Mental Health
News
Comorbid depression worsens many pediatric hospital outcomes
Hospital costs, length of stay, and mortality were of prime concern.
News
Racial, economic disparities found in buprenorphine prescriptions
Black patients and patients without private health insurance are less likely to receive a buprenorphine prescription for opioid use disorder.
News
Report calls for focus on ‘subpopulations’ to fight opioid epidemic
“Methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone ... save lives” but most people with OUD get no treatment, new report says.
News
Checklists, colleagues key when psychiatric patient overdoses
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. – Psychiatrists grieve when a patient overdoses and dies, but talking to other clinicians and using specialized checklists...
News
Disruptive behavior on the job linked to depression, burnout
A work culture in which disruptive behavior is tolerated can have consequences.
News
Noncardiac surgery has 7% covert stroke rate in elderly
HONOLULU – Covert strokes were linked with a doubled rate of cognitive decline in older patients after noncardiac surgery.
News
In California, opioids most often prescribed in low-income, mostly white areas
Opioid-related overdose deaths are highest in low-income white areas.
News
Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
Clinical
Mortality risk remains high for survivors of opioid overdose
What are the causes and risks of mortality in the first year after nonfatal opioid overdose?
Clinical
Intramuscular midazolam superior in sedating acutely agitated adults
How effective are intramuscular midazolam, olanzapine, ziprasidone, and haloperidol at sedating acutely agitated adults in the emergency...