Telepsychiatry for Asylum Seekers May be Effective, Improve Access
Researchers evaluated the efficacy of telephonic psychiatric evaluations and assessed their potential as a solution to meet the needs of asylum seekers.
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Weill Cornell Medicine Hosts First-Ever Symposium on Mental Health in Medical Students
The first National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being was hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, providing education on the rising rates of psychological distress among US medical students.
Time Spent in United States Linked to Opioid Use Among Immigrants
The adjusted rate of opioid use increased nearly 4-fold (adjusted odds ratio, 4.18; 95% CI, 1.76-9.96), from 4.7% among new immigrants to 14.8% among those who had been in this country for 15 years or more.
Commercial Insurance Plans Produce Disproportionately High Out-of-Network Costs for Mental Healthcare
Despite the passage of legislation that addresses parity of benefits for mental health in 2008, many enrollees in private insurance plans have little option besides receiving care from OON providers.
The p Factor: A General Dimension of Childhood Psychopathology to Predict Psychiatric Disorders in Adulthood?
Investigators at King’s College London and University College London in the UK abstracted data from 7026 twin pairs in the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS).
Predicting Sex-Specific Suicide Risk Using Machine Learning Models
Advanced machine learning may lead to the development of prediction models that can concurrently assess multiple relevant predictors of suicide.
Risk for Death, Suicide Up in Teens Who Visit ED for Self-Harm
Five-year estimates of health care costs were much higher for teens with self-harm versus controls.
High Levels of Socioeconomic Deprivation Seen in Those With Dissociative Seizures
Laura H. Goldstein, PhD, MPhil, from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London, United Kingdom, and colleagues evaluated demographic and clinical data from 698 adults with dissociative seizures.
Internalized Stigma Sets Up Barriers to Mental Health Care
The authors examined 3 hypotheses: internalized stigma would be a stronger predictor of barriers to seeking mental health care than perceived stigma, alienation would be a stronger predictor of barriers than other components, and depression severity would modify the relationship of depression stigma and barriers to care.
Shorter Life Expectancy in Those Living With Mental Illness
Large Danish study examined mortality rates for 10 mental disorders, 11 specific causes of death.
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