Practice Management News

The biggest news on Healio Psychiatry over the last month was the controversy over daylight saving time.

Benzodiazepines, compared with alternative pharmacologic treatments for common sleep disorders, were linked to an increased risk for drug overdoses among young people, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Klotho protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma were associated with clinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive decline, and amyloid and tau burden, independent of KL-VS heterozygosity status, according to research.

The American Psychiatric Association said it “stands in solidarity” with the LGBTQ community in the aftermath of the shooting at Club Q Nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and amidst ongoing discrimination.

Optimizing collaborative care medication was modestly more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing pain impact among United States veterans, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Having one or more off-premises alcohol outlets in a census tract was linked with a 13.5% increase in substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in a single year, researchers reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

In this video, Manpreet Kaur Singh, MD, MS, spoke with Healio about research being conducted in precision medicine to treat mood disorders that she discussed during a presentation at the 2022 NEI Congress.

Manpreet Kaur Singh, MD, MS, spoke with Healio about her presentation on personalized treatment selection for mood disorders using biotypes at this year’s NEI Congress.

One-third of public health workers have faced some sort of workplace violence that has affected their mental health, according to researchers.

The use of lisdexamphetamine was associated with improved outcomes in those with amphetamine and methamphetamine use disorders, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.