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In Loving Memory of Scott A. Freeman, MD
Original Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, all rights reserved. — My husband, Scott A. Freeman, MD, died by suicide at age 58. He suffered from unrelenting chronic neuropathic pain. My daughters and I are trying to imagine our lives without him, and we are deeply…
In Memoriam: Scott A. Freeman, MD, 1968–2026
Original Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, all rights reserved. — With tremendous sadness, yet with tremendous gratitude, I write this “In Memoriam” for Scott A. Freeman, MD. Sadness that Scott lived the last few years of his life in unremitting pain that robbed him of the…
Chatbot Maternal Mental Health Support Found to Be ‘Insufficient’
Mental health support chatbot use during pregnancy and postpartum periods, even with some clinical monitoring, was deemed “insufficient” for improving outcomes, according to new research. Little improvements were seen in anxiety and depression levels among the 400 maternal patients who participated in the trial, according…
PsychPlus Takes Over Management of Minnesota Mental Health Clinic
PsychPlus has assumed administrative oversight of Minnesota Mental Health Clinic as its new management services organization. Houston, Texas-based PsychPlus will deploy its homegrown tech stack, Galaxy, which includes an electronic health record, scheduling, documentation and billing systems. The companies hope to reduce administrative burdens on…
Updates on CTx-1301, NDA Resubmission After FDA Complete Response Letter
Cingulate shares plans to resubmit its ADHD candidate CTx-1301 to the FDA, following a CRL tied to CMC information requests — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
New National Guidance for Managing Medetomidine Intoxication and Withdrawal
The American Society of Addiction Medicine has released the first clinical guide and national resource for managing the intoxication and withdrawal of medetomidine. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
Children’s Hospital Colorado to open mental health emergency unit
Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado is adding a pediatric mental health emergency unit and crisis stabilization services at its South Campus in Highlands Ranch, Colo., funded in part by $3.4 million in Douglas County opioid settlement dollars. Douglas County commissioners joined hospital leaders, donors and community…
Can Digital Memory Tests Detect Tau-Related Cognitive Change Before Alzheimer Disease?
Digital memory tests flag subtle preclinical Alzheimer changes, especially with neocortical tau; scalable tools may boost future trial screening. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
Huntsman Mental Health Foundation receives $35M gift for new research building
Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Mental Health Foundation received a $35 million gift from Gail Miller and the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation to support a new translational research building at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah. The foundation said Nov.…
Bridging the Rift: Tips to Improve the Emergency Medicine and Psychiatric Clinician Relationship
How ED physicians and psychiatrists team up to cut mental health boarding, reduce unnecessary tests, and deliver faster, safer ED crisis care. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
The Next Behavioral Health Dollar Should Go to High-Acuity Patients
Are we solving the wrong problem in behavioral health care? In a recent Behavioral Health Business piece titled “Beyond the Worried Well,” the author discusses how payors have significantly expanded access to direct-to-consumer online therapy tools like Headway, Talkspace, and other low-cost virtual therapies. They…
The 7 states that ban AI therapy chatbots
Seven states now ban AI therapy chatbots, and Pennsylvania’s medical board has taken a chatbot developer to court in what the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., said appears to be the first such case under a medical practice act, according to…
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