HCPlive (3/4, Alicea) reports, “A cohort study of” 502 “patients with psoriasis found that discordance in physician and patient disease severity assessments was associated with poorer mental health status.” The study revealed that patients “who were considered positive for depression or anxiety were more likely to overestimate their psoriasis severity compared with their physician.” The findings were published online in JAMA Dermatology.

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— “Anxiety, Depression Linked to Patient Overestimation of Psoriasis Severity “Jonathan Alicea, HCPlive, March 4, 2021

HealthDay (3/4, Preidt) reports, “A new study that followed 1,100 recovering opioid users reveals that their risks are different” when it comes to relapse after treatment for opioid addiction. After following “the men and women for one year after treatment at more than 100 substance-use treatment facilities across the United States,” investigators found that “for women, the greatest risk factors for opioid relapse were depression, more severe withdrawal and post-traumatic stress disorder.” In contrast, “the strongest risk factors” for men “included use of multiple substances and a history of conduct disorder.” For both genders, “younger age was also a relapse risk, the findings showed.” The findings were published online Jan. 6 in the journal Addiction.

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— “Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, March 4, 2021

Healio (3/3, Gramigna) reports researchers found that “alcohol withdrawal rates have increased among hospitalized patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The findings were published in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.

MedPage Today (3/3, Grant) reports the researchers found that “compared with 2019, rates of alcohol withdrawal increased by nearly 34% during March-September 2020.” In addition, “the rate of alcohol withdrawal was consistently higher in 2020 compared with both 2019 and the average of 2018 and 2019, although the difference was larger in the period after the stay-at-home order.”

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— “COVID-19 pandemic linked to increase in alcohol withdrawal rates for hospitalized patients “Joe Gramigna, Healio , March 3, 2021

HealthDay (3/3, Norton) reports, “College students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (AD/HD) appear to “have a harder time making it to graduation than their peers do,” investigators concluded. In the study, “researchers found that of 400 students they followed, those with” AD/HD “had a lower grade-point average (GPA) – about half a grade lower – than students without the disorder.” What’s more, “students with” AD/HD “were less likely to make it through four years,” the study revealed. The findings were published online in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.

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— “College Students With ADHD Have Lower Grades, Higher Dropout Rates “Amy Norton, HealthDay, March 3, 2021

HealthDay (3/3, Preidt) reports researchers examined data on media use and binge-eating in children and concluded that “each additional hour that children spent on social media was associated with a 62% higher risk of binge-eating disorder one year later, and each extra hour spent watching or streaming television or movies was linked with a 39% higher risk of binge-eating disorder one year later.” The findings were published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

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— “Social Media, Binge Eating Often Go Together for Kids “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, March 3, 2021