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Ketamine is comparable to ECT for patients with treatment-resistant depression, study shows

25.05.2023

When seriously depressed patients don’t respond to antidepressants, the alternatives are limited. Now a new study has found that ketamine performs at least as well as the current gold standard …

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Opinion: What if we’re talking about teens’ mental health too much?

24.05.2023

Every day, it seems, is mental health awareness day. In the U.S., there’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week in February. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, which includes National Children’s …

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First Opinion / Health Tech

Opinion: Will AI soon diagnose politicians’ mental health conditions from afar?

24.05.2023

For psychiatrists, Donald Trump’s third run for the presidency means that we’ll once again face the challenge of diagnosis: Should we, or shouldn’t we? For 50 years, the American Psychiatric …

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Social media risks for youth mental health highlighted in new surgeon general report

23.05.2023

Amid what he called the worst youth mental health crisis in recent memory, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Tuesday warning about social media’s impact on developing young …

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Depression hits new high among Americans, per survey

17.05.2023

WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of American adults are depressed, a 10% surge from nearly a decade ago, according to the latest Gallup survey. The data come as the …

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A physician’s Mother’s Day gift: reclaimed time with my children — and for myself

12.05.2023

As a child, I fondly remember running through the kids’ aisle at Video World with my younger brother. We were excited to pick out VHS tapes for our family to …

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Opinion: The tragedy of the Golden Gate Bridge’s $400 million anti-suicide net

10.05.2023

Each year about 30 people make the gut-wrenching decision to leap off the Golden Gate bridge to their deaths. To address this tragedy, a Suicide Deterrent Net is being constructed …

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Rise in suicide-related ED visits among youth raises larger questions around mental health care

02.05.2023

Visits to the emergency department related to suicide among children and adults aged 6 to 24 in the U.S. increased fivefold from 2011 to 2020, according to a new study …

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Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking, surgeon general warns

02.05.2023

WASHINGTON — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said …

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