Articles related to MENTAL HEALTH

A poll conducted in 2021 shed light on the terrible state of many nurses’ mental health, and this story may be a reflection of those thoughts. When more than 9,500 critical care nurses were polled last October, more than half of them admitted to being “not emotionally well,” a trend that was most pronounced among younger nurses between the ages of 25 and 34 (Michael Odell was 27 years old at the time of his death).

High functioning depression is an oversimplified label for someone who effectively hides their persistent depression and seems to be managing their life well. The proper diagnosis is probably dysthymia. Dysthymia is difficult to detect until it intensifies into a major depressive episode. Asking questions about mood, sleep, medication and duration of depressive symptoms can help the clinician achieve a proper diagnosis.

The combined analysis showed that therapist-led CBT, lisdexamfetamine, SGAs, and topiramate reduced binge eating and related obsessions and compulsions. Lisdexamfetamine and topiramate reduced weight. SGAs reduced symptoms of depression.

This brief editorial introduces a series of articles describing the medical use of hallucinogens, ketamine, marijuana, and other agents — including the legal and ethical perspectives — in the treatment of various neurologic and psychiatric disorders.

In this case report, two Massachusetts psychiatrists, together with a radiologist and gerontologist, walk through the diagnosis and management of new onset neuropsychiatric symptoms following COVID infection.

The 8-week treatment with mindfulness-based stress reduction was a well-tolerated treatment option with comparable effectiveness to a first-line medication for patients with anxiety disorders in this randomized clinical trial of 276 adults with anxiety disorders.