Shorter wear times for Daytrana patches
effective.(Child/Adolescent psychiatry)
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who wore
Daytrana methylphenidate transdermal patches for stretches of 4 or 6
hours experienced improvements in their ADHD symptoms, results . . .
ADHD unaffected by 8-week course of St. John's
wort.(Child/Adolescent psychiatry)
An 8-week course of St. John's wort did not improve
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in what researchers
described as the first-ever randomized clinical trial of the herbal
remedy . . .
Clarity offered on ECGs, ADHD medications.(Child/Adolescent
psychiatry)
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart
Association have issued a joint statement clarifyingstate ment
clarifying recent recommendations made by the AHA on evaluating and
treating . . .
Gabapentin withdrawal.(EVIDENCE - BASED PSYCHIATRIC
MEDICINE)
The Problem
Many of the patients at your long-term psychiatric treatment center
(also known as a state prison) receive treatment with gabapentin for
chronic pain or seizure disorders. Some . . .
Cases show virulence of online pornography.(Aduit
psychiatry)
WASHINGTON -- The ubiquity of online pornography and easy access
make it problematic for people who otherwise might not be susceptible to
the lure of pornography.
For mental health professionals, . . .
Depression affects what mothers feed infants.(Aduit
psychiatry)
HONOLULU -- Depressed Hispanic mothers are more likely than are
nonde-pressed Hispanic mothers to supplement breast-feeding with water
and flavored teas as early as 4-6 weeks and to be giving their . . .
Diabetes and antipsychotic medications toolkit.(Several Resources
Available for Free)
Soon to be released by the American Diabetes Association, the kit
will include a letter from the American Diabetes Association Program
Planning Committee; CD-ROMs that include an archived Web cast . . .
Team solutions.(Several Resources Available for Free)
www.treatmentteam.com
This program sets up a collaborative approach between patients,
family, friends, and clinical treatment teams. Patients can access any
of 10 easy-to-understand workbooks . . .
Solutions for wellness.(Several Resources Available for
Free)
www.solutionsforwellness.com
This 6-month personalized wellness program is designed to help
people with serious serious mental illnesses improve their diet,
exercise, stress management, and sleep . . .
Integrating Psychiatric, physical care also can lead to cost
savings.
Treatment at an integrated behavioral/physical health care clinic
not only reduced emergency department admissions among patients with
serious mental illness but also saved a health care . . .
Collaborative medicine deemed best for patients.
Patients with serious mental disorders will be best served when
psychiatrists starting thinking like primary care physicians, and
primary care physicians start thinking like psychiatrists, experts . . .
Fink! still at large: a recent report on suicide in the U.S. Army
shows that suicidal behaviors are more common among young, unm
When the Army released its report, newspapers across the country
(and perhaps around the world) ran headlines like this: "More U.S.
Soldiers Committed Suicide in 2007 Than at Any Time Since the . . .
Adverse event confidentiality.(GUEST EDITORIAL)(Guest
editorial)
Imagine being involved in an adverse event--one that, through no
real fault of your own, caused death or serious injury to a patient.
Should your future patients have a right to know of your . . .
Correction.(Correction notice)
A headline on page 32 in the June 2008 issue of CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
NEWS should have read: "Depression Tied to Low Vitamin D, High
Parathyroid Hormone . . .
Let's address autism concerns.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
The autism editorial by Lawrence Scahill, Ph.D., is very upsetting
("Autism Is Not an Epidemic," Guest Editorial, March 2008, p.
14).
I know that editorials are supposed to be controversial, . . .
We need data on ethnic groups.(LETTERS)
Dr. Maria A. Oquendo and others identified some of the barriers
that limit research among ethnic and cultural groups ("Diversity
Missing From Research," May 2008, p. 1). I would like to add to
this . . .
Premature recommendations.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
It must be possible to be excited and uncomfortable at the same
time, because I cringed when I read a recent article based on a
presentation by Dr. Dana E. King of the Medical University of . . .
Health care reform: top 10 obstacles.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
I am a strong and consistent supporter of health care reform, but
perhaps I have be come a bit jaded from the unsucessful efforts
I've witnessed over the past 20 years.
To have real reform, it is . . .
Do high deductible plans coupled with HSAs promote
underinsurance? Consumer-directed care cuts bureaucracy.(POINT /
COUNTERPOINT
In fact, high-deductible plans solve the problems of
"underinsurance" and "overinsurance" and lead to
"just-right insurance."
Most economists recognize that excessive reliance on . . .
Do high deductible plans coupled with HSAs promote
underinsurance? The sick and poor are left underinsured.(POINT /
COUNTERPOINT
Consumer-directed health care (CDH) is premised on the odd idea
that Americans are too well insured. In policy wonks' dreams, CDH
couples high-deductible insurance policies with health savings . . .
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