FDA Approves Zurzuvae (zuranolone) for Postpartum Depression in Adults
FDA approves new pill for postpartum depression, offering faster relief
FDA approved Zurzuvae (zuranolone) for postpartum depression (PPD) in adults.
The FDA approved Zurzuvae (zuranolone), a daily pill for postpartum depression. It works quickly over 14 days. This gives new mothers an ora…
Narrative review proposes connectomic-guided psychosurgery framework for treatment-refractory patients
Researchers report framework for psychosurgery in treatment-refractory cases
This narrative critical review synthesizes contemporary psychosurgery options for treatment-refractory psychiatric disorders.
A new framework proposes connectomic-guided psychosurgery for treatment-refractory OCD, depression, and related disorders, based on symptom …
Mindfulness-Based Intervention Reduces Anxiety in GAD Patients on Stable Pharmacotherapy
Mindfulness training reduces anxiety severity more than education for adults
This randomized controlled trial in 106 adults with DSM-5 Generalized Anxiety Disorder on stable pharmacotherapy found that adding an 8-week…
Adults with anxiety found mindfulness training lowered their scores more than education classes while staying on meds.
Meta-analysis links low Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index to postoperative delirium risk
Low Nutrition Risk Linked to Higher Delirium After Surgery
This meta-analysis of 12,332 surgical patients found that a low Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is associated with a significantly i…
Surgical patients with lower nutritional scores faced a significantly higher risk of developing delirium after their operations.
App-Based ACT Intervention Shows Preliminary Benefit for Hwa-byung Symptoms
New App Helps Release Suppressed Anger and Improve Mental Health
This pilot feasibility trial enrolled 30 adults with Hwa-byung to test a 4-week app-based ACT intervention.
A new mobile therapy tool shows strong promise for easing the physical and mental burden of holding in anger.
Machine Learning with Social Determinants Improves Readmission Prediction
Machine Learning Models Predict Hospital Readmissions Better
This retrospective cohort study of 3,018 adults found that an XGBoost model integrating clinical and social determinants of health data outp…
Machine learning models using social and clinical data predicted hospital readmissions more accurately than standard methods.
Scoping review on AI fundus photography for Type 2 Diabetes highlights limited external validation and calibration
Your Eyes Could Warn You About Heart and Kidney Trouble from Diabetes
This scoping review evaluates artificial intelligence models using fundus photography for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
This research shows your eye exam might soon do much more than just check your vision.
Best practice advisories and education reduce inflammatory marker co-ordering in veterans
Educational tools help lower redundant inflammatory blood test orders
This retrospective cohort study examined a veteran population in Northern California over twelve months at the Northern California Veteran A…
Veteran hospitals used simple alerts to cut redundant inflammatory blood test orders by more than a third in one year.
Menopausal hormone therapy initiation around menopause linked to increased Alzheimer's risk
Hormone Therapy and Dementia: The Truth About Timing
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 213,678 menopausal women found that initiating systemic menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) around …
Many women look to hormone therapy to ease the hot flashes and mood swings of menopause.
High-frequency music therapy reduces stress in adult psychiatric inpatients compared to low-frequency sessions
More Music Sessions May Lower Stress in Psychiatric Patients, Study Finds
This randomized controlled trial in 91 adult psychiatric inpatients in Colombia compared high-frequency (five sessions) versus low-frequency…
For patients in short-term psychiatric care, adding more music therapy sessions may help lower stress levels, but it doesn’t seem to improve…
Narrative review examines multidisciplinary strategies for metabolic syndrome in bipolar disorder
Half of Bipolar Patients Face Hidden Heart Risks
This narrative review explores multidisciplinary monitoring and treatment strategies, including lifestyle and pharmacological approaches, fo…
Imagine living with bipolar disorder. You manage your mood swings with medication and therapy.
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy showed large effects on depression in treatment-resistant depression patients
New Therapy Shifts How We Treat Stubborn Depression
This reanalysis of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 86 patients with treatment-resistant depression compared Intensive Short-Te…
It started with a whisper. “I feel…