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Psychiatric inpatients at community-based hospitals are twice as likely to experience adverse events or medical errors as inpatients at Veterans Health Administration hospitals

VA Hospitals Have Lower Rates of Adverse Events in Psychiatric Units

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Adverse events, medical errors lower in VA versus community-based inpatient psychiatric units
Many people perceive individuals with mental illness

Many Perceive People With Mental Illness as Dangerous

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By 2018, more than 60 percent perceived those with schizophrenia as dangerous; many support coercive treatment

September 2019 Briefing – Psychiatry

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Psychiatry for September 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Multiple mental illnesses are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease outcomes in veterans

Most Severe Forms of Mental Illness Lead to Highest CVD Risk

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Findings seen in both male and female veterans with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment tools that do not include severe mental illness as a predictor could be substantially underestimating CVD risk

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Underestimated in Patients With Mental Illness

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Severe mental illness should be included in cardiovascular assessment tools, authors say
Certain mental health conditions are associated with an increased risk for unnecessary bilateral oophorectomy for nonmalignant indications

Psychiatric Disorders May Up Risk for Bilateral Oophorectomy

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Mental health conditions may play a role in physical symptoms, gynecologic complaints
Certain mental health conditions are associated with an increased risk for unnecessary bilateral oophorectomy for nonmalignant indications

Psychiatric Disorders May Up Risk for Bilateral Oophorectomy

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Mental health conditions may play a role in physical symptoms, gynecologic complaints

August 2019 Briefing – Psychiatry

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Psychiatry for August 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Hospitalizations with psychiatric diagnoses are common in pediatric and adult patients with end-stage kidney disease and are associated with increased mortality

Hospitalizations With Psych Diagnosis Common in ESKD

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Dialysis adults hospitalized with psychiatric diagnoses have higher risk for all-cause death
Participants in a weight loss intervention can lose weight regardless of psychiatric medication use

Weight Loss Feasible Regardless of Psychiatric Meds Use

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Weight loss amount similar for women taking and not taking psychiatric medications