Eating Disorder Screening and Treatment Updates From the USPSTF
USPSTF determines that more research is needed to recommend for or against screening in people without symptoms and provides updates on effective screening tools and pharmacotherapies.
Anxiety Disorders
How Did the First Wave of COVID-19 Affect Behavioral Health and QOL?
Tulane University researchers asked respondents in an online survey to report the impact of their COVID-19 experiences and COVID-19 disruption, as well as any mental health, physical health, or alcohol problems they experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Literally Given People Nightmares
Patients with COVID-19 have experienced increased sleep disturbances, and individuals who have been more affected by the pandemic had increased nightmares, prior studies have shown. This is the first study of the oneiric activity of people with COVID-19 and the first comparing their oneiric activity with those of individuals who have not had COVID-19.
People With Schizophrenia at High Risk of Dying From COVID-19
With people who have major psychiatric disorders being more likely to have comorbidities which could lead to worse results concerning COVID-19, researchers using a US database assessed the odds of testing positive for COVID-19, as well as mortality from COVID-19.
Botox Injections May Lower Anxiety
Based on the theory that relaxing the facial muscles used to express negative emotions reduces the intensity of those emotions, the researchers explored the connection between BoNT injections and anxiety.
Impact of COVID-19 on Psychosocial Functioning of Urban, School-Age Children
This is the first study utilizing pre- and mid-pandemic data to assess the psychosocial impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on a cohort of children primarily of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Inpatient Hospitalizations for Eating Disorders Doubled in 2020
The researchers examined trends in health care for eating disorders from 2018 to 2020, together with other common behavioral health conditions, in a section of commercially insured individuals in the United States.
Gender Disparities in Mental Health Among Physician Parents Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study is the first to examine gender differences in work-family conflict and wellbeing in a cohort of physician parents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Perception of Physician Cultural Competency and Mental Health Outcomes
This study examines patient preferences for physicians with cultural competency among patients with depression and anxiety.
Legal and Ethical Approaches to a Patient’s Request for an Emotional Support Animal
Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are increasingly being asked to write letters certifying patients’ and clients’ animals as emotional support animals.
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