaths in the United States decreased in 2023 for the first time in half a decade, preliminary CDC data showed.

Any doctor seeing patients has had to field questions unrelated to their specialty.

Earlier this year, the FDA granted breakthrough device designation to Quanterix for its blood-based diagnostic assay to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

NEW YORK — Time, financial and energy constraints are the leading barriers to mental health care access for health care workers, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.