Psychiatry

When the scales tip in favor of testosterone, aggressive behavior wins out. When cortisol levels are high, you're going to walk away.

Norwegian researchers have found a socio-economic disparity among patients with bipolar disorder that persists despite equal education.

A woman convicted of two hired killings may be the first woman executed in VA in nearly a century after losing an appeal calling attention to her low IQ.

How can a magic app be put to use in a psychiatry or neurology practice?

Direct your patients who are dealing with addiction or substance abuse to these three reliable, up-to-date resources.

How does being one of 33 men cut off from families and the world in a relatively small space affect your mental state?

Review the results of three recently published studies that looked at the crossroads of addiction and health IT.

Direct patients and their caregivers to this excellent online resource, and learn about a couple others.

Being opioid-dependent means dealing with attractions and cravings that never go away--and seeking help for things that have gone away.

Research results show that the antidepressant Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) is effective in alleviating the symptoms of major depression in both peri- and post-menopausal women.

Recently published results show no differences in the frequency of delusional disorder between the sexes but do reveal other gender differences.

The diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease could see its first update in a quarter century.

The death of the Yankees long-time owner one of several recent Alzheimer's-related stories making headlines.

Jerald Block, MD, a major in the army reserves who just finished serving a 3-month deployment as a psychiatrist for a combat stress control team, wrote us from western Iraq to explain his role in this position, the conditions he mostly treats, how technology has impacted his practice in both military and civilian roles, and what other psychiatrists can learn from his experiences.

How does video teleconferencing compare to face-to-face visits in the eyes of parents of psychiatric patients?

This symposium included presentations of NNT and NNH analyses of approved pharmacotherapies for various phases of bipolar disorder

This symposium presented five novel applications of IPSRT.

This symposium focused on presenting the most recent results of key projects conducted to evaluate the effects of early detection/intervention strategies.

Children who lose a parent to suicide are more likely to die the same way and are at an increased risk for developing a number of psychiatric disorders.

Ravish Patwardhan, MD, is the founder and director of the Comprehensive Neurosurgery Network (www.brainandspinecare.com), which "specializes in minimally invasive techniques for treating brain and spine problems." Patwardhan has more than 12 years of experience in the neurosurgery industry and has published several peer-reviewed studies on brain trauma, tumors, epilepsy, and spinal procedures. He is also a frequent speaker on the latest treatments and advances in brain and spinal surgeries.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a policy on December 30, 2009 setting forth the proposed rules describing how hospitals and physicians could qualify for government money to support the adoption of an EHR.

One of the largest and most costly problems facing the healthcare industry is that patients don't consistently take the medicine they've been prescribed. More accurately, between one-third and one-half of patients in the US do not take their medications as instructed, according to an August 2009 report released by the New England Healthcare Institute (http://bit.ly/xlZaW).

Currently, Alzheimer's disease cannot be definitively diagnosed until after death, when a brain autopsy is performed on a patient and evidence of beta-amyloid plaque deposits in the brain can be found.

The prevalence of abused children experiencing unexplained early development of gastrointestinal symptoms was the focus of a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine (March/April 2010).