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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

But experts say the risks can be lowered through heart screenings, close monitoring and giving magnesium before and during treatment, The Times added in its report. Nolan Williams, director of Stanford Universitys Brain Stimulation Lab, who led the Nature Medicine study. Ibogaine can be dangerous for people with heart problems.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. Demographic data in research and practice must always be disaggregated by race and ethnicity.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. David: Exactly.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

With the mental health, we pulled out the medical model. Naomi: Well, I have a special place of not being a doctor within this great group of people. ” That’s not a spiritual screen. Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Mariah 25:13 Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, saa.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

Big heat waves in England in 2020, 2,224 excess deaths in the obits over the age of 65. I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Fantastic.