Childhood maltreatment tied to lifetime anxiety disorders in bipolar
Childhood maltreatment is associated with lifetime anxiety among people with bipolar disorder, Barbara Pavlova, Ph.D., and her associates reported.
The researchers recruited 174 adult outpatients... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Childhood emotional abuse fuels odds for migraine in adulthood
Emotionally abused children are 52% more likely to develop migraine in young adulthood than are those who were never abused, based on longitudinal survey data from nearly 15,000... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
WHO’s psychosocial guidelines for Zika are a useful tool
As the Zika virus spreads across 31 countries in the Americas, bringing with it the threat of microcephaly seen in Brazil, local and international public health experts are scrambling to assess the... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Risperidone, aripiprazole treat irritability in children with ASD
Risperidone and aripiprazole, followed by N-acetylcysteine, appear most effective in treating irritability and aggression in youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), according to a systematic... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Earlier intervention urged in prodromal depression, anxiety
LAS VEGAS – If a published study ever challenged the way Dr. Joseph R. Calabrese thinks about mental and substance use disorders, it was the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, which evaluated 291... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
AARP: Retail drug prices rising faster than inflation
Retail prices for medications used most commonly by Medicare patients rose almost 10% in 2013 – more than six times faster than the rate of inflation, according to an analysis by the AARP Public... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Supreme Court: Self-funded insurer does not have to share data
A self-funded insurer does not have to share health data with a state’s all-payer database, according to a March 1 U.S. Supreme Court decision that could affect information-sharing reforms... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sleep problems common among youth with ASD
The majority of children with autism spectrum disorders have sleeping problems and many take medications for sleep, but those taking medications have worse daytime behaviors and poorer quality of... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
African American suicide is rare, but research still needed
The recent suicide of a 23-year-old black man who was a leading member of Ohio’s Black Lives Matter movement raises concerns about African American suicidal behavior.
Anyone delving into the issue... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Feds: Major EHR companies will remove interoperability roadblocks
LAS VEGAS – Health care data interoperability should get a huge boost under a public-private effort announced Feb. 29 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
The... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - March 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Dr. Robert L. Spitzer: An impersonal appraisal
In the classic funeral oration of Julius Caesar, just murdered by the Republican clique of Marcus Brutus, Shakespeare has the ambitious Marc Antony proclaim: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - February 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
DTC genomic tests: Some patients dissatisfied with physician interpretation
Twenty-seven percent of patients who purchased direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing in a large cohort study shared their results with their primary care providers, often looking for him or her... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - February 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Review shows small benefit, significant safety concerns for flibanserin
A meta-analysis of eight clinical trials of the newly approved female hypoactive sexual disorder drug flibanserin show the drug yields minimal benefit, while increasing the risk of dizziness,... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - February 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
CAM therapies an option for mildly depressed patients
LAS VEGAS – In the clinical opinion of Dr. David Mischoulon, certain complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as St. John’s wort and omega-3 fatty acids may benefit some patients with... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - February 25, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Brief measure helpful for insomnia complaints
LAS VEGAS – For patients who present with complaints of insomnia, consider using the principles of the Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia tool as your frontline approach.
“It’s a pragmatic... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - February 25, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
