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Alcohol Use: Effects on the Body and the Brain
![Information on the factors associated with anxiety and depression in patients with SpA has been scarce. A questionnaire-based Swedish study that sought to shed light on this issue found the associations to be multifactorial, including patient- and disease-related factors.[5] The study used the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales (HADS-A and HADS-D) to measure anxiety and depression. It found that higher scores on these scales, as correlated with a higher probability of anxiety and depression, were associated with lower education, more chronic pain problem, more fatigue, lower overall health, lower health-related QoL, lower physical functioning, higher disease activity, and lower self-efficacy.[5] Higher HADS-D scores were also associated with less physical activity. The study authors conclude that since these comorbidities are increased in SpA patients and treatable, they instruments like HADS should be used to screen patients in clinical practice.[5]](https://2zadtx2dccrd43bc0r18hhqj-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/12/ankylosingspondylitisra1215_893214.jpg)
Psychological Comorbidities in Spondyloarthritis
Medical Marijuana in Psychiatry: Weighing the Pros and Cons
Top 10 Mental Health Apps
Addressing Compassion Fatigue as a Cost of Caring: Interview With Anita Everett, MD: Part 3
Anita Everett, MD, recent past-president of the American Psychiatric Association, discusses physician burnout and compassion fatigue.
Interventions to Prevent Physician Burnout: Interview With Anita Everett, MD: Part 2
Anita Everett, MD, recent past-president of the American Psychiatric Association, discusses physician burnout and compassion fatigue.
Combating Compassion Fatigue and Burnout: Interview With Anita Everett, MD: Part 1
Anita Everett, MD, recent past-president of the American Psychiatric Association, discusses physician burnout and compassion fatigue.
Signs Workplace Stress Affects Mental Health
While workplace stress is common, here are signs to warn patients that it may be affecting their mental health.
Clinton Foundation: Recommendations to Address the Opioid Epidemic
The Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters Initiative, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, issued a report providing 49 recommendations under 10 topic areas on how to address the opioid crisis.
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