Addiction
US to allow Medicaid to pay for drug treatment in prisons
Soon, the federal government will allow states to use Medicaid funds to treat prisoners for drug addiction and mental health services.
Feb 22, 2023
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News tagged with mental health treatment
HIV & AIDS
Long-acting antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV among people with unstable housing, mental illnesses, SUD
A long-acting antiretroviral treatment (LA-ART) given every four to eight weeks, and delivered with comprehensive support services, suppressed HIV in people who were previously not virologically suppressed. This is according ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media program helps ease symptoms of postpartum depression
For mothers with postpartum depressive symptoms, a social media-based parenting program leads to more rapid declines in depressive symptoms but does not affect responsive parenting, according to a study published online Feb. ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Five reasons physical activity is important for cancer patients
You might know that physical activity can help lower your risk of getting many common types of cancer. But what many of us don't realize is just how important physical activity is if you've been diagnosed with cancer.
Feb 6, 2023
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Addiction
Hit hard by opioid crisis, Canadian province decriminalizes small amounts of hard drugs
To fight an urgent opioid overdose crisis, a Canadian province took an unusual step on Tuesday.
Jan 31, 2023
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Health informatics
Analysis of health-related tweets paints worrying picture in Ukraine
Since the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the international community has voiced its concerns about the deteriorating conditions in the country.
Dec 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'All language capability' for tool to expedite Long COVID research
A validated Symptom Burden Questionnaire that will help medical researchers unravel the complexities of Long COVID and develop or test new treatments is now available for translation into hundreds of languages, with support ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Medications
Buprenorphine use remained stable during first year of pandemic
The number of active prescriptions for the opioid disorder treatment drug buprenorphine remained constant during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of new prescriptions for the treatment was far below ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Binge-eating disorder is more common than many realize, yet it's rarely discussed—here's what you need to know
Television personality, author and hair stylist Jonathan Van Ness recently shared on social media his struggles with his eating and weight after "years of feeling out of control with food." He described suffering from binge-eating ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers test promising technological treatment for youth depression
New research shows promising results using neurotechnological approaches to treat depression in youth. The research, led by Simon Fraser University (SFU) professor Faranak Farzan, is published in the Journal of Affective ...
Dec 1, 2022
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