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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 30, 20245 min read
Recognizing the Signs: Diagnosing Early-Onset Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease (AD), which affects approximately 6.9 million people in the United States, is a progressive neurodegenerative...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 30, 20243 min read
Two Diets Linked to Improved Cognition, Slowed Brain Aging
An intermittent fasting (IF) diet and a standard healthy living (HL) diet focused on healthy foods both lead to weight loss, reduced...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Poverty Causally Linked to Mental Illness and Vice Versa
There is a bidirectional, causal relationship between mental illness and poverty, new research showed. "This study indicates that certain...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 29, 20247 min read
Polypharmacy in Older Adults
Keypoint: Clinicians should carefully weigh the risks and benefits of each prescribed medication for an older adult with neuropsychiatric...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 29, 20244 min read
A New Way to Get Teens Mental Health Care
Lauren Opladen remembers the agonizing wait all too well. At age 17, struggling with paralyzing depression after losing her brother to...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 29, 20244 min read
Eco-Anxiety and Patients' Need for Mental Health Support
It is no secret that the accelerating climate change increasingly threatens patients' mental health and psychosocial well-being, leading...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 22, 20242 min read
A Psychiatrist is Going to His 60th Year High School Reunion
PSYCHIATRIC VIEWS ON THE DAILY NEWS That psychiatrist is me and that reunion is tomorrow evening. As I think about it and recall prior...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 22, 20243 min read
Youth With Conduct Disorder Show Widespread Differences in Brain Structure
Keypoint: NIH-funded study of conduct disorder identifies new brain areas associated with the disorder, offering future directions for...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 18, 20244 min read
Nightmares in Middle Age a Forerunner of Dementia?
HELSINKI — Nightmares in middle age are linked to a significantly increased risk for subsequent dementia, new research suggested....
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 18, 20245 min read
Zuranolone for the Treatment of Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
Keypoint: This randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trial showed that a 14-day treatment course of oral zuranolone 50 mg/day...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 16, 20244 min read
Suicidality and Suicide Prevention Following Brain Injury
Keypoint: Research shows an increased risk for suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and even death by suicide following brain injury....
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Is Screen Time to Blame for Rising Rates of Myopia in Children?
TOPLINE: More time spent exposed to screens is associated with a higher risk for myopia in children and adolescents; the use of computers...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 11, 20242 min read
Improving Physical Health in Severe Mental Illness
I'm going to talk about improving the physical health of people living with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 10, 20244 min read
US Supreme Court Blocks Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Settlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement that would have...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 8, 20243 min read
Two-Drug Combo Promising for Methamphetamine Use Disorder
Extended-release injectable naltrexone combined with extended-release oral bupropion (NTX + BUPN) for moderate or severe methamphetamine...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 8, 20241 min read
Olanzapine and Benzodiazepine Safe in Agitated ED Patients
TOPLINE: Rates of cardiorespiratory depression are not significantly different between patients with severe agitation treated with...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 7, 20243 min read
“Inside Out 2”: A Movie for Our Mental Health
PSYCHIATRIC VIEWS ON THE DAILY NEWS In yesterday’s column, I mentioned feeling dazed and confused after the Presidential debate. Other...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 5, 20248 min read
Reframing Approaches to Schizophrenia
CLINICAL REFLECTIONS I began my career when the major treatments for schizophrenia were haloperidol and chlorpromazine. Since then,...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 5, 20243 min read
Eight Common Antidepressants Ranked by Weight Gain Potential
Eight commonly used antidepressants have been ranked by their weight gain potential. Results of a large observational study showed small...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 4, 20242 min read
FDA Approves Donanemab for Early Alzheimer's
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Eli Lilly's anti-amyloid donanemab (Kisunla) 350 mg/20 mL once-monthly injection...
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