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Critical care doctors raise alarm over self-harm among teens

17th May 2022
Critical care and youth mental health doctors are warning about a concerning rise in admissions for adolescent self-harm,…
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Specialist Updates Psychiatry

ECT tied to reduced suicide in severe depression

12th May 2022
Electroconvulsive therapy roughly halves the 12-month risk of suicide death in patients admitted to hospital with severe…
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Specialist Updates Psychiatry

CSF biomarkers altered in depression 'but clinical implications unclear'

12th May 2022
Numerous cerebral spinal fluid biomarkers are elevated in adults with unipolar depression, implicating disruptions in…
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Doctors alerted to eating disorder 'more common than anorexia'

5th May 2022
Doctors are sharing the case of a man with a nocturnal eating disorder to raise awareness of the common yet underdiagnosed…
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Australian Doctor News

Misuse of 'dead experts' key to GP's defamation appeal win

2nd May 2022
A GP caught up in the Chelmsford deep sleep therapy scandal has been given another chance to clear his name after an appeal…
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Specialist Updates Neurology

Childhood stroke survivors 'at double the risk of ADHD'

2nd May 2022
Children who survive ischaemic strokes are twice as likely to develop ADHD as those without a stroke history, a large…
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Specialist Updates Psychiatry

Risk of breakthrough COVID-19 tied to psychiatric diagnoses: study

28th April 2022
Patients with mental health disorders have a modest yet still significant elevated risk of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection…
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