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01/21/2022

Binge drinking has increased among older men, but not older women, according to new research from Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers analyzed data of 18,794 US adults aged at least 65 years who participated in the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The survey samples a different cross-section of participants each year. The survey asked patients if they drank…...

Binge drinking has increased among older men, but not older women, according to new research from Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

01/21/2022

The growing population of older adults and increasing rates of dementia highlight the critical need for measures that may attenuate the risk of dementia in vulnerable populations. Emerging study results suggest that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may have a greater chance of developing dementia compared to the general population, highlighting the need to explore this association as a potential target for early intervention.1-3…...

The growing population of older adults and increasing rates of dementia highlight the critical need for measures that may attenuate the risk of dementia in

01/21/2022

This listening session will feature a panel of researchers sharing their perspectives on barriers and facilitators to equity in funding success for minoritized NIMH grant applicants.
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This listening session will feature a panel of researchers sharing their perspectives on barriers and facilitators to equity in funding success for

01/20/2022

The pandemic has likely affected individuals vulnerable for developing eating disorders, as there has been an increased trend of inpatient hospitalizations. These findings were published as a research letter in JAMA Network Open. This study analyzed deidentified data of persons in the United States insured by UnitedHealth Group. Trends of inpatient hospitalizations and outpatient care for eating disorders, alcohol use disorders, opioid use disorders, …...

01/20/2022

Transgender individuals who visit the emergency department for a mental health-related crisis are more likely to come from lower-income neighborhoods, have unstable housing, and have a diagnosed mood disorder than the general population, according to a recent study published in APA’s Psychiatric Services. Previous studies have found transgender individuals to be 2 to 5 times more likely to have diagnosed depression or anxiety compared with cisgender individuals....

01/20/2022

HealthDay News — Two doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine are highly effective against COVID-19-related hospitalization and critical disease in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Samantha M. Olson, M.P.H., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response Team, and colleagues assessed vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 resulting in…...

01/20/2022

Although physicians in the United States were as likely to vote in the 2018 midterm election and more likely to vote in the 2020 presidential election compared with the general population, physicians continue to face barriers to voting, including voter registration and work schedule conflicts, according to results of a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study to assess trends in physician-voter turnout for US elections between November 2000 and November 2020....

01/20/2022

Students should not only be taught the core concepts of introductory psychology, but also how those ideas play out in their daily lives and the world around them. In a seven-part video series produced exclusively for Macmillan Learning, Garth Neufeld shows how APA’s Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI) offers a guided structure for doing just that.
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01/19/2022

Ma*****na use among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV has increased, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. Investigators reviewed data from the Surveillance Monitoring for Antiretroviral Toxicities Study (SMARTT) prospective cohort study of the National Institutes of Health’s Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, which collects data of mothers and newborn babies during pregnancy or within 72 hours of delivery at enrollment and annually....

Ma*****na use among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV has increased, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

01/19/2022

Esketamine was found to have efficacy as an antidepressant and to improve sleep quality among patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to results of a study, published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. The TRANSFORM-1 and TRANSFORM-2 trials were 4-week, double-blind, randomized, active-controlled, multicenter trials of esketamine nasal spray for the treatment of TRD. Patients were randomized to receive twice-weekly 56 or 84 mg esketamine (n=343) or placebo (n=222) in combination with an open-label antidepressant....

Esketamine was found to have efficacy as an antidepressant and to improve sleep quality among patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to

01/18/2022

A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the most effective smoking cessation approach was combining medicine therapies with varenicline. These findings were published in Health Technology Assessment. Publication databases were searched by researchers from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom through March 2017 and updated February 2019 for randomized clinical trials of smoking cessation lasting ≥6 months. A total of 363 trials with 201,045 participants were included....

A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the most effective smoking cessation approach was combining medicine therapies with varenicline. These

01/18/2022

A search of 19 electronic databases yielded 1 study that described a strategy that met the eligibility criteria of researchers seeking interventions to support self-isolation and mandated COVID-19 quarantine for people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Their findings were published in Psychiatric Research & Clinical Practice. The researchers considered all psychiatric disorder categories as SPMIs and any interventions designed to support self-isolation or mandatory quarantine for COVID-19, including comparisons of interventions....