Pregabalin for generalized anxiety disorder.(EVIDENCE - BASED
PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)
The Problem
You have a patient with generalized anxiety disorder who previously
has been treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, selective
norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, and . . .
Patient questionnaire for depression helpful.(Adult
Psychiatry)
PHOENIX--Clinicians in 17 diverse outpatient psychiatric practices
across the United States reported that having patients complete a
simple, short questionnaire about depression at each visit was . . .
English smoking ban resulted in more cessation.(Adult
Psychiatry)
As many as 400,000 smokers have quit their habit as a result of
England's ban on smoking in public places, according to a British
cancer charity.
Cancer Research UK said the Smoking Toolkit Study . . .
Guidance in works on treatment of borderline.(Adult
Psychiatry)(Brief article)
Clinicians should not use drugs to specifically treat borderline
personality disorder and should not use brief pharmaceutical
interventions to treat the symptoms of the condition, under a . . .
Happily married women report less insomnia.(Adult
Pschyiatry)
BALTIMORE--Women who are happily married in midlife report fewer
sleep problems than unhappily married or unmarried women, based on data
from nearly 3,000 women.
Previous studies have shown that . . .
Pregnancy not tied to risk of mental illness.(Adult
Pschyiatry)
Pregnancy does not raise the risk of developing any of the most
prevalent mental disorders, with the notable exception of postpartum
depression, according to a report in the Archives of General . . .
Race may play role in Dx of schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder.(Adult Psychiatry)(Clinical report)
WASHINGTON -- Clinicians appear to be more likely to diagnose black
patients with schizophrenia than white patients, even after controlling
for symptom presentation, according to a study of more . . .
Three trials provide guidance on race, ethnicity: in STEP-BD,
response to treatment for psychosis was 40% for white patients and
PHOENIX--Teasing out any differences in the success of psychiatric
treatment by race or ethnicity is hampered by a dearth of data on
minorities, but secondary analyses of major studies on . . .
Cognitive dysfunction may worsen quality of life in
bipolar.(PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY)(Clinical report)
WASHINGTON -- Poor cognitive function in patients with bipolar
disorder might contribute to worse quality of life, results of a
Portuguese study of 55 patients show.
Poorer self-reported quality . . .
Double trouble: mixed bipolar episodes.(PRACTICAL
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY)
By DSM-IV standards, mixed episodes must satisfy criteria for both
manic and depressive episodes and are relatively rare in bipolar
disorder, but not everyone goes by this definition.
"There's a . . .
Physicians were distressed to learn of the psychiatric patient
who died while waiting to be seen in a Brooklyn hospital. How can
Several weeks ago, JAMA published a commentary, "Physicians
Behaving Badly," detailing some of the inhumane ways in which
doctors (and, I might add, hospital staff and office personnel) . . .
Pain relievers.(Cartoon)
TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR MOM MEDDLING IN YOUR . . .
Another close call.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
I really enjoyed Dr. H. Steven Moffic's article ("Is
There a [Real] Doctor on the Plane?" The Ethical Way, June 2008, p.
62).
The same thing happened to me on a return flight from Hawaii.
There . . .
ACP stand on marijuana is appropriate.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
In our primary care clinic, I see many patients with chronic pain
disorders ("Internist Group Backs Use of Medical Marijuana,"
April 2008, p. 56).
These patients either have used marijuana or are . . .
Sleep and memory: can learning be enhanced?(GUEST
EDITORIAL)(Guest editorial)
The history of sleep and memory research began with Ebbinghaus in
1885. Research remained dormant for some time, but by the late 1980s,
studies involving trampolining (Percept. Mot. Skills . . .
FDA rejects 'approvable,' 'not approvable'
terms.(News)
The Food and Drug Administration will no longer issue
"approvable" or "not approvable" letters when a drug
application is not approved. Instead, the agency will issue a
"complete response" letter . . .
Aetna defends its use of preferred provider
networks.(News)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Speaking at the insurance industry's annual
meeting, an Aetna executive defended the company's
performance-based physician networks, saying that they were a way to
keep costs down . . .
Insured, uninsured report access problems.(News)
One in five Americans postponed or skipped needed medical care last
year because of cost, insurance problems, or difficulty getting an
appointment, according to a report from the Center for . . .
HHS pushes doctors to start using electronic
prescribing.(News)
Federal officials are urging physicians to begin electronic
prescribing as soon as possible now that Congress has authorized bonus
payments for the successful use of the technology.
Under the . . .
AMA urged to use apology as a
'Springboard'.(News)
African American physicians are looking for action to back up the
words of apology recently tendered by the American Medical Association
for more than a century of racial inequity and bias.
In . . .
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