Suicidal Behavior: A Separate Diagnosis
Thinking about suicidal behavior as a diagnosable problem will help bridge the gap in how psychiatrists think about suicidality and how it is perceived by patients and their families. Dr Maria Oquendo elaborates in this video. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
New Insight Into the Neurobiology of Depression
Certain aspects of depression result from maladaptive stress-induced changes in reward circuits of the brain. Dr Eric Nestler discusses in this video. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Benefits of CAM Therapies for Dementia
Which of the following complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies may have beneficial effects on symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD)? (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
The British Psychological Society Enters the Silly Season
The British Psychological Society has issued a press release that rivals the silliness of DSM-5 and the National Institute of Mental Health. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Benzodiazepines and Pain
Quick . . . name a class of prescription medications that, by most evidence, appears to be overprescribed and abused and the use of which has resulted in an increasing number of emergency department visits. If you said "opioids," you would be right. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
The British Psychological Society Enters the Silly Season
The British Psychological Society has issued a press release that rivals the silliness of DSM-5 and the National Institute of Mental Health. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
The Moral Struggles of Practicing Psychiatrists
How often are you confronted with an ethical dilemma in your clinical practice? How comfortable—and how prepared—are you to deal with these issues? (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Intimate Portrait: Otto Kernberg, MD
Being a Therapist features intimate portraits of psychotherapists in their own work spaces. An excerpt of his interview with Otto Kernberg, MD, follows. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
NIMH vs DSM 5: No One Wins, Patients Lose
The flat out rejection of DSM-5 by National Institute of Mental Health is a sad moment for mental health--and an unsafe one for our patients. The APA and NIMH are both letting us down, failing to be safe custodians for the mental health needs of our country. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Update on Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Services Under the Affordable Care Act
Come next year, psychiatrists will start seeing patients who have purchased new individual and small-group health plans on the state exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Hippocratic Humility in the Face of 'Unexplained' Medical Problems
The poorly conceived DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder substitutes a false psychiatric certainty that misleadingly covers medical uncertainty about the appropriate diagnosis. It is better to admit what we don't know than cover it with meaningless labels. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
An Update on ADHD
Parents of children with ADHD frequently ask whether there are nonmedication treatments that are effective for managing their children’s symptoms of ADHD. A recent meta-analysis provides an answer to this clinically important question. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Parity Laws: Powerful Weapon—or Pipe Dream?
Has the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity had any real impact on your ability to provide care to patients, or are you experiencing the shells and mortars of paperwork and denials? And will the average patient ever really benefit from the laws, or were they just passed to make the country feel better about the state of psychiatric care in the US? (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Introduction: Mental Health Correlates of Trauma
Over half of the population is exposed to at least one lifetime traumatic event, yet relatively few of those exposed have lasting psychiatric sequelae. As psychiatrists, we attend to the needs of those who suffer. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mindfulness and the Medication Management Visit
Engaging in mindfulness activities either individually or with patients who come to us for brief medication visits can have a profound influence on the therapeutic process. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
