Physical Function Worse for Migraine, Overlapping Pain
Worse pain-related physical function, psychosocial functioning, increased health care utilization reported for chronic migraine with overlapping pain
Depression, Anxiety Up in Children, Teens Worldwide During Pandemic
Pooled prevalence estimates 25.2 and 20.5 percent for clinically elevated depression and anxiety symptoms, respectively
Model May ID Schizophrenia Cases by DNA Methylation in Blood
CoRSIV-based model, with a positive predictive value of 80 percent, surpassed the performance of a model based on polygenic risk score
Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Linked to Dementia
Sixteen percent increased hazard of dementia seen with each 1-µg/m3 increase in the moving average of 10-year PM2.5
Distorted Perception in Late Teens Tied to Later Psychosis
Nonpsychotic perceptual disturbance at age 18 years linked to increases in midlife hallucinations, delusions, and total psychotic symptoms
Decline in Mental Health Seen in College Students Returning to Campus
Findings based on surveys of Ohio State students in August 2020 and April 2021
Querying Firearm Access on Mental Health Questionnaire Feasible
Most patients who saw primary care clinician, mental health specialty clinician answered question about firearm access
Loneliness Linked to Use of High-Risk Meds in Seniors
Loneliness associated with use of NSAIDs, pain medicine, sedatives, anti-anxiety meds, and antidepressants
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
All Health Care, Long-Term Care Workers in California Must Get COVID-19 Shots
Order issued as the most populous state in the country struggles to slow infections caused by the highly contagious delta variant
