Mental Health

Published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the latest ATS practice guideline maintains the first principle of clinical practice, that “all patients who use tobacco should receive treatment for their dependence, and not simply be encouraged to stop.”

At the 2020 Virtual Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Kimberly Erlich presented an update on current understandings of pharmacogenomic testing and its use as a tool in the treatment of behavioral health issues in a pediatric population.

The current pandemic has been trauma-inducing for many and telehealth needs to rise to the occasion.

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Insufficient sleep can have negative emotional effects in young children.

Probiotic therapy either with prebiotics or by itself may ease depression, according to a review of the data recently published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

In addition to finding that depression affects up to 70% of women transitioning into menopause, investigators have also identified the greatest risk factors.

Caplyta is an atypical antipsychotic and is thought to exert its effect through a combination of antagonist activity at central serotonin 5-HT2A receptors and postsynaptic antagonist activity at central dopamine D2 receptors.

At the 2020 Virtual Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Dawn Garzon Maaks, discussed important elements in the diagnosis and treatment of tics in children with ADHD.

Even if they don’t contract the disease, patients living with obesity have found the pandemic to be harmful to their emotional and physical health.

Although many children have normal fears for their age that are not a sign of anxiety, fears become anxiety when they are impairing a child's life.

Kimberly Erlich, Nurse Practitioner, Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates & the Healthy Teen Project and Consulting Associate Faculty, Duke University School of Nursing, discusses considerations for pharmacogenomic testing in the pediatric population for behavioral health treatment.

According to the investigators, payers and employers are increasingly adopting HDHPs in an effort to control rising health care costs.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Susan Van Cleve, Clinical Professor and Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program director, University of Iowa College of Nursing, on identifying and treating anxiety in children and teens who present comorbidities.

In the United States, 3.5 million people have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and it is a leading cause of disability.

individuals with four or more depressive symptoms had a 20% increase in cardiovascular events and death.

Kimberly Erlich, MSN, RN, MPH, CPNP, PMHS, Nurse Practitioner, Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates & the Healthy Teen Project, discusses pharmacogenomics and behavioral health in treatment of children and teens.

A new study conducted by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa has linked coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-based loneliness in older adults with elevated psychiatric symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms that immediately follow exposure to trauma.

Dawn Lee Garzon Maaks, PhD, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, the Immediate Past President of NAPNAP and the Associate Professor at the University of Portland in the School of Nursing, discusses caring and prescribing for children with ADHD who have other comorbidities.

Elizabeth Skoy, PharmD, and Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP, associate professors at the North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy, discuss what they feel is the value of the pharmacist.

Pharmacists are routinely putting others ahead of themselves and may not be sure how to find time for self-care.

Elizabeth Skoy, PharmD and Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP, discuss what patients wish their pharmacists knew about mental health.

Because of continuing social distancing policies and stay-at-home orders, many families have been unable to grieve their family members at funerals or other family gatherings.

Mental health first aid trains participants to recognize risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns.

Over the past 10 years, pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health disorders have risen 60% and the rate of visits for deliberate self-harm have increased by 329%, according to a study published by Pediatrics.

More than one-third of Americans report that COVID-19 has had a serious impact on their mental health.

This new study showed for the first time that an enzyme, known as fatty acid synthase (FASN), specifically may be responsible for causing cognitive deficits.

Can donepezil be the cause of abnormal dreams?

Top news of the week from Pharmacy Times® surrounding the novel coronavirus.

Researchers examined the long-term relationship between eating foods containing flavonoids and the risk of AD and AD-related dementias (ADRD).