Category list : Depression
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Patients must be 'urgently' referred back to mental health specialists if drug shortages hit, SPS warns
Patients who take medication used to treat depression should be “urgently” referred back to a mental health specialist if their supply runs out, the Specialist Pharmacy Service has warned.
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Digital notification system helps pharmacists to support patients with mental illness
Some eight out of ten community pharmacists participating in a pilot of a novel notification system said it helped them to support patients with a serious mental illness.
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Esketamine nasal spray effective for rapid improvement of depressive symptoms Subscription
The ketamine-related nasal spray esketamine is effective at relieving the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression, a phase III study has shown.
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National guidance for antidepressant withdrawal too fast for some patients, says RCPsych
The Royal College of Psychiatrists wants the national clinical guideline governing withdrawal from antidepressants changed because it says the timescale is too quick for some patients.
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Depression under-recognised in older adults during acute hospital stays Subscription
Diagnosis of depression is infrequently recorded on older adults’ patient notes, a survey of 27 acute hospitals across England has shown.
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Antidepressants in the treatment of major depression: a changing landscape for clinical decision making Subscription
With publication of the update to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence depression guideline postponed until late 2019, this article aims to examine the findings of the Cipriani et al. meta-analysis in the wider context of the management of depression in the UK.
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Cannabis use in adolescence linked to depression in young adulthood Subscription
Adolescent cannabis users are over three times more likely to attempt suicide in young adulthood, according to the authors of a review published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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Prodrug opioids less effective in patients on SSRIs Subscription
Direct acting, rather than prodrug, opioids should be considered for postoperative pain relief in patients with depression receiving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, researchers have found.
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Study questions link between antidepressants and hip fractures Subscription
A previously identified link between antidepressant use and hip fractures needs further examination, the authors of a study published in JAMA Psychiatry have concluded.
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Fluoxetine does not assist recovery following stroke, research suggests Subscription
Daily fluoxetine in patients who have had a stroke does not improve functional outcomes at six months, results of a randomised trial published in The Lancet have shown.
