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Childhood or Adolescent Anxiety May Increase Risk for Bipolar Disorder in Adulthood

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Childhood or Adolescent Anxiety May Increase Risk for Bipolar Disorder in Adulthood

Patients who suffered childhood or adolescent anxiety and those who were born to parents with bipolar disorder are at an increased risk...

Distressing Dreams in Childhood May Predict Cognitive Impairment, PD by Age 50

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Aug 27, 20232 min read

Children's Mental Health

Distressing Dreams in Childhood May Predict Cognitive Impairment, PD by Age 50

The likelihood of developing cognitive impairment or Parkinson disease in adulthood may be tied to experiencing frequent nightmares in...

New Weight Loss Drugs Appeal to Half of US Adults

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Substance Use

New Weight Loss Drugs Appeal to Half of US Adults

The new generation of safe and effective weight loss drugs seems to have helped boost the US profile of such medications and has fueled...

Patient-Reported Racism Linked to Mistrust, Worse Patient-Clinician Communication

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 27, 20231 min read

Mental Health Stigma

Patient-Reported Racism Linked to Mistrust, Worse Patient-Clinician Communication

High frequency of discrimination and microaggressions in health care settings were reported by Black patients with serious illness....

Child Assault Tied to Triple the Risk for Mental Illness Within 1 Year

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 27, 20233 min read

Children's Mental Health

Child Assault Tied to Triple the Risk for Mental Illness Within 1 Year

Children exposed to physical assault were twice as likely to be diagnosed with mental illness in the years following the assault than...

Which Factors Distinguish Superagers From the Rest of Us?

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 27, 20234 min read

Mental Health Statistics

Which Factors Distinguish Superagers From the Rest of Us?

Superagers Even at an advanced age, superagers have the memory of someone 20 or 30 years their junior. But why is that? A new study shows...

Orexin Receptor 2 Agonist Improves Sleepiness in Narcolepsy

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Substance Use

Orexin Receptor 2 Agonist Improves Sleepiness in Narcolepsy

Improvement was seen in measures of sleepiness and cataplexy over 8 weeks vs placebo, but the drug was associated with hepatotoxic...

Do the Data Support Psychedelics in Addiction Therapy?

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Aug 27, 20235 min read

Substance Use

Do the Data Support Psychedelics in Addiction Therapy?

Psychedelics PARIS — "We need to develop new therapies to treat addiction because of the related cost to society, which is extremely...

Positive Childhood Experiences May Reduce Risk for Adult Health Problems

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Aug 21, 20231 min read

Children's Mental Health

Positive Childhood Experiences May Reduce Risk for Adult Health Problems

Positive childhood experiences are associated with reduced risk for fair or poor adult physical health and mental health issues....

Higher Childhood Vitamin D Dose May Reduce Risk for Later Psychiatric Problems

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 21, 20231 min read

Children's Mental Health

Higher Childhood Vitamin D Dose May Reduce Risk for Later Psychiatric Problems

Researchers found that a 1200-IU dose of vitamin D3 supplementation is tied to a decreased risk for psychiatric symptoms at ages 6 to 8...

Prenatal Valproate Exposure Associated With Psychiatric Disorders in Late Childhood

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 21, 20231 min read

Women's Mental Health

Prenatal Valproate Exposure Associated With Psychiatric Disorders in Late Childhood

Nearly 42.6% of children were prenatally exposed to antiseizure medication. HealthDay News — Prenatal exposure to the antiepileptic...

Lexapro Approved for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 21, 20231 min read

Substance Use

Lexapro Approved for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children

Lexapro is a SSRI approved by the FDA for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in pediatric patients aged 7 years and older. The...

Adverse Childhood Experiences Common for Teenagers Before, During COVID-19

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 21, 20231 min read

Children's Mental Health

Adverse Childhood Experiences Common for Teenagers Before, During COVID-19

Those with 4 or more ACEs by the fall of 2020 had 2.71-fold increased likelihood of reporting a new ACE in spring of 2021. HealthDay News...

Increasing Weight From Childhood to Adulthood Associated With Depression

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 21, 20232 min read

Mental Health Statistics

Increasing Weight From Childhood to Adulthood Associated With Depression

Resolving excess weight by adulthood may mitigate mental health risks in adolescents. Increasing weight or persistent overweight status...

Screen Every Child for Signs of Physical Abuse, Expert Urges

chrisviesumalinog

Aug 21, 20232 min read

Children's Mental Health

Screen Every Child for Signs of Physical Abuse, Expert Urges

Nearly 1 million children are victims of physical abuse every year and every day, 4 to 7 children die from their injuries. These...

Most Children With ADHD Are Not Receiving Medications

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Aug 21, 20232 min read

ADHD

Most Children With ADHD Are Not Receiving Medications

Only 26.2% of children with parent-reported ADHD had ever received outpatient mental health care. HealthDay News — Most children with...

ADHD Associated With Higher Fracture Risk in Children

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Aug 21, 20231 min read

Children's Mental Health

ADHD Associated With Higher Fracture Risk in Children

Researchers found that overall fracture incidence rate was 334 per 10,000 patient-years (PY) in the ADHD group vs 284 per 10,000 PY in...

Sabrina Stanley, MPH, MCHES, CPH

Aug 21, 20234 min read

Substance Use

Cannabis and Bipolar

Scientific America's article outlines the risks and benefits of cannabis usage for those with Bipolar conditions Many people with bipolar...

Winning the Battle: Reflections of a Psychiatrist Living With BPAD

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Aug 21, 20238 min read

Bipolar Disorder

Winning the Battle: Reflections of a Psychiatrist Living With BPAD

One professional psychiatrist shares his account of living with bipolar affective disorder. Being on the other side of the table, is a...

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 21, 20232 min read

Mindfulness

What are Personal Boundaries?

What are Personal Boundaries? Types of Boundaries Physical boundaries refer to personal space and physical touch. Healthy physical...

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Phone: 888-855-0947 Office Hours: M-F 10am-6pm Fax: 346-766-0599

After hours: If urgent, life threatening (please call 988, 911, or go to nearest ER. Otherwise, for side effects to medications, please text 816-766-0119. For all other non-urgent issues, please contact us Practice Q messaging portal or contact us during clinic hours at 888-855-0947.

We are in network with a majority of insurance companies Click here to see the full list **Seeing all patients in Missouri and Kansas (only for telepsychiatry)

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© One Life Psychiatry PLLC- 2024

We are in network with a majority of insurance companies
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**Seeing all patients in Missouri and Kansas (only for telepsychiatry)

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One Life Psychiatry
4050 Pennsylvania Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111-3041