An anonymous reader quotes a report from PsyPost: New research based on four decades of longitudinal data indicates that it is rare for a person to receive and keep a single mental disorder diagnosis. Rather, experiencing different successive mental disorders appears to be the norm. The findings, published in JAMA Open, suggest that psychiatrists and other mental health professionals should move…
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Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy may trigger PTSD and depression
Around one in six women who experience early pregnancy loss have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression nine months later Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2230073-miscarriage-and-ectopic-pregnancy-may-trigger-ptsd-and-depression/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Researchers Call Chronic Inflammation ‘A Substantial Public Health Crisis’
UPI reports: Roughly half of all deaths worldwide are caused by inflammation-related diseases. Now, a team of international researchers is calling on physicians to focus greater attention on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of severe, chronic inflammation so that people can live longer, healthier lives. In a commentary published Friday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers at 22 institutions describe how…
The Law Isn’t Ready For Psychedelic Medicine
Matt Lamkin reports via Scientific American: In March, the Food and Drug Administration approved esketamine, a drug that produces psychedelic effects, to treat depression — the first psychedelic ever to clear that bar. Meanwhile the FDA has granted “breakthrough therapy” status — a designation that enables fast-tracked research — to study MDMA (also called “ecstasy”) as a treatment for post-traumatic stress…