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Which Factors Predict Primary Nonadherence to Medications?
Poor adherence to medication is a real challenge in healthcare. Despite evidence indicating therapeutic benefit from adhering to a...
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Sep 28, 20233 min read


Increasing Overdose Prevention Awareness
Every August, SAMHSA commemorates Overdose Awareness Week (August 27 to September 2, 2023) and International Overdose Awareness Day...
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Sep 26, 20234 min read


Psilocybin Reduces Symptoms, Disability in Major Depression
Psilocybin Reduces Symptoms, Disability in Major Depression A single dose of an experimental psilocybin drug offered significant...
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Sep 22, 20235 min read


Antiquated U.S. Laws Governing Methadone Access Must Change
— One-size-fits-all treatment approaches sometimes fail Methadone Access America's drug overdose crisis has escalated in the past few...
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Sep 22, 20233 min read


Mental Health Matters Podcast: Understanding and Preventing Youth Suicide
Mental Health Matters Episode Summary In 2020, suicide was the 12th leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of...
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Sep 22, 202319 min read


Single Psilocybin Dose Again Shows Major Depression Benefit
— Significant early improvement sustained through day 43 in multicenter study Single Psilocybin Dose Just one dose of psilocybin...
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Sep 22, 20234 min read


CDC: Deaths From Counterfeit Pills Rising
— Increase seen particularly in western states and in younger adults Pills Fatal overdoses from counterfeit pharmaceuticals, particularly...
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Sep 22, 20233 min read


Physicians Aren't Asking Enough Questions About Cannabis Use
As more older adults turn to cannabis to alleviate medical ailments like pain, insomnia, and anxiety, many physicians are hesitant to ask...
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Sep 21, 20234 min read


FDA Approves First Generics for the Treatment of ADHD, BED
Generics are now approved for adults in the treatment of BED and for individuals aged 6 years and older in the treatment of ADHD. The US...
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Sep 21, 20231 min read


Moms With OUD: Improved Infant Care Seen With Use of Prenatal Addiction Meds
- Access for pregnant women is a "public health and policy imperative," study author says OUD For mothers with opioid use disorder (OUD),...
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Sep 20, 20233 min read


Feel-good hormones: How they affect your mind, mood and body
Feel-good hormones: How they affect your mind, mood and body Hormones are your body’s chemical messengers. Once released by glands into...
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Sep 6, 20232 min read


The Practice of Urge Surfing in Mindfulness
Riding the Craving Wave Urge Surfing is a technique for managing your unwanted behaviors. Rather than giving in to an urge, you will ride...
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Sep 6, 20231 min read


What is Addiction?
Addiction: a disease involving continued use of a substance despite serious substance-related problems, such as loss of control over use,...
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Sep 1, 20231 min read


When Therapy Does More Harm Than Good
Before being used for treatment, medicines undergo years of testing. In the United States, the Food and Drug administration requires...
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Sep 1, 20233 min read


Top 10 Insane Facts About Sigmund Freud
Freud may justly be called the most influential intellectual legislator of his age. His creation of psychoanalysis was at once a theory...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 29, 20235 min read


Grounding - to help control emotional volatility
Detaching from Emotional Pain (Grounding) "No feeling is final." -Rainer Maria Rilke (20th-century German poet) Using Grounding to Detach...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 28, 20236 min read


Is a Drug to Treat Cannabis Addiction Finally Within Reach?
Cannabis Addiction Is a Drug to Treat Cannabis Addiction Finally Within Reach? BORDEAUX, France — Could AEF0117, a drug that has a novel...
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Aug 28, 20234 min read


Amid Shortages, Federal Agencies Ask Drugmakers to Boost Output of ADHD Meds
Amid Shortages Federal Agencies Ask Drugmakers to Boost Output of ADHD Meds | Community Healthcare SystemVisit Agencies are also asking...
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Aug 28, 20232 min read


What Physicians Can Learn From 'Painkiller' (2023)
The series explores the origins of the first opioid crisis in the United States. The recent Netflix TV series Painkiller (2023) depicts...
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Aug 28, 20233 min read


Pregnancy Specific Alcohol Policies May Not Work
Pregnancy-Specific Alcohol Policies May Not Work Most of these pregnancy specific alcohol policies have no impact on infant injuries and...
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Aug 28, 20231 min read
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