Psychiatry News

The rate of cancer-related suicides in the U.S. declined considerably in the past few decades, results of a population-based retrospective study published in Translational Psychiatry showed.

A brief, disease-tailored intervention reduced alcohol use among vulnerable adolescents with chronic medical conditions, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Shama Rathi, MD, spent her time treating children for mental health issues, but she discovered that most of what she was seeing started with a lack of mental health care for their mothers.

Persistent higher or moderate-to-increasing inflammation that begins in early adulthood may result in worsening midlife executive function and processing speed, according to data published in Neurology.

An individualized opioid-prescription protocol with shared decision-making was associated with similar pain reports as fixed-quantity opioid prescriptions but with fewer prescribed opioids at hospital discharge following cesarean births.

As their parents age, many of our physician clients have asked us about long-term care insurance.

Acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture in reducing methadone doses and opioid cravings in patients undergoing treatment for opioid addiction, findings showed.

A recently published case report summarized the successful initiation of buprenorphine treatment in two adolescents who presented to a pediatric ED with opioid withdrawal.

CMS has released its proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, or PFS, which includes a 2.93% cut in physician payments from the previous year, according to a press release.

The FDA has accepted a supplemental new drug application from Otsuka and Lundbeck for Rexulti in combination with sertraline to treat adults with PTSD.