Wheeled sports: benefits are long term.(Child/Adolescent
Psychiatry)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
Adolescents who engage in frequent school-based or extracurricular
physical activity--especially Rollerblading, skateboarding, and
bicycling--are up to 48% less likely to become overweight or obese . . .
Responsiveness to external cues tied to obesity.(Child/Adolescent
Psychiatry)
BALTIMORE -- Children with greater body mass indexes appear to be
more responsive to external food cues and less responsive to internal
satiety signals, a study involving almost 11,000 children . . .
Bullies and victims feel worthless, sad, unsafe.(Child/Adolescent
Psychiatry)
Adolescents who are involved in bullying--either as a victim,
bully, or both--are more likely than bystanders to report feelings of
low self-worth and sadness and to feel unsafe in their school.
. . .
Cyberbullying is common, psychologically
damaging.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Report)
CHICAGO -- Bullying over the Internet is common, and it is
associated with symptoms of psychopathology in boys and girls, according
to researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
. . .
Urge parents to guide teens' cell phone
use.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
CHICAGO -- Clear parental expectations about adolescents' cell
phone use can support family relationships, a survey of 196
parent-adolescent dyads shows.
Helping parents realize this can assist . . .
Sensitivity to anesthesia greater for depressed women.(Adult
Psychiatry)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Depressed women have a deeper reaction to general
anesthesia and thus are less likely to become aware during surgery, a
preliminary study of 26 women suggests.
Women who scored . . .
Antidepressant therapy after STAR*D.(PRACTICAL
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY)
Most episodes of major depression can be resolved with
pharmacotherapy, but finding the right approach is often a protracted
process.
In the multicenter Sequenced Treatment Alternatives for . . .
Remission faster in meth-induced psychosis.(Adult
Psychiatry)
MIAMI BEACH -- It can be difficult to distinguish symptoms of
psychosis induced by methamphetamine from those of schizophrenia. In a
comparison study, for example, researchers found significant . . .
Monitor antipsychotic-related weight gain.(Adult
Psychiatry)
NEW YORK -- Taking baseline measurements of fasting blood glucose,
lipids, weight, and waist circumference and monitoring those measures
are essential to the early identification of metabolic . . .
Watching stressful soccer match doubles risk of CV event.(Adult
Psychiatry)(cardiovascular )
Watching an important soccer match that triggered intense emotional
stress more than doubled the risk of an acute cardiovascular event in a
German study.
Dr. Ute Wilbert-Lampen and her associates . . .
The tennis racket and the mind.(THE PSYCHIATRIST'S
TOOLBOX)
Some years ago, I received a telephone call from a potential
patient who wanted to know whether I could help him improve his tennis
game. I had done some work in helping people improve their . . .
A recent review shows that SSRIs have a mild positive impact on
mild depression that is comparable with placebo. What are the
im
For 20 years, we have been hearing about the miracle of the
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. "Living With Prozac"
by Debra Elfenbein (Harper San Francisco, 1995) was a best seller, . . .
Targeted protocols may lower risk for HIV.(Adult
Psychiatry)
BALTIMORE -- Women who were sexually abused as children appear to
fare no better with trauma-focused group therapy than with
present-focused group therapy in improving behaviors associated . . .
The art of Derrick Williams.(VISIONARY ART)
Derrick Williams' work sells, but he doesn't paint for
the money.
"As long as I'm able to [paint], I'll do it,"
says Mr. Williams, who has had several exhibitions recently through his
affiliation . . .
For vets, social supports can facilitate treatment.(Adult
Psychiatry)
BALTIMORE -- Veterans who receive treatment for posttraumatic
stress disorder appear more likely to use social supports to get around
barriers that block many from getting treatment.
But after . . .
Getting details is key in exposure therapy.(Adult
Psychiatry)
KOLOA, HAWAII -- One way to guide posttraumatic stress disorder
exposure therapy is to help patients gradually describe their trauma in
as much detail as possible, Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D., . . .
Call issued for better PMDD diagnostic criteria.(Adult
Psychiatry)
KOLOA, HAWAII -- The DSM-IV criteria for premenstrual dysphoric
disorder need to be improved, Dr. Meir Steiner said at the annual
meeting of the American College of Psychiatrists.
"What is wrong . . .
Is antipsychotic-induced diabetes reversible?(EVIDENCE-BASED
PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)
The Problem
You have a patient with schizophrenia who is considering treatment
with an antipsychotic medication. After reviewing the potential
irreversibility of tardive dyskinesia, the patient . . .
Metabolic syndrome 'alarmingly high'.(Adult
Psychiatry)
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among people with serious
mental disorders who are taking antipsychotics is "alarmingly
high," results of a study show.
In a cross-sectional study, the . . .
Combo Tx may be best for poststroke depression.(Adult
Psychiatry)(Clinical report)
NEW ORLEANS -- Individuals with poststroke depression may respond
best in the short term to a combination of a brief psychosocial and
behavioral intervention and an antidepressant, Pamela H. . . .
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