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Psych Congress Network
02/08/2017
Acupuncture is both clinically effective and cost-effective for treating depression, a new randomized controlled trial suggests.
Addiction Professional
02/23/2017
Tom Hill is joining the National Council for Behavioral Health as vice president of addictions and recovery.
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
02/14/2017
With more patients covered under high-deductible plans or Medicaid managed care plans, the new payer mix has shifted more of the burden for payment onto the patient and collection onto the provider.
Addiction Professional
02/14/2017
New research suggests that opioid-addicted individuals who receive buprenorphine during an emergency medical visit show better treatment engagement for two months following the intervention.
Psych Congress Network
04/10/2017
A reexamination of data from studies involving more than 40,000 people has found, contrary to popular thought, no evidence that a particular variant of a serotonin transporter gene increases the risk of depression when a person is exposed to stress.
Addiction Professional
02/20/2017
Jack Fahey produced videos featuring some of the pioneering voices in the addiction field, as part of a career spanning more than 40 years.
Addiction Professional
04/19/2017
Newt Gingrich and Patrick Kennedy have at least one thing in common: an absolute reverence for brain research that can inform solutions to the opioid crisis.
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
10/17/2018
Holding a position of power within an organization can make an executive feel like a superhero, but with that rush comes great responsibility and stress.
Behavioral Healthcare Executive, Addiction Professional
11/06/2017
Now two years removed from an HIV outbreak in the state, old concerns drive Indiana counties to begin defunding syringe exchange programs.
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
04/24/2017
Increasing organizational diversity has been and continues to be a goal for behavioral healthcare executives, and how well they progress toward meeting that goal is often a function of leadership.
Addiction Professional
10/03/2017
In his "If I were king" talk at the Moments of Change conference, the medical director at Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment Centers advocated a balanced and comprehensive approach to combating the opioid crisis.
Psych Congress Network
04/18/2017
A digital therapeutic software system that allows caregivers to upload pictures and narration to create personalized slideshows had an immediate and positive effect on emotional functioning in patients with dementia after they viewed their slideshow stories.
Psych Congress Network
02/16/2017
A national comparison of emergency room physicians has uncovered a broad range of prescribing patterns for painkillers, and high-volume prescribers may be encouraging their long-term use among their elderly patients.
Psych Congress Network
04/18/2017
A number of innovative mechanisms of action for treating depression will likely debut over the next 3 years, following a decades-long drought in the availability of new approaches, Psych Congress co-chair Rakesh Jain, MD, MS, said at Elevate by Psych Congress 2017.
Addiction Professional
09/15/2017
A Health Affairs blog states that in some school systems, screening and brief intervention efforts targeting problematic substance use are becoming a successful alternative to student disciplinary measures.
Psych Congress Network
02/21/2017
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had rejected its application to market an intranasal version of the emergency opioid-overdose treatment, naloxone.
Psych Congress Network
03/09/2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said on Wednesday that it intends to expand mental health care to former service members with other-than-honorable (OTH) administrative discharges.