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The Pandemic Is Spiking Anxiety. Before You Take Anti-Anxiety Medication, Understand The Risks

Whitney, whose name we changed to protect her privacy, sometimes has panic attacks. Her hands shake and her chest tightens. By the end of one, she’s drenched in sweat. To alleviate her worry about having another attack, she carries a prescription bottle of clonazepam, a benzodiazepine, with her everywhere she goes. The medication works fast, …

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Drug overdose deaths in 2020 hit highest number ever recorded, CDC data shows

Drug overdose deaths rose by close to 30% in the United States in 2020, hitting the highest number ever recorded, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. More than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to provisional data released by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. That’s a …

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Mental Health Action Day

Mental Health Action Day looks to shift culture from raising awareness to making moves

Thursday, May 20 is the first Mental Health Action Day. You may see messages from brands, nonprofits, and cultural leaders encouraging all of us to take the first steps in getting support for our mental health. “Through the pandemic, economic and political uncertainties, continuing fight for racial justice that now more than ever felt like …

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Pandemic drinking is on the rise

Pandemic drinking is on the rise. Here’s how to set healthy limits

Research shows that Americans are drinking more during the pandemic. Here’s why that’s troubling — and what experts suggest to avoid overdoing it. Have you found yourself drinking more during the pandemic? If the answer is “Cheers!,” you’re not alone. Adults across the country reported imbibing 14% more often in spring 2020 than the same …

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Champagne Problems Podcast

Champagne Problems Podcast Episode #2 We had a great conversation Steven Scanlan, M.D. who  is Board Certified in both General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine and currently owns and runs Palm Beach Outpatient Detox in South Florida.  Dr. Scanlan is an expert in psychopharmacology, which is the study of substance-induced changes in mood, sensation, thinking, and …

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Visiting a doctor during a pandemic

Pandemic anniversary anxiety is real. A San Antonio doctor shares how to cope.

At this point last year, the world was reeling from the first effects of the new global pandemic. While strides have been made since then, anniversary-induced anxieties can be drudged up as people look back at the year we’ve endured. Local expert Dr. Don McGeary, of UT Health San Antonio’s psychiatry and rehabilitation medicine department, …

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What is Telepsychiatry?

Telemedicine is the process of providing health care from a distance through technology, often using videoconferencing. Telepsychiatry, a subset of telemedicine, can involve providing a range of services including psychiatric evaluations, therapy (individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy), patient education and medication management. Telepsychiatry can involve direct interaction between a psychiatrist and the patient. It …

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Early Data Show Promise in Telephone Counseling for Opioid-Use Disorder

Early Data Show Promise in Telephone Counseling for Opioid-Use Disorder

Providers grapple with how to protect vulnerable patients and maintain addiction treatment. For 46-year-old Jocelyn Tavarez, maintaining access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) during the pandemic meant going from “The Flintstones” to “The Jetsons” in a matter of days, she told MedPage Today. Tavarez has been receiving MAT and other services at CODAC Behavioral Healthcare — …

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