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German court jails Christmas market car attacker for life
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (845+ words) A German court on Friday sentenced a Saudi psychiatrist to life in prison for killing six people and wounding more than 300 when he drove a rented SUV through a crowded Christmas market in 2024. Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, 51 " an anti-Islam activist and…...
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners Help Fill the U. S. Mental Health Care Gap
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (158+ words) To help address the shortage of mental health providers, Baylor University is committed to preparing the next generation of PMHNP leaders through its online PMHNP program. This training empowers graduates to not only provide exceptional patient care but also to…...
Study finds women have higher genetic risk of depression
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (307+ words) Billed as one of the largest-ever studies of its kind, scientists poured through the DNA of almost 200, 000 people with depression to pinpoint shared genetic "flags. Women had almost twice as many of these genetic markers linked to depression than men,…...
Patients Taking AUSTEDO XR" (deutetrabenazine) extended-release tablets Reported Symptom Improvement and High Satisfaction
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (302+ words) The noninterventional, prospective, cross-sectional survey included 209 participants with TD, 54 of whom had prior valbenazine use (PVU) and 100 who were on no prior treatment (de novo). Key results revealed that both groups: Full results were presented at the Psych Congress Annual…...
First Subject Enrolled in Phase 1 Clinical Trial for Luye Pharma's Investigational Antidepressant Targeting NET/DAT/GABAAR
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (95+ words) [1]Yueqin Huang, Yu Wang, Hong Wang, et al. Prevalence of mental disorders in China: a cross-sectional epidemiological study. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Mar; 6(3): 211-224. [2]Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Depressive Disorders in China (2nd Edition). Compiled by the Chinese Society of Psychiatry....