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Mashup Score: 0Optimism and Objective Measures of Physical Functioning - 57 minute(s) ago
This cohort study investigates the association of optimism with age-related changes in performance-based measures of physical functioning.
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Mashup Score: 0APA’s Government, Policy, and Advocacy Update (May 2024) - 14 hour(s) ago
Members of Friends of the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent a letter to House and Senate leaders requesting no less than $500 million funding for AHRQ in fiscal year 2025. APA is one of 173 members of Friends of AHRQ that signed the letter. AHRQ “supports research to improve health care quality, reduce costs, advance patient safety, decrease medical errors, and broaden access to essential services,” the letter stated. “As the lead federal agency for funding health services research and
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This column details some of the ways in which psychiatric survivors or those writing about their lived experience with mental illness are disadvantaged and devalued in mainstream academic publishing. This devaluation stems from structural issues involving various organizations, persons, and practices. Breaking the constraints of this structure is extremely difficult, but the author proposes some ways of doing so.
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Mashup Score: 10One in Five Who Attempt Suicide Have No Prior Mental Illness - 17 hour(s) ago
Study suggests that all adults should be screened for suicidal thoughts regardless of their mental health history.
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Mashup Score: 1Predictors of Substance Use Initiation by Early Adolescence - 17 hour(s) ago
Objective: Substance use initiation during early adolescence is associated with later development of substance use and mental health disorders. This study used various domains to predict substance use initiation, defined as trying any nonprescribed substance (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, cannabis), by age 12, using a large longitudinal data set. Methods: Substance-naive youths from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ages 9–10; N=6,829) were followed for 3 years. A total of 420 variables were examined as predictors of substance use initiation, using a penalized logistic regression with elastic net; domains spanned demographic characteristics, self and peer involvement with substance use, parenting behaviors, mental and physical health, culture and environment, hormones, neurocognitive functioning, and structural neuroimaging. Results: By age 12, 982 (14.4%) children reported substance initiation, with alcohol being the most common. Models with only self-report predictors had s
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Mashup Score: 2Compassion-Focused Therapy for the Treatment of ICD-11–Defined Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - 18 hour(s) ago
The most effective treatments for ICD-11–defined complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) remain unknown. Further research is needed to determine whether such treatments for CPTSD are the same as or different from—or require integration with—existing gold standard treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Individuals with CPTSD experience the hallmark symptoms of PTSD (i.e., reexperiencing symptoms, avoidance symptoms, and the pervasive sense of perceived threat) and pervasive disturbances in self-organization, including affective dysregulation, negative self-concept, and difficulties with interpersonal relationships. Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is a transdiagnostic approach that was originally developed to treat shame and self-criticism. CFT helps individuals learn how to regulate their emotions, shift their emotional response style from shaming and self-critical to wise and understanding, and engage in more compassionate and rewarding patterns of relating to self
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TEV-‘749, an investigational once-monthly subcutaneous long-acting injection of the 2nd generation antipsychotic olanzapine, sees positive phase 3 results.
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Mashup Score: 3Addiction Research Sheds Light on Alcohol, Opiods, and Zombie Drugs - 20 hour(s) ago
Despite progress, addiction remains a persistent challenge for caregivers, whether its alcohol, opioids, or the rise of zombie drugs.
Source: www.psychiatrist.comCategories: General Medicine News, PsychiatryTweet
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Mashup Score: 4Xylazine Drives 900% Surge in Blood Infections - 20 hour(s) ago
Researchers tied a surge in blood infections in Vermont to the introduction of xylazine, a tranquilizer, into various street drugs.
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Mashup Score: 0When Africa and Europe Meet in Church - 21 hour(s) ago
It was a glorious wintry day to stroll through New York City’s Central Park, going from west to east, with a blinding sun warming the face. Solo pedestrians were carrying on telephone conversations with invisible others at the other end of the line. Nannies speaking foreign tongues pushed prams across the park as the motion and warmth lulled every baby into a loveable quiet. I was on my way to The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) to follow up on a recommendation from an academic psychiatrist colleague
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ON MENTAL HEALTH, PEOPLE, AND PLACES | My decades-long interest in this religious group is described in Ye Shall Dream. Commentators have noted the movement’s emphasis on liberation theology and improving members’ self-esteem and independence of thought. https://t.co/7IsSQO45nl https://t.co/E1U1VooHPX
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In a diverse sample of 5930 post-menopausal women followed for 6 years, those with higher optimism had healthier physical functioning at older ages as well as slower rates of decline in their functioning during follow-up. https://t.co/F0kMtYjLC7