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Online sports betting legalization tied to 6.73% rise in depression diagnoses among men
States that legalized online sports betting saw increases in antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication use, along with outpatient diagnoses of depression and anxiety, a study published Oct. 14 in JAMA Psychiatry found. Researchers at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed employer-sponsored health…
BayMark Completes Out-of-Court Debt Restructuring
Lewisville, Texas-based BayMark Health Services announced Monday that it completed its new-money recapitalization and a debt-for-equity exchange. The deal, revealed earlier in the year, marks a notable stumble among scaled, private equity-backed addiction treatment providers. And it was not alone in having its equity seized…
What Do Patient-Level Studies Tell Us About Antidepressants and Suicide Risk?
The evidence points toward an overall protective effect in adult cohorts and no increase in completed suicide in younger populations. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
Boston Children’s leader heads to Rhode Island’s only pediatric psych hospital
East Providence, R.I.-based Bradley Hospital named Chase Samsel, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Samsel, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and physician, will lead the hospital’s clinical programs and advance its mission to provide evidence-based pediatric behavioral healthcare, according to an Oct. 19…
Podcast: Diego Regalado, MD, on Culturally Responsive Psychiatric Care for Hispanic Patients
A psychiatry resident and APA Diversity Leadership Fellow explains how social history, open talk about stigma, and bilingual videos can widen access to care. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
Improving but Not Feeling It: Anticipatory Anhedonia and Cognition
A patient’s improving score does not always translate into a patient who feels better, and Erin Crown explains how anhedonia and cognitive symptoms account for the gap. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
Who Defines Success? Realistic Goals and Hidden Nonadherence
More than half of patients treated for depression don’t believe full remission is achievable. The panel explores what success should mean to the patient in front of you, and why patients rarely admit they’ve stopped taking a medication. — From Psychiatric Times articles Read More
From Hospital to Outpatient Care After Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Initiation in Bipolar Disorder: Nationwide Evidence From Taiwan
Original Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, all rights reserved. — Bipolar disorder (BD) is a recurrent, episodic illness. Long-term pharmacotherapy is central to relapse prevention, yet treatment nonadherence is common and clinically consequential, as it is consistently linked to higher risks of relapse, hospitalization, and…
Cariprazine in the Treatment of Pediatric Patients With Irritability Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of cariprazine in youth with irritability associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). — Excerpt from Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Read More
How 4 health systems are tackling physician burnout
Physician burnout continues to decline nationwide, but hospitals and health systems are taking different approaches to addressing workplace stress, including changes to physician surveys, board oversight and clinician leadership training, according to a American Hospital Assocation report. The American Medical Association’s 2025 National Physician Comparison…
62 new behavioral health projects to know
From a 292-bed state-funded psychiatric hospital in Texas to New Mexico’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit, hospitals and health systems are expanding behavioral health access as demand continues to grow. Here are 62 behavioral health projects to know: East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Ala.,…
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health taps chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children’s Health appointed Douglas Vanderbilt, MD, as chief of the division of developmental and behavioral pediatrics. Dr. Vanderbilt takes over from Heidi Feldman, MD, PhD, who served as the division’s founding chief and led the program for 19 years, according…
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