Psychiatry

The risks of marijuana are greatest for teen users, according to an analysis of current data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse published June 5, 2014 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Men who are socially well-integrated show more than a 2-fold reduced risk of suicide, according to a longitudinal study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Looking back over a 30-year career in pain medicine, the author laments the shift from comprehensive, multidisciplinary pain care to a model that focuses on pills and procedures to treat chronic pain.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms may be reduced with intravenous ketamine, according to research published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The guidelines were developed as part of a multi-part plan to curb misuse, abuse, and diversion of opioid medication by preventing opioid medications from being inappropriately prescribed in the emergency department, and by reducing the overuse of emergency departments for pain relief.

Emergency physicians may see an increase in heroin overdoses that are actually tied to acetyl fentanyl, a legal opiate with effects mirroring heroin.

A team of researchers may have identified specific risk factors explaining the association between bipolar disorder and substance abuse among teens.

Patients diagnosed with thyroid disease often use it as an explanation or excuse for neuropsychiatric symptoms; this is a form of "labeling effect."

A hypertension medication was reported as being effective for treating post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, according to the results of a new study.

Adding to the ongoing debate surrounding the health effects of vitamin D, researchers reported vitamin D deficiency was strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease and dementia development.

For schizophrenia patients, there is a connection between deficits in cognition and motivation related to their illness, according to new research.

A staggering portion of the homeless who are alcohol dependent began drinking as children and cited their drinking as the main cause of their homelessness.

In just a few short years the number of doctors and hospitals using electronic health records has grown dramatically, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Researchers debunked the long-standing premise that there is a strong association between mental illness and crime by determining substance addiction is a stronger predictor of recidivism among offenders.

Even a "magic bullet" leaves a wound that requires a period of recovery.

During the first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, more than 10 million Americans gained health insurance coverage.

One of the most common treatment courses for chronic pain is comprised of prescription opioid medications. However, concerns about drug addiction and abuse oftentimes outweigh the drugs' pain-relieving benefits.

Many patients with multiple sclerosis have numerous comorbid chronic conditions that worsen mental health and increase mortality.

Though hospital stay duration was once used as a surrogate outcome for surgical recovery, the increasing popularity of short-stay surgery has eliminated that measure, making it harder for hospitals to track recovery trajectories and more difficult for surgeons to plan physical, psychological, and social postoperative courses for prospective patients.

Agent Orange exposure several decades earlier may increase morbidity from various diseases, some of which have rarely been explored in previous epidemiologic studies.

Although there are a wide variety of treatment options available for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, methods for finding the proper course of treatment are still under development.

In 2 recent clinical trials, a treatment for young patients diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder reportedly demonstrated benefit over another currently used ADHD medication.

Disproven medical theories and practices can be slow to change, and nowhere is this truer than in the field of clinical nutrition.

Providing additional insight into mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, recent research has found neurological operations at rest are similar to those seen during active tasks.

In an effort to help patients diagnosed with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, drug manufacturer Roche announced the results of a pair of clinical studies on its investigational medication, crenezumab.

Alcohol misuse precedes one-third of all suicides, according to research published in the Annals of Epidemiology.

Many young smokers are unaware of the adverse health effects associated with hookah smoking.

Researchers at Tufts University have further clarified a key protein's role in bipolar disorder.

In a recent survey, physicians identified peer-reviewed journal articles, continuing medical education, evidence-based guidelines, and national experts as the most useful sources of information to stay current on therapeutic advances.

Although the healthcare community's understanding of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis under stress is fairly good, one point has baffled researchers.