Core curriculum for opioid prescribing preempts certification
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – If the Food and Drug Administration moves to require some form of certification to prescribe opioids, an educational program based on the FDA’s own risk evaluation and... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning predicts cognitive decline
TORONTO – A thinner-than-normal layer of retinal nerve fibers in the eye is now linked with cognitive decline – another suggestion that extracranial physical findings could be leveraged into dementia... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Early Alzheimer’s treatment decreases both costs and mortality
TORONTO – For patients with Alzheimer’s disease, early treatment may translate into lower health care costs and better survival, based on study results reported at the Alzheimer’s Association... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Smartphone app helps decrease depression symptoms in pregnancy
BETHESDA, MD. – A smartphone application helped decrease depressive symptoms and improve confidence in self care for low-income pregnant women in their third trimester, a pilot study has... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Checklist captures new predementia diagnosis of mild behavioral impairment
TORONTO – Researchers have described a behavioral syndrome that they say can be a forerunner of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases and released a tool for diagnosing it.
Mild... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Psychotropic drug use more likely with ASD diagnosis at older age
Older age at the time of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis was associated with a higher likelihood of psychotropic medication in children aged 6-11, according to Katharine Zuckerman, MD, and her... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Malpractice cases serve to warn about careful use of EHRs
Buy our EHR. Come to a dinner and see our EHR. Our EHR is the best.
I hear that a lot, but am not rushing out to get one. Yes, I have an EHR, but it’s one I designed myself. It works very well for... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Psychotropic drug use similar in cosmetic and medical dermatology patients
The use of psychotropic medications was similar between patients seeking cosmetic dermatology treatment and those presenting with medical dermatologic conditions in a study published in the Journal... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Driving skills already affected with mild cognitive impairment
TORONTO – Patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment made significantly more errors during a complex test of driving skills and showed altered brain activity while performing this test in a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Extended-release naltrexone helps alcohol-dependent HIV-positive prisoners transition to community
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Extended-release naltrexone provides clinically meaningful benefits in HIV-infected prisoners with alcohol use disorder and multiple comorbid conditions as they transition back... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Consistent urine screens recommended for patients on opioids
ORLANDO – Many clinicians dread discussing a screening test that suggests patients have not been compliant with their scheduled pain medication. Nevertheless, Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, said, those tests... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 3, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Race and America’s future
The issues of racial tensions have surfaced in plain sight in America. These are very trying times for our nation, and I fear some of my European American colleagues may not “get it.”
I recall a... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Psychiatric disorders often impair antiretroviral adherence in perinatally HIV-infected teens
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Adolescents who were perinatally infected with HIV have a high prevalence of selected psychiatric disorders that impede their adherence to antiretroviral therapy, Claude Ann... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - August 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Prophylaxis key to preventing medication overuse migraine
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – The etiology of intractable daily headaches is broad and includes life-threatening diagnoses. But a large proportion of those headaches results from overuse of therapies for... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sublingual cyclobenzaprine may be effective, safe for military-related PTSD
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – A sublingual formulation of cyclobenzaprine taken at bedtime was significantly better than placebo at reducing symptoms of military-related posttraumatic stress disorder, and... (Source: Clinical Psychiatry News)
Source: Clinical Psychiatry News - July 30, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
