HealthDay (11/26, Thompson ) reports, “Preschoolers prone to tantrums appear to have a higher risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by the time they reach school age, a new study says.” Investigators found that “young children who struggle to control their emotions and behavior have more ADHD symptoms by age 7.” The study indicated that “their conduct is more likely to be poor and they are more apt to suffer from emotional problems like sadness or worry by that age.” The findings were published in Development and Psychopathology.

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— “Preschoolers’ Tantrums Can Be Early Sign of ADHD,” Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, November 26, 2024

HCPlive (11/26, Derman) reports, “A new study indicated high-dose antipsychotic use for schizophrenia was associated with increased mortality risk.” Investigators came to this conclusion after analyzing data on “32,240 patients aged 17 – 64 years…diagnosed with schizophrenia between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2012.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Can Antipsychotics Increase Mortality Risk? A New Study Shows It Might,” Chelsie Derman, HCPLive, November 26, 2024

The New York Times (11/25, Lewis) reports that following an incident last January on an Alaska Airlines flight in which “one of the plane’s doors had blown off,” over “30 other passengers from the Alaska Airlines flight are suing the carrier and Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer, citing ‘severe stress, anxiety, trauma, physical pain, flashbacks and fear of flying and also objective physical manifestations such as sleeplessness, PTSD, hearing damage and other injuries.’”

Such “harm inflicted on passengers who experienced in-flight emergencies…ha s not been as researched or recognized.” The Times adds, “Neither the Federal Aviation Administration nor the National Transportation Safety Board has policies or recommendations regarding passenger mental health after emergencies.”

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MedPage Today (11/25, DePeau-Wilson ) reports, “Lack of control over their work environment fostered burnout among physicians, along with an increased desire to bail out of the organization, according to a multi-institutio nal study.” An “analysis of data from 2,339 physicians revealed that those who reported having poor control over their workload had higher levels of burnout (OR 3.83, 95% CI 2.99-4.90),” according to investigators. The findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Psychiatric News (11/22) reported, “Short-term menopausal hormone therapy does not appear to have any long-term cognitive effects, either positive or negative, according to a study.” The researchers said the findings “may reassure women opting to use hormone therapy in early menopause, to manage menopausal symptoms, that 4 years of therapy started within 3 years of menopause had no long-term deleterious impact on cognition.” The findings were published in PLOS Medicine.

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— “Short-Term Menopausal Hormone Therapy Does Not Affect Long-Term Cognition, Study Finds,” Psychiatric News , November 22, 2024