Psychiatry News

Building community partnerships, having community specialists within a care team and using screening tools are all necessary steps to identifying and addressing social needs, according to experts.

How does a physician “retire well”? That answer, unsurprisingly, has been changing over time. Historically, physicians were inclined toward an early retirement, hanging up their white coats in their 50s or early 60s.

In this video, Laurie Keefer, PhD, Healio’s 2023 Allied Health Provider of the Year, underscores the importance of providing interventions to patients at the time of a GI diagnosis — not just when symptoms of depression or anxiety develop.

A large proportion of adolescent patients treated with isotretinoin for acne had a history of a psychiatric diagnosis, but most were not diagnosed with additional psychiatric diagnoses or symptoms during treatment, according to a study.

Two pediatric addiction medical specialists and a mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning collaborated to write anticipatory guidance that may help pediatricians counsel patients and families on overdose prevention strategies.

Alto Neuroscience Inc. has initiated a phase 2 study to determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ALTO-203 among patients with major depressive disorder and to evaluate its effectiveness as an antidepressant.

Parents of very low-birth-weight premature infants are more likely to use mental health care in the first year after discharge from the NICU than families who do not have a premature infant, according to a study.

On April 5, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Northeast region of the United States, an “infrequent but not unexpected” event for this part of the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A Houston-area neurohealth company announced completion of a full production test run, along with usability, feasibility design verification and electrical safety testing for its noninvasive, frequency-based deep brain stimulation device.

A new study of more than 185,000 children showed no association between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and a risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in children, including autism and ADHD, according to results published in JAMA.