Psychiatric News (11/2) reports, “The frequency of schizophrenia diagnoses in U.S. nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias rose between 2011 and 2017,” with “Black nursing home residents” experiencing “a greater increase in the likelihood of being diagnosed with schizophrenia than white nursing home residents, even if they received care in the same nursing home,” investigators concluded after analyzing information from “the Minimum Data Set (captures information about diagnoses of psychiatric disorders and other conditions) and the Master Beneficiary Summary File (captures demographic information for residents in Medicare- and/or Medicaid-certified nursing homes).” The findings were published online Oct. 26 ahead of print in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

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— “Black Nursing Home Residents With Dementia More Likely to Be Diagnosed With Schizophrenia, Psychiatric News, November 2, 2021

Healio (11/2, Marabito) reports, “Patients with chronic pain receiving long-term opioid therapy who were assigned to cognitive behavioral therapy [CBT] reported reductions in pain and pain-related disability,” even though “opioid use by the patients did not decrease,” researchers concluded in a study that randomized “850 adult patients on long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain to receive usual care (n = 417) or a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention (n = 433).” The findings were published online Nov. 2 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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— “Cognitive behavioral therapy modestly reduces chronic pain in patients on opioids “Maria Marabito, Healio, November 2, 2021

USA Today (11/1, Rodriguez) reports research indicates “recreational screen time for teens skyrocketed” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. According to USA Today, “using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, a large, long-term study of brain development,” investigators “compared 5,412 participants’ screen time from 2016 to their screen time in May 2020” and found “screen time outside of virtual school among teenagers doubled from pre-pandemic estimates of 3.8 hours per day to 7.7 hours.” The findings were published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

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— “Screen time among teenagers during COVID more than doubled outside of virtual school, study finds “Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, November 1, 2021

HCPlive (11/1, Walter) reports, “While more and more prediction models for psychiatric disorders are being developed, particularly for pediatric patients, the results still do not show the models are ready for clinical use,” investigators concluded after conducting a 100-study “systematic review of new prediction models for child and adolescent mental health.” The findings were published online Sept. 24 in JCCP Advances.

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— “Pediatric Psychiatric Forecasting Models Not Ready For Clinical Use “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, November 1, 2021

Healio (11/1, Gramigna) reports, “Patients with severe mental illness, particularly those with schizophrenia who are insured by Medicaid, have significant social risk factors that may adversely affect overall health,” investigators concluded after analyzing “registry data of 1,038,075 commercial and 1,234,371 Medicaid-managed care patients aged 18 years or older between July 1, 2016, and Dec. 31, 2018.” The findings were presented at the Psych Congress 2021.

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— “Social determinants of health adversely affect outcomes in severe mental illness “Joe Gramigna, Healio, November 1, 2021