Universal screening renews HIV debate.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
When a person discloses a positive HIV status to a partner, the
disclosure eliminates many of the moral, ethical, and legal
considerations inherent in the opposite scenario. Just what is . . .
'Behind-the-counter' prescribing problematic.(GUEST
EDITORIAL)
Americans are desperate for ways to reduce the costs of health care
and improve access to care. At the same time, physicians are frustrated
with the status quo. After a 30-year campaign by the . . .
Let's reject managed care.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
I would like to respond to Dr. Gerald W. Grumet's Guest
Editorial in CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS ("Managed Care: Can't We
Do Better?" February 2008, p. 11).
Let me share my experience as a . . .
Misdiagnoses of children must stop.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
I am a front-to-back reader of CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS. I say this
first because what follows is criticism of an establishment that I
question, not of a publication that I admire.
I read in . . .
Physicians, big pharma, and deception.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
Recently, Dr. David McNeil wrote a guest editorial in these pages
in which he argued that it is appropriate for doctors to give talks for
pharmaceutical companies ("We Can Work With Pharma," . . .
What role will genetics play in
psychiatry?(POINT/COUNTERPOINT)
There is more to biology than genetics.
The identification of genetic factors involved in causing
psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia holds great promise. But as
this information becomes . . .
Let's achieve mental health parity now.(GUEST
EDITORIAL)
As psychiatrists and other mental health professionals know very
well, mental health and addiction treatment parity is long overdue in
this country.
The 1996 Mental Health Parity Act--sponsored . . .
STDs on rise among teenage girls.(News)
CHICAGO -- More than 3 million teenage girls have at least one
sexually transmitted disease, and 15% of those have multiple infections,
according to the first large study of STDs in this . . .
Approval of aripiprazole might reassure parents.(News)
The Food and Drug Administration's approval of aripiprazole
for the acute treatment of bipolar I disorder in children and
adolescents is helpful for physicians and parents, according to . . .
SSRI may improve metabolic risk factors, hostility:
citalopram's benefits include weight loss.(News)
BALTIMORE -- For individuals who have high levels of hostility,
treatment with citalopram not only reduces hostility but improves the
cardiovascular risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome, . . .
Psychiatry residency positions filled by U.S. seniors continue to
fall.(VITAL SIGNS)
Psychiatry Residency Positions Filled By U.S. Seniors Continue to
Fall
Source: National Resident Matching Program
ELSEVIER GLOBAL MEDICAL . . .
Early puberty tied to risky behavior.(News)
KOLOA, HAWAII -- The earlier onset of puberty, combined with a
fairly delayed set of processes that underpin cognitive development,
might represent a key framework for understanding the risky . . .
Gus Van Sant's compassion for troubled kids.(REEL
LIFE)
There is a world-class skateboard park tucked beneath the east end
of the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Ore., that was built clandestinely
by skateboarders and subsequently legalized by the city as . . .
Agency seeks comment on proposed safety rule.(Practice
Trends)
Draft federal regulations more than 2 years in the making aim to
give hospital networks, physician groups, and similar organizations the
ability to help doctors reduce medical errors and improve . . .
Euthanasia requests offer therapeutic window.(Practice
Trends)
TAMPA -- A patient's request for a hastened death--either an
explicit request or a hint--should be considered a clinical emergency
that offers an important therapeutic opportunity.
"When you're . . .
Evidence base lacking for Medicare coverage decisions.(Practice
Trends)
Data reviewed by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to
inform Medicare treatment coverage decisions reflect populations that
are significantly different from the Medicare beneficiary . . .
Psych beds in general hospitals needed.(INPATIENT
PRACTICE)(Interview)
Almost half of all psychiatric admissions to a 24-hour facility in
the United States are made to a psychiatric unit in a general hospital.
The number of psychiatric beds in general hospitals . . .
Quality Reporting Web site.(FYI)(Website overview)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reorganized the
Web site for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative to provide
easier access to 2008 information. The site also includes . . .
AIDS/HIV, drug abuse program grants.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is
accepting applications for grants to strengthen ethnic communities'
drug abuse treatment, outreach, and prevention services . . .
Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.(FYI)
The report entitled "Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on
Substance Use and Mental Health" says that adults who were forced
to leave their homes for 2 weeks or more during the two . . .
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