Anxiety

Pharmacists working with patients with mental health conditions are able to optimize medication use and improve adherence.

Major pharmacogenomics organizations continue to recognize the potential relevance of pharmacogenomics for psychiatric medication management, mainly due to its effects on pharmacokinetics.

Further research and regulatory changes are needed, but psychedelic medicines may be able to treat or even cure mental illness in the future.

The benefits of the survey can stretch beyond assessing the parental acceptability of mental health screenings in children and can suggest areas of optimization in providing these screenings more widely and effectively in the future.

The study will assess the use of the drug to treat impaired social motivation, or asociality, which is a difficult-to-treat symptom of schizophrenia that can cause significant functional impairment.

Pharmacogenomic testing in combination with therapeutic drug monitoring can be a cost effective and efficient way to advance psychiatric drug therapy.

Anxiety disorders create social and economic burdens as the availability of effective anxiolytic treatments are low.

The risk is particularly high in the first 2 years after an HIV diagnosis.

Pharmacists are cited as one of the most stressed professions and a creative habit can help to improve focus, enhance productivity, and reduce stress.

Investigators suggest that sleep interventions may help to reduce the risk of self-harm in female adolescents with depression and anxiety.

The COVID-19 pandemic marginally affected the negative mental health of women more than men, according to a new study.

Emotional support greatly improved symptoms of psychological distress from the pandemic among pregnant women.

Perceived stress and cognitive performance are independently associated. Stress can also increase the risk of worsening cognition.

Persistently pursuing valued goals and adjusting those goals in response to setbacks or obstacles may help explain how some individuals with chronic pain maintain their mental wellbeing.

Pharmacy programs are implementing new practices into their curriculum and research is being focused on mental health care.

The study clarifies why serotonin-based therapeutics, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, do not promote neuroplasticity in the same ways as psychedelics and other psychoplastogenic therapeutics.

Austedo XR will be available in 3 extended-release tablet strengths, which provides an updated regimen that may result in a lower pill count for patients.

Those seeking abortion were found to have triple the risk of a psychiatric disorder compared to the general population.

Physician outlines the process developed at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center to help manage patient pain before, during, and after surgery without the use of opioids.

The CBD gummy market is being fueled by the desire for alternative, natural treatment options.

Alcohol-related disorders were the most expensive substance type that contributed to total estimated medical cost.

In younger children, emotional maltreatment led primarily to behavioral problems, whereas in older children it was more likely to lead to depression and anxiety disorders.

Study highlights the impact of individual expectations for positive and negative outcomes.

The findings suggest that reduced gray matter is not the cause of psychiatric illness, although it is found in regions of the brain associated with it.

A recent study shows that heart patients who learn to cope with stress in group therapy are nearly 2 times less anxious and depressed.

Pharmacists can use behavioral and natural tools to assist patients suffering from chronic, daily stressors and other ailments.

There is a lack of funding for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and coinciding psychological research compared to the funds generated for autism research.

Research highlights that 6 doses of sublingual ketamine may be more effective than 3 doses, however both can ameliorate symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Study notes that evaluating changes in the proportion of hospitalizations for mental health conditions among adolescents is vital to ensure the prioritization of public health programs that address psychiatric health care needs that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Analysis focuses on causal effects while accounting for other environmental and genetic factors, such as a family history and socioeconomic disadvantages.