12+ hour, 17+ min ago   (455+ words) — Deprescribing is a good goal but neither our system nor our policy landscape support it If you'd asked my grandmother about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she would have replied, "That's a white people thing." What Western medicine pathologizes, my Asian…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (460+ words) A lower threshold for seeking medical help and/or changes in diagnostic practice may be contributing to the increase in primary care consultations for mental health issues among young people, instead of a true increase in worsening mental health, according…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (336+ words) A single infusion of the interleukin (IL)-6 inhibitor tocilizumabopens in a new tab or window (Actemra) showed greater improvements in depression severity, somatic symptoms, fatigue, and anxiety in patients with difficult-to-treat depression and low-grade inflammation compared with placebo in a proof-of-concept…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (248+ words) A single 25-mg dose of psilocybin was associated with lasting anatomical brain changes, an imaging study of 28 healthy, psychedelic-naive participants showed. (Nature Communications) A high-sensitivity digital seed amplification assay detected markers of frontotemporal lobar dementia with TDP-43 in a test…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (321+ words) Three different versions of ChatGPT showed high ratesopens in a new tab or window of inappropriate or partially appropriate responses to psychotic prompts, with the free version performing the worst. (JAMA Psychiatry) Social media doesn't need to be so addictive…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (588+ words) A single high-strength dose of psilocybin was more effective than nicotine patches for helping smokers quit, a pilot randomized trial showed. When added to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 40.5% of participants who received one dose of psilocybin (30 mg/70 kg) abstained from…...