Drug interaction myths
A 72-year-old man with benign prostatic hypertrophy comes to clinic to discuss recent problems with erectile dysfunction. He has been treated with tamsulosin with good results for the past 3 years... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Schizophrenia, psychotic disorders more likely in refugees
Refugees are at a significantly higher risk of schizophrenia and other nonaffective psychotic disorders than are nonrefugee migrants from a similar part of the world, according to Dr. Anna-Clara... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Match day 2016: Residency spots rise, but growth still needed
Medical school seniors scored a record number of available first-year slots in this year’s Main Residency Match, with both internal medicine and family medicine programs offering more spots to... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sweeping mental health reforms head for Senate floor
A proposed package of bipartisan mental health legislation is advancing to the Senate floor, including calls for same-day mental health and medical treatment, and an expansion in the number of... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Key differences found between patients with bipolar I, bipolar II
Second-generation antipsychotic use is associated with a previous incidence of psychiatric hospitalization in patients with bipolar disorder I but not in those with bipolar II, a study by Dr. Dong... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
ABMS approves new addiction medicine subspecialty
Many more physicians seeking to subspecialize in addiction medicine will now have the official blessing of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
ABMS announced March 14 its approval of an... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
How physicians can reverse the opioid crisis
In about 2002, Dr. Gary Franklin realized the state of Washington might have a problem.
A big problem.
A state resident who’d suffered a back sprain and filed a workers’ compensation claim... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Antidepressants tied to lower dementia mortality
MADRID – Elderly patients who develop dementia often are on an antidepressant when dementia is diagnosed, and unexpectedly antidepressant use during the 3 years preceding diagnosis of dementia was... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
CV health may prevent cognitive decline
The closer that older adults come to meeting the American Heart Association’s “ideal” targets for seven factors that determine cardiovascular health, the lower their risk for cognitive decline,... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Spending on physicians rising faster than health expenditures overall
Spending on physicians rose by 2.4% per year from 2003 to 2013 – the largest increase among the major components of national health expenditures, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
New CDC opioid guideline targets overprescribing for chronic pain
Nonopioid therapy is the preferred approach for managing chronic pain outside of active cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care, according to a new guideline released today by the Centers for... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
VIDEO: Lifestyle intervention blocks antipsychotic-associated weight gain
MADRID – The weight gain most patients have when first starting treatment with antipsychotic medications is not inevitable.
A 12-week intervention program designed to promote exercise and a healthy... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Privacy measure inadvertently suppresses substance abuse data
An action taken to protect patient privacy – removing claims related to substance abuse from Medicare and Medicaid databases – inadvertently caused an immediate and marked suppression of vital data... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Cold turkey better for smoking cessation
Quitting smoking abruptly rather than gradually leads to higher abstinence rates both at 4 weeks and 6 months, a report published online March 14 shows.
Worldwide guidelines for smoking cessation... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Brexpiprazole combined analysis shows schizophrenia safety, efficacy
MADRID – Brexpiprazole, a new drug for treatment of schizophrenia that received Food and Drug Administration marketing approval in July 2015, showed good efficacy for patients with acute... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
