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Does Bipolar Disorder Get Worse with Age? Understanding the Impact on Older Adults

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mental health condition characterized by intense mood shifts, from manic highs to depressive lows. But as individuals age, many wonder: Does bipolar disorder get worse with age? Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults: What Changes? The answer is not straightforward.

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FDA Requires New Label Warning of Weight Loss Risk in Pediatric Patients Taking Extended-Release Stimulants for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

Healthcare professionals should monitor weight and growth in young patients on these medications and consider alternative treatments if adverse effects occur. SHOW MORE The FDA will update ADHD medication labels, warning of weight loss risks in children under 6, urging careful monitoring by health care professionals.

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Risk Factors for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

Healthcare providers must conduct comprehensive developmental and birth histories when evaluating ADHD, asking detailed questions about family behavioral patterns rather than simply inquiring about formal diagnoses, as older generations may have undiagnosed ADHD manifesting through impulsive behaviors, job instability, or recurrent accidents.

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Psychiatric Help for Patients in Howrah and Surrounding Areas Near Kolkata

Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

Psychiatric Help for Patients in Howrah and Surrounding Areas Near Kolkata Mental health concerns are becoming increasingly common, and timely psychiatric support can be life-changing. Today’s mental health care goes far beyond medication alone.

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Will the Benzodiazepine Wars Ever End?

Psychiatric Times

He frequently speaks as an advocate for mental health and is author of Science Over Stigma: Education and Advocacy for Mental Health , published by the American Psychiatric Association. Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness. References 1. Norton & Company; 2019.

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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

For example, if the patient is in the midst of a health emergency or lacks capacity or the ability to engage in a calm discussion, care of the patient should be the priority. Due to power dynamics and the disarming nature of mistreatment, targets often feel insecure about addressing the behavior themselves.

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Transformation 2.0: The GLP-1 RAs as Psychiatric Medications?

Psychiatric Times

McIntyre, MD, FRCPC Key Takeaways Incretin-based treatments, especially GLP-1 RAs, may address comorbidities in mental disorders and have direct CNS effects, potentially modifying disease progression. The GLP-1 RAs as Psychiatric Medications? The GLP-1 RAs as Psychiatric Medications? The GLP-1 RAs as Psychiatric Medications?