Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Sexual and Gender Minority SIG
December 13, 2020
"The pressure to avoid isolation, rejection, and disapproval from their community is common for those who hold intersecting queer and Arab identities," write Drs. Kareen M. Matouk and Melina Wald.
Dr. Paul Appelbaum, who oversees changes to psychiatry's main diagnostic manual, says excited delirium is bad science, based on faulty studies that grew out of the 1980s cocaine epidemic.
“Our findings open the door for the development of treatments to target specific symptoms of psychosis depending on an individual subject’s symptom profile," says Guillermo Horga, MD, PhD
Lack of contact and comfort from other people can slow the acceptance of the reality and meaning of a loss, and keep the intensity of grief “profound and at center stage,” Dr. Katherine Shear said.
"The number one goal of health tech, unlike other tech, is not to engage and immerse patients in their phones but to support and embolden them in their real lives," writes Dr. Ravi Shah.
Among those on high doses of steroid medications, "between 5 and 18 percent experience significant “mental status changes,” as we call them," writes Dr. Sally Satel.
“Many people have preconceived notions about antidepressants some of which are based on the unfortunate stigma with mental health,” says Dr. Diana Samuel.
