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Can Bad Medical News Be Fatal? - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Studies of suicide risk often highlight the role of untreated psychiatric illness. However, suicidality may not always be a product of illness such as depression but might also emerge with overwhelming social distress and events, . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on May 10, 2012 at 4:36 pm By:
Dr. Steven Z. Kussin Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Physician
Bad news. Bad diagnoses. For some it means higher rates of unrelated deaths. http://t.co/vzBRMznv #psychiatry
Can Bad Medical News Be Fatal? - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Studies of suicide risk often highlight the role of untreated psychiatric illness. However, suicidality may not always be a product of illness such as depression but might also emerge with overwhelming social distress and events, . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on April 5, 2012 at 1:09 pm By:
Dr. Steven Z. Kussin Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Physician
Bad news,badly delivered is frequent. Bad news? Don't be frightened. So many docs want to scare you into actions... http://t.co/Zru0DuqM
High-Risk Opioid Use More Likely with PTSD Diagnoses in Veterans - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Returning combat veterans have high rates of mental and physical disorders, and injury-related pain often prompts prescription of opioid medication. Using records on 291,205 Iraq or Afghanistan veterans receiving Veterans Affairs health care in 2005-2008, . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on April 5, 2012 at 12:13 pm By:
Jennie Byrne MD PhD Doctor, Psychiatrist, Physician, and PhD
Veterans with PTSD and high risk opiate use - http://t.co/0xaSeHj6
Antidepressants Work, and Depression Severity Does Not Matter - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Suggestions that antidepressants work only in severely depressed patients have been based largely on analyses comparing different study outcomes -- i.e., fewer overall study effects were found in studies that had, on average, less-depressed patients . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on March 15, 2012 at 6:07 pm By:
Dr. Steven Z. Kussin Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Physician
This is news! Great to read that antidepressants may work even for mild and moderate depression. It makes thier... http://t.co/4wMZcwiK
DBS Still Looks Like an Option for Refractory Depression - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Seven years ago, a small number of patients with highly refractory, unipolar depression were shown to benefit from deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subcallosal cingulate cortex. Another study later suggested that some patients received . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on March 5, 2012 at 1:20 am By:
Jay E Mattingly MD Doctor, Anesthesiologist, and Physician
Deep Brain stimulation effective for refractory depression http://t.co/KQlxRFmC
Some Adults with OCD Have Anti-Basal Ganglia Antibodies - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Anti-basal ganglia antibodies (ABGAs) have been found in patients with Sydenham chorea, which is a sequel of streptococcal infection (strep) and has a high comorbidity with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Following this discovery, ABGAs have been . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on February 28, 2012 at 5:02 pm By:
Adam Rinde, ND CAM and Naturopathic Doctor
very interesting finding about OCD. Thanks to Journal Watch about this one. This correlates strep infection with... http://t.co/irtiw8XU
Up All Night Eating? Here's Why - Journal Watch Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Sleep deprivation is associated with increased appetite and food intake -- but why? Researchers in Europe have now explored this question, using functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine brain activations in response to images of . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on February 21, 2012 at 4:43 pm By:
dave Internist, Sports Medicine Doctor, Physician, and Doctor
Get your 8 hours of sleep! http://t.co/q2iMzCfw
How Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Work: Understanding More Fundamental Mechanisms of Action - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Several lines of evidence suggest that in adults, antidepressant therapies enhance neurogenesis in the hippocampus, but how this process occurs has been unclear. These researchers studied the effects of fluoxetine in mice and in humans. . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on January 17, 2012 at 7:15 pm By:
Jennie Byrne MD PhD Doctor, Psychiatrist, Physician, and PhD
How do SSRI antidepressants work? http://t.co/nMIbpPnu
Can PTSD Be Prevented? - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Studies of the use of medications or debriefing to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in traumatized people have had disappointing results, perhaps because of the intervention's timing or because participants were unlikely to develop PTSD . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on November 26, 2011 at 3:07 pm By:
Dr. Steven Z. Kussin Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Physician
Prevention & early treatment of PTSD. No drugs required. http://t.co/XkUjJiCV
How Chronic Amphetamine Abuse Alters Thought - Journal Watch Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Although amphetamines can acutely improve attention and reaction time, chronic use can disrupt emotional and cognitive processes mediated by pathways from the amygdala to the prefrontal cortex (PFC). These researchers further studied the effects of . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on October 19, 2011 at 9:18 am By:
Arnold Klein Physician, Active Health Library, Doctor, and Dermatologist
http://t.co/Q4v9SiN problem with treating hyperactive children.
Exercising One's Brain May Keep It Young - Journal Watch Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “In laboratory studies of relatively young individuals, training in specific motor skills increased volumes of gray and white matter. Now, researchers in Europe have examined whether training middle-aged people in a real-life activity would yield . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on October 18, 2011 at 4:32 pm By:
dave Internist, Sports Medicine Doctor, Physician, and Doctor
Age-related atrophy....how many times is this seen on a CT brain report? Alot...Keep the brain active, mental... http://t.co/HG1OlRUm
Being Spiritual Protects People from Depression - Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “These researchers performed a follow-up study into the question of whether spirituality ameliorates depression risk. In the original study, which involved white Protestant or Catholic women at high depression risk and low-risk epidemiological controls, those . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on September 20, 2011 at 2:06 pm By:
Dr. Steven Z. Kussin Doctor, Internist, Gastroenterologist, and Physician
I love this one. AND you don't even need to attend services. If you feel a sense of spirituality you are both... http://t.co/extULUli
An Omega-3 for ADHD Shows Promise - Journal Watch Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Increasing evidence for the efficacy of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for neuropsychiatric illnesses (e.g., JW Psychiatry Mar 8 2010 and JW Pediatr Adolesc Med Aug 16 2006), and some parents' preference for nonpharmacological treatments . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on September 13, 2011 at 12:53 am By:
Jennie Byrne MD PhD Doctor, Psychiatrist, Physician, and PhD
An Omega-3 for ADHD Shows Promise - Psychiatry http://t.co/fomEwMc
The Physiology of Memory Impairment: An Animal Study - Journal Watch Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “To understand the neuronal basis of age-related memory decline and to identify possible interventions, investigators examined neuronal firing rates and cAMP and ion-channel pathways in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in primates. Monkeys are useful . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on August 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm By:
Jennie Byrne MD PhD Doctor, Psychiatrist, Physician, and PhD
Interesting animal model for mild cognitive impairment in humans - http://t.co/lsKPoVp
Is Borderline Personality a Disorder? - Journal Watch Psychiatry
psychiatry.jwatch.org — “Current proposals for DSM-V eliminate categorical diagnoses of personality disorder, emphasizing instead dimensions of personality dysfunction. These investigators addressed the stability of the borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis by examining the degrees to which BPD . . .” View full resource at psychiatry.jwatch.org
Most Recently Shared on August 28, 2011 at 7:49 pm By:
Peter H Brown Doctor and Psychologist
Is Borderline Personality a Disorder? - Psychiatry http://t.co/9vVY6Ss #borderline
