With the warmer weather and vacations on the horizon, we look at 5 books that those in the field of mental health can enjoy — from dispatches of a psychiatrist in training to research on the Lucifer Effect to a comedian’s recovery from addiction.
The final 6 months of life is presumed to be a high-risk period for depression and anxiety in patients with cancer. However, few studies have examined whether depression and anxiety do occur in the last year of life and to what extent.
Data were sourced from the DIVERS-II study which was launched prior to the pandemic with the goal of investigating the effectiveness of self-help problem-solving therapy for depressive symptoms among patients on hemodialysis.
To what extent does depression influence asthma exacerbations? A population-based study presented at ATS 2022 examined the link between exacerbations and depression.
Researchers have developed a system of quantitative EEG analysis which delivers an EEG phenotype associated with depression or anxiety that is customizable to each patient.
Patients with MDD were recruited from the County Hospital of Hall in Tirol in Austria, local psychotherapists, psychosocial counseling centers, and support groups.
To evaluate implementation of the screening protocol or anxiety and depression, data were sourced from the Danish health care system, a nationwide survey was conducted, and health care professionals were interviewed.