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The 5-Year Anniversary of COVID-19

Psychiatric Times

Today marks 5 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. These are the psychiatric impacts.

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VA patients feel the cuts to mental health care, as thousands more layoffs loom

NPR - Mental Health

The Department of Veterans Affairs is forecasting tens of thousands of job cuts in the near future. Patients at the VA say the threat to their care is damaging their mental health.

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How Can I Avoid Burnout at Work?

The New York Times -- Mental Health

Chronic stress can make you feel cynical about your job. Experts have tips for fighting the feeling.

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Psilocybin Benefits Clinicians Traumatized on Front Line of COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychiatric Times

A single dose of psilocybin was associated with a significant and sustained reduction in depressive symptoms and possible improvement of PTSD and burnout experienced by clinicians from the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Traumatic brain injury has long-lasting mental health effects, but we need more robust science

The Mental Elf

Lorna Collins considers an umbrella review of health outcomes following traumatic brain injury, which highlights significant evidence gaps in the field. The post Traumatic brain injury has long-lasting mental health effects, but we need more robust science appeared first on National Elf Service.

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¿Cómo puedo evitar el ‘burnout’ en el trabajo?

The New York Times -- Mental Health

Aunque evitar el agotamiento laboral no debera ser solo responsabilidad tuya, hay algunas medidas que puedes tomar para minimizarlo.

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5 Ways Trauma Changes Your Brain and Body (And How You Can Start Taking Back Control)

Anxiety & Depression Association of America

Trauma has a way of leaving its marknot just in your memories but in the way your brain and body work every day. Lets explore five distinct ways trauma affects youand what that might look like in your life.

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It Is What We Do With Empathy That Counts!

Psychiatric Times

Do we need to be saved from empathy, as Elon Musk suggests?

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Early Signs of Autism in Babies Every Parent Should Know

Very Well Mind

In this article, well look at just how young those signs of autism can appear, what they are, and what supports are available for autistic babies and children.

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TIFT #120: Teaching Psychotherapy

How Psychiatry Works

Today's post is to share a recent experience teaching psychotherapy to psychiatry residents from raw beginners to those with some experience. A group of us from the Psychotherapy Caucus, a special interest group of 1500 psychiatrists within the American Psychiatric Association, developed and presented a three-hour remote training to each of six residencies around the country.

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Think You Understand Your Dog? Think Again.

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

She was inspired by studies that explore how context clues affect peoples perceptions of others emotions. She was also inspired by a distinctly pandemic-era technology: Zoom. The video conferencing software has a feature that blurs out workers backgrounds. Ms Molinaro and her adviser, Clive Wynne a canine-behavior expert at Arizona State began to wonder if they could do something similar, creating videos that allowed people to see a dogs behavior without seeing what was unfolding around it. &

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Article: “To Be so Like a Bird in a Cage”: touch, comfort and connecting with the eighteenth-century madhouse, by Anna Jamieson

History Psychiatry

The articleTo Be so Like a Bird in a Cage: touch, comfort and connecting with the eighteenth-century madhouse, writen by… Read more Article: To Be so Like a Bird in a Cage: touch, comfort and connecting with the eighteenth-century madhouse, by Anna Jamieson

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Clinical effectiveness and economic evaluation of an online mental health self-care program for mothers in Korea: A non-randomized comparative study

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 10 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Hyein Jeong, Soobin Jang, Bo-Hyoung Jang, Kyeong Han Kim, Seong-Gyu Ko

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Doctors Didn’t Warn ‘Deviant Sexual Behaviour’ was Side Effect of Restless Legs Syndrome Drug

Mad in America

Patients who were prescribed drugs for restless legs syndrome (RLS) have said doctors did not warn them about significant side effects of the medication including risky sexual behaviours and compulsive gambling. One woman recalled leaving her house in the early hours of the morning in search of sex , while another said she racked up debts of 80,000 after developing a gambling addiction.

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Online Dispensing of Benzodiazepines Can be an Emerging Threat for Suicide Attempt in Bangladesh: A Case and Potential Preventive Measures

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 10 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): S M Yasir Arafat

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Fentanyl deaths are plunging, but it's just the first step

NPR - Mental Health

The deadliest phase of the U.S. fentanyl crisis appears to be over. That's according to new research showing fatal overdoses from fentanyl and other street drugs continue to plunge and have now dropped from their peak in all 50 states. But with that good news comes with challenges including caring for a larger population of people, who are surviving, but may be deeply unwell.

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From Public Service to Private Practice: The Collapse of the Social Work Profession

Mad in America

T he social work profession was historically rooted in a mission of improving the lives of the vulnerable, the oppressed, and those living in poverty. Yet, the modern use of the social work license and degree as a quick path to private practice serving middle to upper-middle-class communities is oddly not questioned. This use of a social work masters degree for private practice, primarily serving privileged communities, contradicts the professions code of ethics.