Articles Tagged With: Depression
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Case Managers Need to Address Mental Health Effects of Gun Violence
In the hospital, there are many missed opportunities to help gun violence victims while they are receiving treatment. Case managers and other providers can give gunshot victims psychological first aid, which helps people understand anxiety and PTSD. It tells them how to monitor themselves and where to find community resources for support.
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Chronic Disease Program Helps Rural Patients Who Can Help Themselves
A chronic disease self-management program has proven to work well for a rural population, both before and since the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers found a diabetes self-management program’s completion rate was nearly 75%. The chronic disease self-management program’s rate was 79.4%.
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Researchers Explore Connections Between Epilepsy and Postpartum Anxiety, Depression
Clinicians should monitor for signs of depression among patients with epilepsy who are pregnant or patients who are thinking about conceiving.
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Surgeon General Calls for Support of HCWs
Battered by a two-year pandemic during which they often had to work under unsafe conditions without adequate personal protective equipment, healthcare workers are on the brink of a “burnout and mental health crisis” that will only worsen if sweeping actions are not taken, warned U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA. -
Loneliness, Depression Tied to Higher Risk for COVID-19 Hospitalization
Assessing psychological risk factors may be just as important as considering physical risk factors.
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Report: Anxiety, Depression Up Significantly Among U.S. Children 2016-2020
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health conditions among Americans age 3 to 17 years were trending negatively.
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Psilocybin Produces Long-Term Antidepressive Benefits
Some patients sustained positive effects up to one year after treatment.
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Post-COVID-19 Behavioral Health for Patients and Providers
Questions about mental and behavioral health have been at the forefront of many minds, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Of course, the problem did not start with COVID-19. -
More U.S. Trauma Centers Offering Screening, Intervention Programs
Integrated mental health approach includes addressing PTSD, alcohol, opioids, firearms, and suicidal ideation.
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Unique Ethical Issues with Research on Difficult-to-Treat Depression
Researchers should focus on these three areas: How to define this group of patients, which is heterogenous; how to acquire and interpret clinically meaningful outcome metrics; and how to design clinical trials to promote generalizability.