Simultaneous Treatment Effective for OCD, Eating Disorders
A multimodal treatment program that centered on a cognitive-behavioral approach using exposure and response prevention was effective in treating OCD comorbid with eating disorders, according to a recent study. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Ape With the Bone
I pictured him at his waiting room door . . . clutching a chart, catching eyes, . . . calling out a name, bewildered (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
From Boxes to Baskets
Refractory psychiatric illnesses are no different from complicated infectious diseases in that they both require multiple concurrent medications and treatment modalities. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Sports Psychiatry and the Super Bowl Champs
The team psychiatrist for Super Bowl Champs, the Baltimore Ravens, draws on his own professional career of working with athletes of all ages and levels and provides a comprehensive presentation of the literature in the emerging field of sports psychiatry. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Taking Aim at Gun Control Issues—Study Shows Mixed Attitudes Toward Mental Illness
Gun owners and non-gun-owners alike support gun control policies that account for mental illness, according to a study published in a recent issue of NEJM. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Perceived Relationship Power Affects Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Illness
Perceived relationship power helps to explain the association between intimate partner violence and mental health issues. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Issues
Perceived relationship power helps to explain the association between intimate partner violence and mental health issues. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
ECT for Treatment-Resistant Depression: The State of the Art
For patients with treatment-resistant depression—especially geriatric patients—ECT is a viable treatment option . . . one that should no longer be relegated to the option of last resort. Here to discuss the latest advances in ECT techniques is Dr Charles Kellner. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Grand Rounds: Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness Training
Mindfulness training is a viable treatment tool that rivals psychopharmaceutical agents for the treatment of addictions, anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric disorders. In this video, Dr Judson Brewer describes the value of MT in psychiatry. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Major Depressive Disorder: What Role for Adjunctive Methylfolate Therapy?
Can methylfolate play a role in the adjunctive treatment of patients with major depression? In this podcast, Rakesh Jain, MD, offers insights. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - February 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
The Bed Makes Gestures
Emil Kraepelin diagnosed the paranoid, catatonic, and hebephrenic forms of dementia praecox, a disease he created. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - January 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
What’s New Under the Moon—Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Sleep disorders can pose impairments beyond cognition (eg, difficulty processing, unclear thinking). Here, Dr Karl Doghramji discusses a number of impairments associated with insomnia. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - January 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Update on Adolescent Mood Disorders
In line with adolescents' interest in interactive video games, a computerized cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention that is an interactive fantasy game for depressed adolescents has been developed. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - January 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mini-quiz: Movement Disorders
Movement abnormalities and psychiatric symptoms often overlap and exacerbate one another. Can psychopharmacological agents induce movement disorders? Take the quiz and learn more. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Planck's Law of Generations
: scientific change doesn't happen by changing minds, but by changing generations. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
