A Model of Collaborative Spiritual and Psychiatric Care of Oncology Patients
In this study we present one model of chaplaincy-psychiatry collaboration, hypothesizing that both specialties would find the intervention helpful. Methods: From April through December 2015, the C/L psychiatry service at Brigham& Women ′s Hospital piloted thirteen sessions of interdisciplinary rounds, where chaplains and C/L psychiatrists discussed common oncology patients. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larkin Elderon Kao, Hermioni N. Lokko, Kathleen Gallivan, Vera O ′Brien, John R. Peteet Source Type: research
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Source: Psychosomatics - June 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Source: Psychosomatics - June 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Intentional Self-inflicted Burn Injuries: Review of the Literature
Intentional self-inflicted burn injuries are a rare occurrence in the United States, but represent a considerable portion of all burn injuries in the developing world. Compared to non-intentional burns, patients with intentional self-inflicted burns have increased rates of higher total body surface area (TBSA) involvement and associated complications, including overall mortality. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mladen Nisavic, Shamim Nejad, Scott Beach Source Type: research
Psychosis Due to Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection and Delirium in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis (CM) is an opportunistic neuroinfection acquired by inhalation, and usually latent in the lung lymph nodes before disseminating. CM commonly affects individuals with HIV or other forms of immunosuppression; cases of CM in otherwise healthy individuals are relatively rare in the United States with an incidence of 1/100,000/y.1 Nevertheless, CM in immunocompetent individuals is associated with high mortality (27% at 90d), which is likely in part due to a delay in diagnosis. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jungjin Kim, Georgina Hartzell, Neguine Rezaii, Lauren Gensler, Wendy Baer, Raymond Young, Ann C. Schwartz Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Psychosis Due to Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection and Delirium in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Infectious diseases affecting the central nervous system can manifest as a psychiatric illness. When psychiatric symptoms predominate, all too often clinicians are quick to give a psychiatric diagnosis. A rare but possible cause of psychosis is cryptococcal meningitis, which is an opportunistic neuroinfection that can lead to fatality if left untreated. Literature reports of patients with cryptococcal meningitis (CM) presenting with psychosis in the absence of constitutional symptoms is sparse, especially in immunocompetent hosts. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jungjin Kim, Georgina Hartzell, Neguine Rezaii, Lauren Gensler, Wendy Baer, Raymond Young, Ann C. Schwartz Source Type: research
Feeding Systems and the Gut Microbiome: Gut-Brain Interactions with Relevance to Psychiatric Conditions
Physical and mental health is dependent on the environment and feeding is a prime example of this environmental exchange. Feeding is a common behavior but the underlying biology of feeding behavior is regulated is a complicated story which has implications for clinical treatment. The hypothalamus controls both feeding behavior and the stress response. Integration of the neural control centers and the peripheral gut provides ample coordination between these systems but also allows for disruption in the gastrointestinal (GI) systems to transmit dysfunctional communication to the brain. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 8, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brittany L. Mason Source Type: research
Validation of a Nurse-Based Delirium-Screening Tool for Hospitalized Patients
Guidelines recommend daily delirium monitoring of hospitalized patients. Available delirium-screening tools have not been validated for use by nurses among diverse inpatients. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anita Hargrave, Jesse Bastiaens, James A. Bourgeois, John Neuhaus, S. Andrew Josephson, Julia Chinn, Melissa Lee, Jacqueline Leung, Vanja Douglas Tags: Original Research Report Source Type: research
Validation of a Nurse-Based Delirium Screening Tool for Hospitalized Patients
Guidelines recommend daily delirium monitoring of hospitalized patients. Available delirium-screening tools have not been validated for use by nurses among diverse inpatients. We sought to validate the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC) under these circumstances. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anita Hargrave, Jesse Bastiaens, James A. Bourgeois, John Neuhaus, S Andrew Josephson, Julia Chinn, Melissa Lee, Jacqueline Leung, Vanja Douglas Source Type: research
A Likely Case of Limbic Encephalitis in a Patient With Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Complex Antibody, Without a Known Antigenic Target: A Review of the Disease State and Value of Antibody Titers
Limbic encephalitis (LE) is an inflammation of the limbic system, which includes the hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and amygdala. The cardinal sign of LE is severe impairment of short-term memory. Anterograde amnesia is often associated with behavioral and psychiatric symptoms (i.e., delirium and hallucinations) and complex partial and secondary generalized seizures.1 Several antineuronal antibodies have been described in patients with LE (discussed in Ref. 2 —the overview of various autoimmune encephalitides). (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David R. Spiegel, Anastasia Samaras, Cameron L. Oldham, Meghana Kaloji, Alyssa Warren, Shannon Maj, Sharmeen R. Husain, Jeremy I. Solomons, Stephanie Le Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Epidemiology of back pain in young and middle-aged adults: A longitudinal population cohort survey from age 27 to 50 years
Back pain is extremely common and a huge burden for both individuals and public health care services. The aim was to determine prevalences and incidences of lumbar and cervical back pain over a period of 23 years and to quantify associations with concomitant disorders. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Felix Angst, Jules Angst, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Andr é Aeschlimann, Wulf Rössler Source Type: research
A Likely Case of Limbic Encephalitis in a Patient with Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Complex Antibody, Without a Known Antigenic Target: A Review of the Disease State and Value of Antibody Titers
A major development in neuroimmunology in the past 10 years has been the impressive rise in the number of antibodies identified that recognize neuronal cell-surface or synaptic proteins. Identification of these antibodies has enabled the characterization of new forms of autoimmune encephalitis. Limbic encephalitis is characterized by short-term memory impairment, neuropsychiatric symptoms and seizures. Several antineuronal antibodies have been described in patients with limbic encephalitis, including towards voltage gates potassium channels; however, these antibodies are mainly directed toward associated proteins, i.e., le...
Source: Psychosomatics - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David R. Spiegel, Anastasia Samaras, Cameron L. Oldham, Meghana Kaloji, Alyssa Warren, Shannon Maj, Sharmeen R. Husain, Jeremy I. Solomons, Stephanie Le Source Type: research
Pneumonia Can Cause Clozapine Intoxication: A Case Report
Since the 1970s it was thought that respiratory infections, including pneumonia, may inhibit cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) because they decrease theophylline clearance, and theophylline metabolism is mediated by CYP1A2 inhibition.1 The mechanism was not completely understood, but it was thought that the release of cytokines during the infection decrease the activity and synthesis of CYP1A2.2 Therefore, Shilalukey et al.3 suggested that when a child taking theophylline develops an upper respiratory infection, the theophylline dose should be decreased almost by half. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - May 17, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Can-Jun Ruan, Xue-Yang Zhen, Xin-Liang Ge, Chuan-Yue Wang, Wei Guo, Yi-Lang Tang, Wen-Biao Li, Jose de Leon Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Pneumonia can Cause Clozapine Intoxications: A Case Report
Since the 1970s it was thought that respiratory infections, including pneumonia, may inhibit cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) because they decrease theophylline clearance and theophylline metabolism is mediated by CYP1A2 inhibition.1 The mechanism was not completely understood, but it was thought that the release of cytokines during the infection decrease the activity and synthesis of CYP1A2.2 Therefore, Shilalukey et al.3 suggested that when a child taking theophylline develops an upper respiratory infection, the theophylline dose should be decreased almost by half. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - May 17, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Can-Jun Ruan, Xue-Yang Zhen, Xin-Liang Ge, Chuan-Yue Wang, Wei Guo, Yi-Lang Tang, Wen-Biao Li, Jose de Leon Source Type: research
Decisional and Dispositional Capacity Determinations: Neuropsychiatric Illness and an Integrated Clinical Paradigm
Assessment of decisional capacity requires thorough clinical review of a patient ’s current psychiatric symptoms and cognitive processes. The assessment to determine the patient’s capacity for self-management postdischarge is a different clinical concept from decisional capacity. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - May 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James A. Bourgeois, Mary Ann Cohen, Jennifer M. Erickson, Rebecca Weintraub Brendel Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
