VIDEO: Treating opioid addiction in emerging adults
BALTIMORE – The treatment of opioid addiction in adults aged 18-25 years is fraught with challenging issues for clinicians, <a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Cognitive behavioral therapy alternative helps depressed teens
Depressed teens who initially declined antidepressants and received brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in a primary care setting were more likely to recover, and to recover faster, compared... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
UnitedHealth Group leaving most ACA marketplaces
UnitedHealth Group will not sell policies next year in most of the health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, CEO Stephen Helmsley announced during an April 19 <a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 19, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Dispensing with expert testimony
Question: When a doctor could not find a dislodged biopsy guide wire, he abandoned his search after informing the patient of his intention to retrieve it at a later date. Two months later, he... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 19, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Anti-CGRP agent delivered durable episodic migraine prevention
VANCOUVER – An investigational antibody that targets the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor may be efficacious and safe in the longer term for preventing episodic migraine, data from an... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Clown therapy helps people find answers within
The inaugural Clown Town Healing Fest, a visionary health care festival, proved to be a practical demonstration of the future of health care. One of its... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
CASE REPORTS: Transient neutrophilia in acute mania
A description of two bipolar I disorder cases presents examples of the phenomenon of transient neutrophilia that occurred during admission into a state psychiatric hospital. A brief review of the... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Four questions open dialogue, cultivate the therapeutic alliance
In today’s time-pressed practice of psychiatry, with its emphasis on the brief medication management visit, clinicians and patients alike often feel that time constraints limit their ability to forge... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Study: Few HCV-infected heroin users linked to outpatient care
The results of a hepatitis C virus screening program in a suburban New Jersey acute opioid detoxification program reveal that, despite the ease of access to HCV screening and the availability of... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Number of malpractice payments down 28% since 2004
The annual number of medical malpractice payment reports fell 28% from 2004 to 2014, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The total number of medical malpractice payment... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Bill in Calif. seeks to ameliorate problem of finding scarce psychiatric hospital beds
It can be very difficult to find available inpatient psychiatric beds in California, leaving many teens or adults with acute psychiatric conditions waiting in hospital emergency rooms until a bed... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Four ways hospitalists can improve care for drug-addicted patients
SAN DIEGO – Hospitalists have a lot to learn about providing care for the growing number of their patients addicted to opioids.
“By and large, we’re just address the medical problems that brought... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Suicidal ideation: Team-based care requires knowledge, resources
Continuity of care for the 18-year-old male who told Dr. Lillian M. Beard about his depression requires... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Suicidal ideation: An 18-year-old male presents in crisis
When a patient presents with depression, how is it possible to determine whether serious mental illnesses such as first-episode psychosis are unfolding? In this video, <a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: Beyond amyloid, the complexity of Alzheimer’s deepens
BETHESDA, MD. – Dr. John Hardy first theorized the amyloid cascade hypothesis in 1992. Since then, amyloid-beta has remained the prime focus of Alzheimer’s disease research and therapy. But as the... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
