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Study Finds 60% of Privately Insured Youth With PTSD Receive Psychotherapy
Psychiatric News (Yesterday) - Although the majority of privately insured youth diagnosed with a new episode of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) receive psychotherapy—considered the first-line treatment for pediatric PTSD—treatment gaps remain, according to a... -
Avatar-Guided Virtual Reality Therapy Found to Reduce Fear of Heights
Psychiatric News (5 days ago) - A brief psychological therapy using virtual reality (VR) can help people overcome their fear of heights, reports a randomized, clinical study published this week in The Lancet Psychiatry. The VR... - Highlights From APA’s 2018 Annual Meeting: Issue #3
Psychiatric News (6 days ago) - As ECT Marks 80th Birthday, Experts Reflect on Its FutureResearchers are using neuroimaging to determine additional ways to make this proven treatment for treatment-resistant depression even safer and more effective.Read... -
Clinicians Develop New Rating Scale for Perimenopausal Depression
Psychiatric News (Friday, 29 June) - Key differences in depressive symptoms that arise during perimenopause (the period immediately before menopause) suggest that perimenopausal depression may be a distinct subtype of depression, but scales to measure or... -
Mantram Therapy Found to Benefit Veterans With PTSD
Psychiatric News (Monday, 25 June) - A mindfulness-based therapy in which individuals learn to repeat personalized mantras to relax their thoughts appears to be more effective at reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms than a problem-solving... -
Parent-Child Psychotherapy Leads to Improvements in Young Children With Depression
Psychiatric News (Wednesday, 20 June) - An adapted parent-child psychotherapy proven to help children with disruptive disorders may also reduce symptoms of depression in very young children, according to a study published today in AJP in... -
Methadone, Buprenorphine After Opioid Overdose Associated With Lower Risk of Death
Psychiatric News (Tuesday, 19 June) - Treating patients who survive an opioid overdose with either methadone or buprenorphine appears to significantly reduce their risk of death for at least 12 months, but only a third of... -
Autistic Traits Associated With Elevated Depression in Youth Aged 10 to 18
Psychiatric News (Monday, 18 June) - At age 10, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with high levels of autistic traits have more depressive symptoms than children in the general population, reports a study...
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