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Can Digital Therapy Improve Mental Health Among Teens?
TOPLINE: In a randomised trial of adolescents with mental health issues, the use of a 6-week online emotion-regulation therapy was found...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 223 min read
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Do You Know Your Brain Care Score?
Despite most strokes being preventable, someone in the US experiences a stroke every 40 seconds. Could a new risk score focused on the...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 163 min read
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5 Surprising Signs of ADHD You Might Not Know About
Key points Outside of its major symptoms—impulsivity, distractibility, hyperactivity—ADHD comes with surprising traits. Rather than...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 154 min read
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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score
Key Takeaways TD is often underreported and misdiagnosed, despite being a well-known adverse effect of antipsychotic medications, leading...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 157 min read
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Human vs AI: Who’s Better at Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
LOS ANGELES — Artificial intelligence (AI) falls short of human therapists when it comes to empathy and emotional connection in the...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 134 min read
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Food Dyes to Fluoride: Is RFK Jr Making America Healthier?
The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is charged with overseeing the department’s mission: “to enhance the...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 135 min read
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Can Mindfulness Therapy Ease Resistant Depression?
TOPLINE: In patients with depression resistant to National Health Service (NHS) Talking Therapies, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 122 min read
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Incorporating Safety Plans in Outpatient Psychiatric Practice
Key Takeaways Structured safety plans, such as the Stanley-Brown model, significantly reduce suicide attempts by 43% compared to...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 1211 min read
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Up to 44% of Dementia Cases Preventable
Maintaining optimal vascular health throughout late life can significantly lower the risk of developing dementia before age 80 years, new...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 123 min read
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Make America Healthy Again and What About Psychiatry?
Key Takeaways: The antipsychiatry movement is experiencing a resurgence, challenging the legitimacy of psychiatric practices and...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 115 min read
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Facts Over Fiction: The Current State of Psychiatry
Keypoint: The government has always played an important role in health care. Recent changes, however, are actively altering the practice...
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Jun 1112 min read
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Vitamin D Especially Important for Brain Health in Women, but Not in Men?
LOS ANGELES — Vitamin D is important for brain health, but this might be particularly true for women but doesn’t appear to have this...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 273 min read
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Depression Linked to 14% Increased Risk for Heart Failure
TOPLINE: A history of depression was associated with a 14% higher risk for incident heart failure (HF) than no history of depression in...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 202 min read
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Mindfulness Works For Depression When Other Talk Therapies Fail
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a cost-effective treatment option for adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 183 min read
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Stimulant Medications Don’t Cause Psychosis, New Study Finds
Prescription stimulants taken during childhood for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not cause psychosis, according to a...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 184 min read
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The Impact of Sleep Medications on Psychiatric Disorders
Psychiatrists and sleep physicians may be using the same medications to treat certain issues... so why not work together? Sam A. Kashani,...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 141 min read
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Sleep Disorders in Children vs Adults: What's the Difference?
Key Takeaways Pediatric sleep disordered breathing often resolves with tonsil and adenoid removal, unlike adult cases. Insomnia in...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 141 min read
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Distinguishing Borderline From Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Key points: Accurate diagnosis of borderline and bipolar conditions is essential. Borderline personality disorder is marked by primitive...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 143 min read
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What Do We Know About the Causes of Autism?
The latest surveillance data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a steep rise in the prevalence of autism...
Vilash Reddy, MD
May 66 min read
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Psychiatry
Key Takeaways Emergency psychiatry involves complex legal and ethical issues, including patient privacy, autonomy, and safety, requiring...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Apr 297 min read
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