MedPage Today (11/9, Hlavinka) reports, “The FDA gave marketing authorization to an Apple Watch app that detects and disrupts nightmares for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or nightmare disorder, the agency announced” Nov. 6. The agency “granted NightWare breakthrough device designation and reviewed it through an expedited process intended for low to moderate risk devices.”

Medscape (11/9, Brooks, Subscription Publication) also covers the story.

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Healio (11/9, Monostra) reports, “A cohort of adults with schizophrenia in Israel had a higher rate of hypothyroidism after diagnosis than controls without schizophrenia, although no difference was found before diagnosis between the two groups,” investigators concluded in “a retrospective study of 1,252 adults with schizophrenia who were aged 18 to 64 years at diagnosis, and 3,576 controls selected from the Clalit Health Services database in Israel from 2002 to 2015.” The study authors concluded that “hypothyroidism may have a different cause in patients with schizophrenia, either disease- or treatment-related, compared to hypothyroidism in the general population.” The findings were published in the November issue of the journal Psychiatry Research.

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— “Rate of hypothyroidism higher in adults after schizophrenia diagnosis “Michael Monostra, Healio, November 9, 2020

Healio (11/6, Miller) reported, “Almost one in five physicians have experienced suicidal ideation in their lifetimes,” investigators concluded in a 35-study, 70,368-physician systematic review and meta-analysis. The findings were published online Oct. 6 in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.

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— “17% of physicians have experienced suicidal ideation “Janel Miller, Healio, November 6, 2020

In a HealthDay (11/4, Reinberg) article advising people on how to deal with post-election anxiety and stress, “mental health experts…are urging healthier ways” than drinking “to cope with the anxiety of a country on the edge.” Instead, people should maintain their normal routines and not allow themselves “to fixate on the constant stream of news emanating from the TV and social media.” APA President-Elect Dr. Vivian Pender said, “We’re looking at the small minute-by-minute picture. And it’s good sometimes to rise above that and step back or refocus on something else.”

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— “Coping With the Stress of This Election “Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, November 4, 2020

Healio (11/4, Gramigna) reports, “Individuals who were recently diagnosed with a mental disorder were at increased risk for [SARS-CoV-2] infection, especially African Americans and women,” investigators concluded after analyzing data from electronic health records on “61 million adults from 360 hospitals and 317,000” clinicians “across the U.S. up to July 29, 2020.” The findings were published online Oct. 7 in the journal World Psychiatry.

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— “People with mental disorder diagnosis at increased risk for COVID-19 infection “Joe Gramigna, Healio, November 4, 2020