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Lifestyle Psychiatry Emphasizes Behaviors Supporting Mental Health

Lifestyle Psychiatry Emphasizes Behaviors Supporting Mental Health

Lifestyle psychiatry can play an important role in helping patients establish healthy behaviors and habits that both help prevent and treat mental illness.

Clinical & Research

Infertility Carries High Psychological Burden, Often Inadequately Addressed

Infertility Carries High Psychological Burden, Often Inadequately Addressed

Some psychiatric conditions may affect fertility, and psychiatric comorbidity is common among couples experiencing infertility. As in other areas of health care, there is inequitable access to infertility services.

Professional

Special Olympics International Receives 2023 Pardes Prize

Special Olympics International Receives 2023 Pardes Prize

This year’s humanitarian award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation recognized Special Olympics International for its work with people with intellectual disability disorders, which goes far beyond sports training and competition.

Government & Legal

CMS Issues New Rule Expediting Prior Authorization Decisions in Federal Programs

CMS Issues New Rule Expediting Prior Authorization Decisions in Federal Programs

The new rule will cut decision times for nonurgent requests in half for some payers. Payers are also required to use standardized data formats for electronic prior authorizations, improving efficiency of communication between health plans and physicians.

Community

Medical Student–Run Clinic Supports Those Seeking Asylum

Medical Student–Run Clinic Supports Those Seeking Asylum

Students at New York Medical College operate the Center for Human Rights, which connects individuals seeking asylum with physicians who provide medical evaluations. For some students, the work has inspired them to pursue psychiatry.

Psychopharmacology

Alzheimer’s Drug May Interfere With Blood-Clotting Cascade

Alzheimer’s Drug May Interfere With Blood-Clotting Cascade

Amyloid protofibrils—the target of the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab—can turn on the plasma contact system, which promotes blood vessel dilation and inflammation.

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