Understanding and Fostering Resilience in Persons Exposed to Trauma
When attempting to incorporate resilience-building strategies into practice, it is worthwhile to note that resilience is a dynamic concept in which successful coping may mean a mixture of major real-life successes in the context of continuing difficulties. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Trauma Associated With Living in Violent Neighborhoods
Psychiatrists need to understand how living in violent families and neighborhoods increases the likelihood of trauma and the psychiatric sequelae associated with it as well as how to respond in the aftermath. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Sweet Tea and Mental Health Transformation
Across our nation, mental health care funding and resources are either slashed to the bone or nonexistent. Yet, at the same time, there is a unique opportunity available right now for any and all who want to tackle reform. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
New Clinical TMS Society Established
A new clinical society has been founded to coordinate transcranial magnetic stimulation practices and to connect physician and non-physician members from across the world. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
AAPS Sues over Maintenance of Certification
Jane Orient, MD, comments: Many physicians are outraged, not only by the cost -- an expense which must be incurred to maintain certification-- but also by the fear that MOC is being advanced as a requirement for hospital privileges, and perhaps even maintenance of licensure. More here. . . (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Is it Time for a Treatment Manual to Complement DSM-5?
As most mental health professionals know by now, psychiatry's D-Day is rapidly approaching. DSM-5 is scheduled to be officially released at the American Psychiatric Association meeting. However, there has never been an official treatment manual to complement the diagnostic one. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Prayer
We climbed concrete ramps from the subway’s underground world, up to the grandstand and my first vision of heaven... (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - May 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Synthetic Cathinones: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment
Sometimes viewed as “legal cocaine,” the over-the-counter status of synthetic cathinones (aka bath salts) gives the illusion that they are safe. In fact, they are highly toxic. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Journey of the Traumatized Hero: Kerouac’s On the Road and Gandhi’s Railroad Ride
The art of living is the ability to use life’s inevitable traumas in some constructive fashion. This occurs on an odyssey that the resilient take that could be termed “the Journey of the Traumatized Hero.” (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Grief and Depression: The Sages Knew the Difference
While it is true that the intense grief of bereavement and major depressive disorder often share some features—for example, tearfulness, insomnia, low mood, and decreased appetite—there are many substantive differences. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
US Physicians and Burnout: Optimistic Psychiatrists Take Heart?
If you are an optimistic psychiatrist, the news from a new physician survey is relatively good. Psychiatrists report the lowest level of professional burnout and the lowest level of burnout severity across various specialties. But just how good is relatively good? (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Caution Advised for Valproate Use During Pregnancy Due to Autism Link
In a new study, researchers found an absolute risk of 4.42% of valproate use during pregnancy with autism spectrum disorder and an absolute risk of 2.50% for childhood autism. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Developmental Psychopathology Comes of Age
Child and adolescent psychiatry is in a position to inform the entire practice of general psychiatry in areas such as mood disorders, ADHD, and psychosis. This slideshow provides easily accessible information on traumatic brain injury, criminal responsibility, traumatic stress, and autism spectrum/neurodevelopmental disorders. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Child and adolescent psychiatry is in a position to inform the entire practice of general psychiatry in areas such as mood disorders, ADHD, and psychosis. This slideshow provides easily accessible information on traumatic brain injury, criminal responsibility, traumatic stress, and autism spectrum/neurodevelopmental disorders. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - April 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
