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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Psychiatry - Caught on Camera

Romania sets Guinness record with miles-long table, raises funds for pediatric psychiatry hospital

Thousands of people have gathered in Romania’s capital to set a Guinness World Record with a miles-long table made of recycled materials

The Independent UK

Her Hallucinations Featured the King of Hell and a Tiny Thalamic Lesion Was Staging the Whole Scene

A woman's vivid hallucinations and delusions were traced to a small cavernous angioma in her thalamus, a psychiatry case report describes.

Medical Daily

Why Pranayama Restores Mental Focus and Concentration Faster Than Any Digital Break

The Problem With Stepping Away From Your ScreenA ten-minute walk to the kitchen, a scroll through Instagram, a cup of chai, these are the digital breaks most people take when their concentration collapses mid-afternoon. None of them work the way people think they do. The reason is physiological. When sustained…

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7 Postpartum Health Problems Indian Mothers Face That Are Never Taken Seriously

Postpartum Haemorrhage That Lingers Past the First WeekHeavy bleeding in the first 24 hours after delivery gets clinical attention. The bleeding that continues at week two or three, soaking more than one pad per hour, passing clots the size of a small lemon, rarely does. Women are told this is…

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I’m part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders

The “bible” of clinical psychiatry – the DSM, short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – is one of the most popular psychiatry reference books around the world. Clinicians use it to diagnose patients and scientists use it to guide research.

The Conversation

IIT Delhi forms 5-member committee to probe MSc student's death following campus protests

IIT Delhi has formed a five-member committee to investigate a student's death. The panel includes police and psychiatry experts, and two student representatives. This move follows student protests and class suspensions on campus earlier this week. The committee will review protocols and examine office functions within two weeks.

The Economic Times

Cannabis isn’t ‘safer’ in your 20s and 30s – it’s linked to an earlier onset of psychosis

People who use cannabis in their 20s and 30s are developing psychosis years earlier than non-users, according to our new study, published today in the journal Biological Psychiatry.

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Psychiatry Review Urges Treating Depression in Pregnancy, Finding Little Evidence of Serious Harm from SSRIs

A JAMA Psychiatry review says untreated depression in pregnancy carries real risks, and SSRIs show little evidence of serious harm.

Medical Daily

Psychosis Appeared After Brain Surgery in a New Case Report, and Untangling the Cause Is Harder Than It Looks

A patient with multiple meningiomas developed psychosis after shunt surgery. Separating tumor from operation from coincidence is a real problem.

Medical Daily

Testimony in a Massachusetts Murder Trial Exposed How Few Clinicians Treat Postpartum Psychosis

A psychiatrist testified that she had never treated postpartum psychosis in 20 years. Fewer than 500 US reproductive psychiatrists serve 800,000 patients.

Medical Daily

A Los Angeles Children's Hospital Runs Behavioral Health Through More Than 100 Social Workers on Round the Clock Coverage

Children's Hospital Los Angeles staffs 100+ social workers across inpatient and outpatient care. What integrated behavioral health means for families.

Medical Daily

Five U.S. Hospitals Run Inpatient Perinatal Psychiatric Units, Leaving Most of the Country Without One

Only five U.S. hospitals operate inpatient perinatal psychiatric units. Here is where they are and what families can do without one.

Medical Daily

5 Parenting Habits That Build Emotional Resilience in Your Children Without Any Pressure

Name the feeling before you fix the problemWhen a child comes home upset about a fight with a classmate, the instinct is to jump straight to solutions, "just ignore them," "tell your teacher." The problem gets addressed. The child's interior experience gets skipped entirely. Psychologist John Gottman's research on what…

Times Life

How telehealth is fuelling a surge in ADHD scripts in a business model that benefits the rich

Seeing a psychiatrist via telehealth became easier from January 2022. That’s when Medicare-reimbursed telepsychiatry arrangements became permanent.

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Loneliness Is a Bigger Health Risk Than Obesity, Here Is What the Research Shows on Social Isolation

The study that changed how doctors think about lonelinessIn 2015, psychologist Julianne Holt-Lunstad at Brigham Young University published a meta-analysis in Perspectives on Psychological Science covering 148 studies and roughly 308,000 participants. The finding: people with strong social connections had a 50% greater likelihood of survival over a given period…

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Depression Has 6 Physical Symptoms That Most Indians Mistake for Other Health Problems

Chronic Pain That Has No Obvious SourcePersistent back pain, headaches that cycle every few days, joint aches that don't track with any injury, these are among the most common physical presentations of depression, and among the most frequently dismissed. A 2017 review published in the Journal of Affective Disorders found…

Times Life

5 Nutrient Deficiencies in Men That Quietly Drain Testosterone, Mood, and Performance

Zinc and testosterone: the direct line most men ignoreZinc is one of the few nutrients with a direct, documented relationship to testosterone synthesis. A 1996 study published in Nutrition (Prasad et al.) found that zinc restriction in healthy men caused testosterone levels to fall by nearly 75% over 20 weeks,…

International Business Times UK

'Sickest Patient I've Ever Encountered': Johns Hopkins Expert Warns Donald Trump Has 'Accelerating' Dementia

A former Johns Hopkins psychiatry professor has branded Donald Trump the 'sickest patient' he has ever seen, alleging signs of accelerating frontotemporal dementia despite the President's clean White House medicals.

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The Independent UK

The Pitt’s ER is about to lose another fan favourite

Hit medical drama has already said goodbye to two characters, doctors Heather Collins and Samira Mohan

International Business Times UK

Schizophrenia 'Solved'? This Student Theory Is Making People Question Everything About Mental Health Treatment

A student's theory about the thalamus, hallucinations, and sensory overload has sparked millions of views online.

International Business Times

KMG Psychiatry on Why Better Sleep Makes You a Stronger Leader

While long hours and late nights may be seen as a badge of honor in some corporate cultures, mounting evidence suggests that adequate rest is essential for leadership success.

The Guardian - UK

Judith Rapoport obituary

Child psychiatrist who brought obsessive-compulsive disorder to public awareness and focused on the brain’s biology and its role in mental illness

Fortune

Exclusive: Blossom Health raises $20 million to bring an AI ‘copilot’ to psychiatry

The startup says its “AI-native” model can deliver faster access to care while keeping clinicians in control of treatment decisions.

The Conversation

Lady Gaga says she took lithium after a ‘psychotic break’ – here’s what the science says about this drug

When Lady Gaga recently spoke in an interview about taking lithium while suffering from a “psychotic break”, it drew attention to a drug that has long been used in psychiatry but is less widely understood outside it.

Medical Daily

GAD Drug Development Has Stalled for 16 Years. iNGENu CRO Is Building the Trial Framework to Change That.

The FDA has not approved a new generalized anxiety disorder treatment since 2009. With a high placebo effect, complex neurobiology, and a long list of failed candidates, GAD represents one of psychiatry's most persistent clinical challenges. Here is what the data shows, and how precision trial design is finally shifting…

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