Recently added articles from Clinical Psychiatry News:
Mitochondria key in mood disorders.
Oct 01, 2009; MacNeil, Jane Salodof ... SANTA FE, N.M.--Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a role in recurring mood disorders, and might help explain why most treated patients eventually have relapses or recurrences, according to a leading investigator in psychiatry and pharmacology. Unipolar and bipolar disorder are not ...
Stimulants fend off comorbidities in boys with ADHD: treated patients less likely to repeat grade.(Clinical report)
Oct 01, 2009; Jancin, Bruce ... ISTANBUL, TURKEY--Stimulant therapy for boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder protected them into young adulthood against development of depression, anxiety disorders, and disruptive behavior disorders in a landmark 10-year prospective case-control study. Perhaps ...
Methamphetamine use in U.S. continues slide.
Oct 01, 2009; Matthews, Renee ... WASHINGTON--The past-month methamphetamine use dipped sharply from 529,000 in 2007 to 314,000 in 2008 in people aged 12 years and older, according to data from the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That represents a decline of past-month meth use by almost half since ...
AACAP offers guide on psychotropics for children.
Oct 01, 2009; Frieden, Joyce ... Although strides have been made in use of psychotropic medications in children and adolescents, concerns remain over whether these medications are always being prescribed appropriately. That's one reason that the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry gives for ...
Top 10 corporations by dispensed prescriptions, 2008 (total Rx in millions).(VITAL SIGNS)(Company rankings)
Oct 01, 2009; ... <Pre> Teva Pharmaceuticals USA 494.2 Mylan 307.7 Novartis 250.2 Watson Pharmaceuticals 223.3 Pfizer 215.1 Barr Laboratories ...
Early U.S. flu rates pegged at double normal level.
Oct 01, 2009; Zoler, Mitchel L. ... Outpatient flu visits across the United States were running more than twice as high as usual during the first 2 weeks of September. "It's very strange to see this kind of activity at this time of year," said Dr. Daniel Jernigan, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control ...
Group calls for mandatory flu vaccine for health care workers.
Oct 01, 2009; Sullivan, Michele G. ... Hospitals should require all health care workers with direct patient contact to be vaccinated against both seasonal influenza and the pandemic A(H1N1) flu, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has said. If workers decline vaccinations, they ...
Psychotherapy and the cancer patient.(EDITORIAL)
Oct 01, 2009; Krelstein, Murry J. ... Cancer is an alienating and existential disease. As psychiatrists, we can help cancer patients process many of the emotions they are bound to experience throughout the course of this illness. I should know. I was diagnosed with lymphoma about a year and a half ago. Since then, I ...
Integrating mental health into primary care.(EDITORIAL)
Oct 01, 2009; Gadit, Amin A. Muhammad ... Each year, the month of October brings the World Federation for Mental Health's World Mental Health Day, and this year's theme emphasizes enhancing treatment and promoting mental health by collaborating with primary care. We know that few of those with mental illness receive ...
The rich history of hypnosis.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; Lamba, Gurprit ... As a third-year resident in psychiatry, I was fascinated by Dr. Robert T. London's column on hypnosis ("Hypnosis: A Call for Training," The Psychiatrist's Toolbox, July 2009, p. 13). It's time that we changed our attitudes about alternative and complementary medicine techniques and started ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 2009; ... An article in the June 2009 issue ("Use Cardio Risk Guidelines Along With Antipsychotics," p. 24) incorrectly characterized the impact of quetiapine on triglyceride levels based on the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of ...
Will the U.S. Army's new resiliency training prevent mental distress? Outcomes will need to be closely monitored.(POINT/COUNTERPOINT)
Oct 01, 2009; Blank, Arthur S. ... The U.S. Army's basic psychoeducational training program, called master resilience training, or MRT, is to be delivered to about 1.1 million military personnel, press reports show. The goals are to increase resiliency--defined especially as resistance to posttraumatic stress ...
Will the U.S. Army's new resiliency training prevent mental distress? Origins of mental disorders must be understood.(POINT/COUNTERPOINT)
Oct 01, 2009; London, Robert T. ... Congratulations to Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and to the Army for offering its members resiliency training. Recognition on the part of the Army's top brass that steps can be taken to avoid PTSD, anxiety disorders, and depression represents a huge step forward for mental health care. ...
Anxiety often undertreated in bipolar disorder patients.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)
Oct 01, 2009; Wendling, Patrice ... CHICAGO -- Patients with bipolar disorder are at high risk for suicide and should be carefully and continuously assessed for acute and chronic risk factors, Dr. Frederick Goodwin said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists. Previous suicide ...
Antipsychotics may protect against switching in bipolar.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)(Clinical report)
Oct 01, 2009; Helwick, Caroline ... Switching from mania to depression occurs in only 5% of bipolar patients during the 12 weeks after a manic episode, and atypical antipsychotics appear to be protective, according to a large prospective, observational European study. EMBLEM (European Mania in Bipolar Longitudinal ...
Bipolar I, II share cognitive deficits.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)
Oct 01, 2009; Helwick, Caroline ... A similar pattern of cognitive deficits is observed in euthymic bipolar I and bipolar II patients, according to a German study of cognition in the two subtypes. There is evidence of cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder, but it is not known whether bipolar I patients differ ...
Age and bipolar affective disorder.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)
Oct 01, 2009; Helwick, Caroline ... Unlike schizophrenia, the risk of bipolar affective disorder seems to be associated with both paternal and maternal ages at conception, a Swedish population-based cohort study found. A consistent association has been seen between paternal age, but not maternal age, and a child's ...
Naltrexone promising for treating urges and behavior in kleptomania.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)(Clinical report)
Oct 01, 2009; McNamara, Damian ... HOLLYWOOD, FLA. -- The opioid antagonist naltrexone significantly reduced stealing urges and behaviors associated with kleptomania, compared with placebo in a small, randomized, double-blind study. Brian Odlaug and his associates at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, ...
Lunar cycles and human behavior.(EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)
Oct 01, 2009; Leard-Hansson, Jan ... The Problem Your partner hands you the on-call pager and wishes you good luck. You wonder what he means until you realize that the night sky will be illuminated by a full moon. You wonder whether Shakespeare was right and whether you are in for it: "It is the very error of the ...
Depression unaffected by ECT configuration.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)
Oct 01, 2009; McNamara, Damian ... HOLLYWOOD, FLA. -- Placement configuration of the electrodes for electroconvulsive therapy does not make a significant difference in outcomes for older adults with major depression, according to preliminary findings from a study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. ...
