Practice Management News

SAN FRANCISCO — Playing Tetris within 72 hours of a traumatic event may reduce the frequency of intrusive memories for up to 5 weeks, according to a poster presented here.

Only one-quarter of residential addiction treatment centers caring for adolescents in the United States offer buprenorphine to patients with opioid use disorder, according to findings published Tuesday in JAMA.

INDIANAPOLIS — Three out of four adults with insomnia reported better sleep after engaging in sex before bedtime, and most felt medication had similar or worse effect on sleep, according to survey data presented at the SLEEP annual meeting.

Many investors have recently been asking their advisors, “Is a recession coming?” This question is often on the minds of investors because the financial media repeatedly brings up the topic.

SAN FRANCISCO — From 2018 to 2021, psychiatric disorders were the primary reason for a small portion of physician-assisted suicides in the Netherlands and Belgium, according to a poster presented here.

INDIANAPOLIS — Higher impulsivity and shorter sleep duration were predictive for increased mature-rated video gaming and movie watching after 1 year in early adolescents, according to research presented at the SLEEP annual meeting.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — For adults with major depressive disorder, treatment with zuranolone was linked to improvements in self-reported depressive symptoms, longer repeat treatment intervals and was generally well-tolerated.

HHS has released a list of 43 prescription drugs for which Part B beneficiary coinsurances may be lower starting July 1.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A novel machine learning model accurately estimated scores from a depression questionnaire from complete and partial clinical notes, per a poster at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology annual meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — Approaching the treatment of Black women with alcohol use disorder with compassion and cultural competency may improve disparities in treatment and retention, according to a presenter here.