Opinion: STAT+: Combating the burnout bottleneck among clinical research workers
Health care professionals of all stripes were battling burnout and mental illness before the pandemic…
Category: mental health
Opinion: Covid-19 trauma complicates the 9/11 ‘anniversary effect’
Trauma caused by violence or tragic events can have a huge impact on individuals’ lives….
A startup delivers mental health care to those missed by the unicorns
The explosion of investor interest in behavioral health startups has minted an expanding list of…
Opinion: ‘Reentry’ after cancer treatment offers lessons for emerging from the pandemic
An interesting and important period in the life of cancer survivors begins when major treatments,…
Mental health giants Headspace and Ginger to merge into $3 billion company
Headspace and Ginger, two of the most prominent companies in the increasingly competitive mental health…
Ask the Doctor: September 2021
Q. I have seen ads for smartphone apps that offer mental health counseling. Is it…
Opinion: Listen: An ENT physician & an advocate on the high monetary and social costs of hearing loss
Although hearing loss is a common aging-related problem, affecting two in three Americans over age…
‘Stuck in a cul-de-sac’: Researchers are finally breaking away from the central dogma of depression
Geoffrey Attardo first tried Prozac to treat his depression when he was doing postdoctoral research…
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Retired neurologist with Alzheimer’s knows firsthand the risks of Aduhelm
Daniel Gibbs had received only four monthly doses of Biogen’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug in a…
Opinion: Clinical research doesn’t reflect the Alzheimer’s population. That needs to change
New data from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of…
Be Careful With Central Nervous System Medications
Like the population at large, it’s not unusual for people with dementia to also experience…
Does the Type of Exercise You Do Matter When It Comes to Improving Mood and Memory?
From your doctor to the pages of this publication and plenty of points in between,…
STAT+: Happify to release prescription app to treat depression under loosened FDA rules
Leveraging Food and Drug Administration regulations loosened during the pandemic, Happify Health, which is best…
Opinion: ‘When Memory Fades’: Misinformation about Alzheimer’s disease and Aduhelm must be limited
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a timely and thought-provoking advisory about the serious threat to…
STAT+: Therapy chatbot startup Woebot raises $90 million
Woebot announced Wednesday that it raised a $90 million Series B investment to further the…
Opinion: Physicians, mental illness, and the problem with ‘passing’
My patient sits with her back hunched, eyes fixed on the taupe industrial carpet as…
Opinion: Ignoring mental health infrastructure will be a costly mistake
President Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan has a glaring omission: It makes no effort to redress…
Opinion: Listen: A biostatistician on the ‘gold mine’ in our sewers
What if every time we went to the bathroom, we could say we contributed to…
Opinion: Aduhelm’s accelerated approval offers a promising roadmap for rare neurological diseases
The FDA’s decision to grant accelerated approval to Biogen’s aducanumab (Aduhelm) for the treatment of…
Opinion: Listen: A sister on watching the mental health care system fail her brother
In this week’s episode of the “First Opinion Podcast,” Lizzy Feliciano talks about her brother,…
Ask Dr. Etingin: Causes of blurry vision; Insomnia and coronary heart disease
What causes blurry vision? Blurry vision can be caused by what ophthalmologists call a “refractive…
How a new buddy system is helping health workers grapple with Covid’s toll
Sylvia Perry had mainly worked in primary care before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. But as…
Opinion: The approval of aducanumab isn’t the end of the story. It’s just the beginning
People living with Alzheimer’s dementia — the forgetfulness, the confusion, and the ultimate erasure of…
Opinion: A resilience prescription for Covid-19 and other traumatic events
One morning almost five years ago, a disgruntled former employee tried to kill me with…
Can CBD Lower Blood Pressure?
CBD, or cannabidiol, is an active ingredient of marijuana, but it is not the same…
A safer, low dose of laughing gas may be enough to help some patients with major depression, study finds
Laughing gas may be most associated with its use in dentistry, but in recent years,…
Opinion: FDA’s approval of aducanumab paves the way for ‘more momentous’ Alzheimer’s breakthroughs
The Food and Drug Administration yanked the fight against Alzheimer’s out of the mire with…
Opinion: NIH: It’s time to make your mark on the renaissance of medicinal psychedelics
Just a few years ago, investments in medicinal psychedelic research were rare in even the…
New pediatricians are seeing few ‘bread and butter’ cases, but an influx of mental health crises
In his first month as a pediatric intern at the University of California San Francisco,…
Opinion: Congress needs to pass the Dr. Lorna Breen act to support U.S. health care workers
Some people are vaguely aware of the story of Dr. Lorna Breen. Among physicians and…
STAT+: As Teladoc bolsters its mental health business, competitors make their case
If Teladoc, the bigfoot of virtual care, comes poking around your turf, you’d better be…
As the Covid-19 crisis ebbs in the U.S., experts brace for some to experience psychological fallout
The end of the emergency phase of the pandemic is in sight in the United…
Years ago, a syringe exchange helped end a devastating HIV outbreak. Now it might be forced to close
The Indiana county at the center of a devastating HIV crisis in 2015 may soon…
Covid-19 gave scientists an opening to better understand how brain disorders arise
While the Covid-19 pandemic put many human research studies on hold, neuroscientist Grainne McAlonan of…
Opinion: Needed for long Covid: a less authoritarian approach to understanding, treatment
The public has become increasingly concerned about long Covid — ongoing symptoms and disabilities after…
First-of-its-kind study pits psilocybin against a common antidepressant
Can psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, match the depression-combatting capabilities of a commonly…
Opinion: Beware the ‘last mile, first smile’ syndrome when we near the end of the Covid-19 pandemic
Fatigue, distracted attention, and the sense that a crisis will soon be over contribute to…
On a limb: Despite resistance, a group of researchers is investigating the possibility of a new mental health disorder
For Abby Williard, school always felt like a slog. Growing up in a small town…
Can Stress Cause Diarrhea? The Gut-Brain Connection
If you have ever experienced “butterflies in your stomach” or felt like your guts were…
1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds
Six months after being diagnosed with Covid-19, 1 in 3 patients also had experienced a…
Opinion: Excited delirium: valid clinical diagnosis or medicalized racism? Organized medicine needs to take a stand
The “diagnosis” of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality,…
Kids in the ER are waiting longer for mental health care
Children taken to the emergency room for mental health concerns are more likely to be…
Opinion: Fee or free? The services hospital-based psychologists provide are ‘priceless’
Hospital-based psychologists are sorely undervalued, not just for the care they provide their patients and…
Virtual therapy startups tackle the gap in mental health care for kids and teens
When Alex Alvarado and his co-founders started their virtual therapy company Daybreak Health in February…
Opinion: Jason Karlawish and an Alzheimer’s caregiver on dementia’s ripple effect
In this week’s “First Opinion Podcast,” I speak with Alzheimer’s expert Jason Karlawish, director of…
Peyronie’s Disease, Curves Ahead
Peyronie’s disease (PD) affects about one in 10 men, mostly at middle age, but older…
Ask the Doctor: Recalling Painful Memories; Depression Causes; Sundowning
Q: I’ve heard that people often repress painful memories, but that with therapy or hypnosis…
Treat the Medical Conditions That May Be Robbing Your Memory and Thinking Skills
Health conditions that may not, on the surface, seem to have anything to do with…
Cardiovascular Risks Higher in People with Depression, but Exercise Helps Both Conditions
The association between heart disease and depression is well established, and two large studies in…
Inside the battle over Talkspace and a grand experiment in mental health
Late last year, Reno, Nev., Mayor Hillary Schieve proposed a novel idea to try to…