Androgen deprivation therapy linked to depression
Men on androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer are at significantly increased risk for depression, a risk that increases with duration of therapy, investigators report.
A review of... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
SURVEY: Telemedicine high priority, but reimbursement remains challenging
Nearly two-thirds of health care providers rank telemedicine as a top priority in 2016, a 10% increase from last year, according to a survey.
Telemedicine software company REACH Health surveyed 390... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 7, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Fetal malformation risk not increased after exposure to lamotrigine
A new analysis of registry data from European countries does not support a risk of orofacial cleft and clubfoot with exposure to lamotrigine monotherapy, in contrast to signals from previous studies... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: Unraveling Alzheimer’s pathogenesis while testing lifestyle interventions
BETHESDA, MD. – Alzheimer’s disease is not the failure of a single type of cell – or even a single physiologic system, so while the search for effective treatments goes on, basic research must... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Could value-based care raise False Claims Act liability?
As you begin to consider the switch to value-based care systems, be sure to safeguard against risks that could fuel false claims scrutiny by the government, legal experts advise.
A primary... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
EHR Report: Take your medicine!
“Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.”
–C. Everett Koop, M.D.
While it would be hard to imagine accountable care organizations being able to get the data they need to... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
State board discipline of physicians varies widely by state
The rate at which medical boards discipline physicians varies widely by state, with Delaware doctors facing four times more disciplinary actions that Massachusetts physicians, according to a review... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
What are the best, worst states for physicians?
Should your future include a move to the South? A new report finds that Mississippi ranks as the best state to practice medicine, while the District of Columbia and New York are the least... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Prepsychosis links with elevated metabolic syndrome
MADRID – Untreated people at high risk for developing psychosis also showed an increased prevalence of certain components of metabolic syndrome in data collected from 163 German study participants, a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Pediatric mental illness dx, drug prescribing vary widely
A lack of psychiatrists only partially accounted for substantial variations in rates of mental illness diagnosis and prescriptions for psychotropic medications in practices nationwide, a study has... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - April 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Feds extend behavioral health parity to Medicaid, CHIP
A final federal rule brings behavioral health parity to Medicaid managed care and the Children’s Health Insurance Plan – a move that earned an initial thumbs-up from the American Psychiatric... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Creating safe spaces for LGBTQ youth, families in health care settings
Ryan is a 15-year-old transmale patient (natal sex female who identifies as male and prefers male pronouns, he/him/his) who presents to the emergency department (ED) with suicidal thoughts that... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 30, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Parkinson’s disease psychosis drug gets favorable review from FDA advisory panel
The lack of available treatments that adequately treat Parkinson’s disease psychosis proved to be a big motivating factor for a majority of members of the Food and Drug Administration’s... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: Determining your practice’s fair market value in a quality-based world
AUSTIN, TEX. – The shift from fee-for-service to value-based health care raises important questions about determining a physician practice’s fair market value, according to financial analyst Albert... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
