Psychiatry News

The AMA House of Delegates adopted several new policies to promote public health at its annual meeting.

Veterans who were paired with service dogs demonstrated lower PTSD symptom severity, anxiety and depression, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

The AMA adopted policies to protect patients’ access to necessary health care in a variety of ways at its annual meeting.

The AMA House of Delegates adopted several policies that aim to expand the availability of life-saving medications and care for substance use disorders, overdoses and mental health.

In a phase 2/3 clinical trial, treatment with buntanetap was linked to cognitive gains as well as tau reduction at 12 weeks in those exhibiting mild to moderate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the drug’s manufacturer.

Discontinuation symptoms occurred in one in three people who stopped taking antidepressants, and in one in six people who discontinued placebo, according to research published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

The AMA adopted new policies on broader Medicare and Medicaid health care coverage during its annual House of Delegates meeting.

DENVER — Patients with idiopathic hypersomnia have higher odds of comorbidities both related and unrelated to sleep, Jed Black, MD, says in this Healio video from the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Candace Hatten-Powell, MD, talks about opioid-sparing medications that may be used following bariatric surgery.

The AMA announced a new policy that supports requirements for drug and device sponsors to develop diversity action plans so that women and sexual and gender minorities are adequately represented in their clinical trials.