Mini-quiz: Major Depressive Disorder
Major depression is a common chronic illness within the general US population. What is the approximate prevalence for MDD in the US population? (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
The Soldier’s Private War and Invisible Wounds
PTSD is a psychiatric illness resulting from a physical or psychological trauma that is sometimes related to warfare, but of course occurs in the case of civilian trauma as well. However, wars have been a propitious time for studying PTSD. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
DSM-5 Confirms That Rape Is Crime, Not Mental Disorder
Diagnosing rape as mental disorder is an improper use of psychiatric diagnosis and promotes the abuse of psychiatric commitment to further what would otherwise be an unconstitutional form of preventive detention. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Grand Rounds Video: Neural Plasticity and Addiction
Although many symptoms of psychiatric disorders are likely due to maladaptive plasticity in mesolimbic dopamine reward pathways, there is still a shortage of data on the specific nature of this plasticity and the role it may play in influencing cognition and behavior. More in this video. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychodynamic Psychiatrists to Meet Alongside the APA in San Francisco
The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry welcomes all psychiatrists interested in psychotherapy and psychodynamics and has as its mission keeping psychodynamic therapy as an integral part of the psychiatric profession. Here, more on the 57th annual meeting of the AAPDP in May. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Symposium on Psychology and National Security at the Italian Embassy
A recent symposium drew upon the growing interest in exploring and utilizing all the elements of national power, including so-called “soft power”—the ability to attract and persuade others in order to influence their behavior and obtain desired outcomes. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
I Had a Normal Childhood
Childhood has so many conflicts and worries, so many triumphs and disappointments—how can one reduce it to a notion of normality? (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
A Valentine for Nonhuman Healers
The therapeutic effect of animals on humans. If we treat them well, they can provide healing to us. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
This Week in Psychiatry: February 15, 2013
This week's news stories: intimate partner violence, gun control and mental illness, eating disorders, and more. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Instrument Measures for Behavioral Symptoms in Patients With Dementia
Psychiatric disorders, such as primary sleep disturbances, depression, substance abuse, mania, sexually inappropriate behaviors, and psychosis, can complicate the care of patients with dementia. Here, we present common instruments for behavioral symptoms in dementia. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
CAINS Can—Study Shows Tool Is Effective in Assessing Negative Symptoms
The Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) is an effective tool in measuring negative symptoms in schizophrenia, according to a recent study. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mislabeling Medical Illness As Mental Disorder
DSM-5 must emphasize that physical symptoms deserve the respect of a thorough work-up before assuming their cause is psychiatric. And people with defined medical illnesses should not be casually mislabeled as also mentally ill just because they are upset about being sick. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Understanding the Neurobiological Basis of Drug Abuse: Comorbidity in Schizophrenia
It is clear that the prognosis for schizophrenia is much better when patients achieve drug abstinence, including in the domains of depression, quality of life, and community integration. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Panic Attacks and Suicide
According to the CDC's latest published report, there were 38,364 suicides in the US in 2010—an average of 105 each day. Globally, an estimated 1 million suicides occur annually. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mass Shootings: Research and Lessons
The news media has always been in the business of searching for "the right sort of madness" to capture the public's imagination. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
