Experts Say New Street Drug Is ‘as Deadly as Fentanyl’

Overall, deaths in Tennessee known to be linked to nitazenes rose from 10 in 2020 to 42 one year later

Telehealth Services Use for Opioid Use Disorder Rose During Pandemic

More Medicare beneficiaries received OUD-related telehealth services, behavioral health-related telehealth services, meds for OUD

Physician Burnout May Raise Risk for Patient Safety Events

Burnout also associated with decreased job satisfaction, low professionalism, patient dissatisfaction

Anxiety, Depression Scores Up in Meniere Disease, Vertigo

Anxiety score and anxiety severity higher for those with Meniere disease versus those with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo

Anhedonia Linked to Negative, Positive Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Three clusters detected corresponding to positive symptoms, negative symptoms and work functioning, and functional domains

Safer Opioid Supply Program Can Cut Adverse Clinical Outcomes, Health Costs

Significant decrease seen in rate of ED visits, hospital admissions, admission for incident infections in year after cohort entry

Maternal Infection and Autism, Intellectual Disability Links Examined

Associations attenuated in sibling analysis indicating that the links were not causal

Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Linked to Psychopathology in Early Teens

PCE significantly linked to persisting vulnerability to psychopathology, with no change in associations by age

Summary Elixhauser Comorbidity Score Developed for Use in Older Adults

Unclear whether the S-Elixhauser comorbidity score offers an advantage over other similar measures

Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder May Be Predictable Years Before Disease Onset

Half of those who developed psychosis and bipolar disorder in Finland had attended Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services