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The Mental Health Hope Symposium: Do Not Cut Mental Health Care
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Consider these alarming statistics:
* By 2020, behavioral health disorders will surpass all physical diseases as a major cause of disability worldwide.
* Of the more than 6 million people served by state mental health authorities across the nation, only 21 percent are employed.
* More than half of adolescents in the United States who fail to complete high school have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder.
* Between 2009 and 2011 states cumulatively cut more than $1.8 billion from their budgets for services for children and adults living with mental illness.
* In 2009, there were an estimated 45.1 million adults aged 18 or old...
Source: World of Psychology - November 17, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Borderline Personality Depression Disorders Dissociative General Money and Financial Policy and Advocacy Psychiatry PTSD Research Schizophrenia Treatment Actress Glenn Advocacy Organizations Alarmi Source Type: blogs
1 In 5 Americans Now On Mental Health Drugs. Are We Over-Medicating?Email this article to a colleague.
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Almost half of all Americans take at least one prescription drug, and now a new report tells us that more than 20% of us take at least one medication to treat a mental health problem–a number that is up 22% since 2001. It’s an alarming trend for sure, and has us wondering: Are all of these drugs really necessary, or are Americans over-medicated?
Granted, mental health disorders are a serious illness which require serious treatment. According to the statistics released by Medco Health Solutions, more than a quarter of us suffer from mental health problems which have us taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, att...
Source: Genetics and Health - November 17, 2011 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL mental health antidepressants depression mental health drugs Source Type: blogs
#Schizophrenia gene associated with psychiatric disorders and brain development. #mhukEmail this article to a colleague.
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/miot-psg111711.php
Filed under: Mental Health News, Interesting Stuff...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - November 17, 2011 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health News, Interesting Stuff... Source Type: blogs
The hesitation before shaking a patient’s hand in the hospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today, during my psychiatry rotation, a very grateful patient confronted my attending and thanked him profusely for saving him. The patient had been severely depressed and was at his wit’s end before they met. The doctor listened to him, analyzed his situation, and came up with a plan to help which included involving the patient’ family as well as using proper medication. The patient had a great response to this and now wanted to express this to my attending. Thus entered the “hospital handshake.”Read the rest of The hesitation before shaking a patient’s hand in the hospital on KevinMD.com.Cat...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 17, 2011 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Physician Hospital Medical school Patients newtag Source Type: blogs
and still… #psychiatric patients unaware of prescription drug risks! #mhuk #shockingEmail this article to a colleague.
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http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/health/psychiatric-patients-unaware-of-prescription-drug-risks-174194.html
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Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - November 17, 2011 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health News, Interesting Stuff... Source Type: blogs
The Very Badly Behaved Health Care PractitionerEmail this article to a colleague.
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I've been asked several 'ethical dilemmas' in the past few weeks. I'm putting them up on Shrink Rap, but please don't get hung up on the details. These aren't my patients, but the details of the stories are being distorted to disguise those involved. The question, in both cases, boils down to: Should the mental health professional report the patient to his professional board?
In the first case, a psychiatrist is treating a nurse who is behaving badly. The nurse is stealing controlled substances from the hospital and giving them to friends who 'need' them. She doesn't intend to stop, and her ...
Source: Shrink Rap - November 17, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Less Health Care - You Can Live Without ItEmail this article to a colleague.
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Is it just me, or is Washington sending a message that they want to RATION our health care? The Obama administration seems to favor placing those people who want bigger government and less access to health care in charge of our senior population.Consider this.During a Congressional recess Obama appointed Donald Berwick, a socialist that adores nationalized health care such as exists in Great Britain, to head the Center for Medicare Services. The timing of the appointment to a position that had been vacant for over a year is suspicious.By making the move while Congress was not in session the appointment avoided the normal s...
Source: InsureBlog - November 16, 2011 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Source Type: blogs
White People Think Black People Are DirtyEmail this article to a colleague.
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obviously he brought the trash with him
Source: The Last Psychiatrist - November 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Narcissism Source Type: blogs
A.M. Vitals: Pizza and Cholesterol Drugs, Psychiatric Meds and Campaign PromisesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Tie in the Statin Wars: Cholesterol fighter Crestor, considered by some doctors to be the most potent statin, didn’t fare significantly better than rival Lipitor, a new study finds. The results, presented at the American Heart Association’s meeting, will make it harder for Crestor’s maker AstraZeneca to convince payors that the drug is worth paying extra for, given that Lipitor goes generic at the end of this month.
Another Reason to Keep Promises? On the campaign trail, candidate Barack Obama vowed to avoid requiring Americans buy health insurance. As president, he signed into law a health overhaul tha...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - November 16, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jonathan D. Rockoff Tags: Consumer health Drugs Health Reform Obama Administration Pfizer Health-Care Overhaul Mental health Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Psychiatric Drug Use Spreads - WSJ.comEmail this article to a colleague.
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BY SHIRLEY S. WANG The medicating of Americans for mental illnesses continued to grow over the past decade, with one in five adults now taking at least one psychiatric drug such as antidepressants, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety medications, according to an analysis of pharmacy-claims data. via online.wsj.com Posted via email from Jack's posterous
Source: PharmaGossip - November 16, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Technology and The Shrink-- Hello, Siri.Email this article to a colleague.
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Technology seems to be the theme of the moment here on Shrink Rap. We're all playing with new toys and trying to figure out what makes them fun and what makes them useful to our work.
For this week's post on Shrink Rap News over on the Clinical Psychiatry News website, I have an article up on Siri and the Psychiatrist. Some information that might be useful to anyone who is thinking of incorporating this technology into their practice, and oh, a little tongue-in-cheek humor there with many thanks to Dr. Bob Roca at Sheppard Pratt and Dr. Paul Nestadt at Johns Hopkins who both allowed me to quote them during the...
Source: Shrink Rap - November 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Janssen Launches Healthy Minds Initiative with $3 MillionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Last week, Janssen Pharmaceuticals announced an interesting partnership with the International Mental Health Research Organization (IMHRO) to support One Mind for Research with $3 million in funding. One Mind for Research a program of IMHRO that fosters neuroscience research, education, and awareness-building programs.
Janssen is the developer and manufacturer of a number of psychiatric medications, including Concerta, Invega, and Risperdal. Janssen is a division of Johnson & Johnson.
As part of the Healthy Minds efforts, Janssen will become the first private-sector partner to support the One Mind for Research program...
Source: World of Psychology - November 15, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: General Policy and Advocacy Research Antipsychotic Medication Brain Diseases Brain Disorders Break Down Barriers Breakthrough Treatments Central Nervous System Collaboration Concerta Congressman Patrick Kennedy Contribute 2 Dr Pa Source Type: blogs
Feeling S.A.D.? How To Choose A Light Therapy BoxEmail this article to a colleague.
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The New York Times ran a great article yesterday on how using light therapy can help combat everything from mild winter blues to serious seasonal affective disorder. And according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, between 50% and 80% of people using light therapy to treat S.A.D. experience a complete recovery from symptoms. But how do you find a light therapy box? How much do they cost? And what features should you look for?
Turns out, light therapy boxes are less expensive than you might think—the cheapest models start around $40, though they can go up to a couple of hundred dollars. There are ample light t...
Source: Genetics and Health - November 15, 2011 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Elizabeth Nolan Brown Tags: FEEL mental health alternative medicine antidepressants depression S.A.D. Source Type: blogs
Environmental impact of journal distribution is complexEmail this article to a colleague.
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Letter by me in the BMJ this week:
Inglis contends that the BMJ’s print run and thus carbon footprint can be reduced by a combination of increased reader sharing of print issues and greater embrace of digital distribution.
The whole picture is less straightforward. The BMJ is a commercial publication, albeit not an aggressively capitalist one, and it must pay its way. Part of its funding comes from print advertising, and advertisers remain reluctant to pay for online and iPad advertisements. Were the BMJ to make the transition to an online only publication, with most printed copies communally rea...
- November 15, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Frontier Psychiatrist Tags: BMJ Source Type: blogs
Grand Rounds: Best of Health and Medical BloggingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Welcome to a new edition of Grand Rounds blog carnival, the weekly edition of what’s best in the health and medical blogosphere. This week, twenty four bloggers share data, insights, questions, reflections and more. Enjoy!
On Improving Care
Dr. Robert Orenstein at ACP Hospitalist: thoroughly cleaning patient’s rooms can dramatically reduce healthcare-acquired infections (HAI).
Dr. Walter van den Broek at ShockMD: availability bias is one reason for diagnostic errors- which is why consulting super specialists too early is not without risk.
Marcus Escobedo at the John A. Hartford Foundation’s blog: are tomorrow...
Source: SharpBrains - November 15, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Health & Wellness Aaron-Beck aging aging-population anti-vaccine at risk availability bias Behavioral Health biofeedback blog blog-carnival blogs blue circle brain brain chemistry brain functionality brain-function cancer Source Type: blogs
Diagnostic Errors in PsychiatryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Diagnostic errors are hot these days. this subject is of importance for patient safety and as such attention on this subject has increased. Previously I wrote about a diagnostic error, the availability bias. There are many more possible cognitive diagnostic errors to be made by physicians. Some diagnostic errors are more common in psychiatry.
Fundamental attribution error: the tendency to be judgmental and blame patients for their illnesses (dispositional causes) rather than examine the circumstances (situational factors) that might have been responsible. In particular, psychiatric patients, minorities, and other ma...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - November 15, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Academic diagnostic errors patient safety Source Type: blogs
Depression AppsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In My Three Shrinks Podcast #63 (recorded last Sunday, to be out as soon as Clinkshrink completes it), we talked about reviewed iTunes apps helpful for screening for or tracking depression. I will provide a bit more focus on this topic here.
I recently wrote an article for Clinical Psychiatry News referring to the iPad as the new physician's "black bag." One of those tools might be a depression tracking app, to be used by patients or by providers responsible for treating patients. So, I went to the App Store (sorry Android users, I don't have one of those gizmos yet) and searched for the keyword "depression" and nar...
Source: Shrink Rap - November 15, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roy Source Type: blogs
Video Game Fanatics Have Bigger Ventral StriatumEmail this article to a colleague.
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Got a big "reward hub" in your brain? A study in teenagers showed the "reward hub", which is involved in addiction, was larger in regular players. A report in Translational Psychiatry said it was unknown if games changed the brain or if brain differences made people more likely to play. What I wonder: have video games shifted people from drug addiction to game addiction? If so, video games might actually be reducing brain damage by giving people something less harmful to get addicted to. On the other hand, since video games are illegal and have less of a stigma about them more people can become addicted to them more easily...
Source: FuturePundit - November 15, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: Brain Addiction Source Type: blogs
Fast Track Facts On Side Effects Of ADHD MedicationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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I know a boy who was on several ADHD drugs for many years and he told me that he wished he had never taken them. This boy then went off the drugs because he was getting pretty bad migraines and nervous tics. He still had some of the ADHD classic symptoms such as hyperactivity and impulsiveness and felt that he had got himself back. But the ADHD medication side effects had robbed him of a happy adolescence.
Look at the warning labels on any of the well known ADHD drugs such as Adderall, Cylert, Ritalin and Vyvanse and you are most likely to be confronted with warnings about cardiac arrest, psychotic events, psychiatric prob...
Source: Life With ADHD - November 15, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Drugs Effects Facts Fast Side Track Source Type: blogs
The Divided BrainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Iain McGilchrist: The Divided Brain
Psychiatrist McGilchist debunks myths of split brain functioning and explains how the left and right hemispheres of the brain always work together, yet still have different specializations. He posits that their strengths (and physical size) have evolved with the demands of modern life, and that although the left hemisphere may be useful for more concrete tasks, the right brain is equally valuable, ending with this quote from Albert Einstein: “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant but has ...
Source: Channel N - November 14, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Art Lecture animation brain hemispheres history neuroanatomy neurophilosophy RSA video Source Type: blogs
Eli Lilly's "Pain TV": Are they serious?Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: The Carlat Psychiatry Blog - November 14, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Cymbalta Medscape Eli Lilly Pain TV Source Type: blogs
The Neurobiology of Stress: The Human Brain Likes to Be in BalanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Editor’s note: below you have part 5 of the 6-part The Neurobiology of Stress series. If you are joining the series now, you can read the previous part Here.)
Stayin’ Alive
Understanding the Human Brain and How It Responds to Stress
The Human Brain Likes to Be in Balance
Fortunately, the brain has some built — in safety systems. Too much cortisol in the blood signals the brain and adrenal glands to decrease cortisol production. And under normal conditions, when the stress is overcome or brought under control (by fighting, fleeing, or turning into an immobile statue, or by mastering the threat), the hypothalamus sta...
Source: SharpBrains - November 14, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Jerome Schultz Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Author Speaks Series Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness actions anxiety Asperger syndrome attitudes autism behaviors bloodstream brain brain tissue brain-based brain-cells bullying Cerebr Source Type: blogs
5 Alcoholism SubtypesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers Identify Five Alcoholism Subtypes
Analyses of a national sample of individuals with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) reveal five distinct subtypes of the disease, according to a study by scientists at the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“Our findings should help dispel the popular notion of the ‘typical alcoholic,’” notes Howard Moss. “We find that young adults comprise the largest group of alcoholics in this country, and nearly 20 percent of alcoholics are highly functional and well-educated with good incomes. More than ha...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - November 14, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Family Men Psychological Illness Recovery Treatment Women Youth functional alcoholic subtypes of the disease typical alcoholic Source Type: blogs
Feedback: Bipolar support groupEmail this article to a colleague.
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Suffian posted on our Facebook Page enquiring about a support group for Bioplar disoders.
A quick check with the Malaysian Psychiatry Association (listed in our Societies page) shows that there is a Bipolar support group which meets in UMMC every 3rd Wednesday each month from 2pm onwards.
If anyone knows of other Bipolar support groups, please let us know.
from the Malaysian Medical ResourcesFeedback: Bipolar support group
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - November 14, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Feedback - Palmdoc Bipolar depression Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Higher Capacity Brain Surface Interface DeviceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The scientists say it is for people with diseases. But of course the gamers will eventually be the biggest users. Of course, if virtual game playing is an addiction the scientists are right anyhow. PHILADELPHIA - A team of researchers co-led by the University of Pennsylvania has developed and tested a new high-resolution, ultra-thin device capable of recording brain activity from the cortical surface without having to use penetrating electrodes. The device could make possible a whole new generation of brain-computer interfaces for treating neurological and psychiatric illness and research. The work was published in Nature ...
Source: FuturePundit - November 14, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: Cyborg Tech Source Type: blogs
Therapy Is About Having An Honest Relationship, But Is Lying Ever OK?Email this article to a colleague.
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We’ve been having a great discussion over on the post Tell Me…. An Ethical Dilemma. The post talks about a young man who wants to know if he can check “no” to a question about whether he has a psychiatric disorder if his illness is not relevant to the situation. The comments have been fascinating — do read them– and very thought-provoking.
One reader asked, ” If a patient asked if they were boring you, and they were, would you say yes?”
This is a great question, and of course the right thing to do is to explore with the patient what meaning the concern has to him. But i...
Source: Better Health - November 13, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Dinah Miller, M.D. Tags: Opinion Dilemma Doctor Patient Relationship Ethics Honest Lies Lying Psychiatric Disorders Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Shrink Truth Source Type: blogs
The History of The Duck, etc....Email this article to a colleague.
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Those of you who are regular Shrink Rap readers know we are rather attached to the image of the yellow rubber duck. It started with an article on Emotional Support Animals that was in the New York Times right after we started our blog, and we latched on to the imagine of airline passengers who brought ducks (one dressed in clothing) on to flights, and then Clink began her years-long hobby of animating ducks! And of course there was the lovely reader, DrivingMissMolly, who donated a flock of ducks to Heifer International in our behalf. The duck appears on our blog, it was the subject of heated debate and d...
Source: Shrink Rap - November 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
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The Americanization of Mental Illness (New York Times)
I don’t know how I missed this article when it came out. It basically describes a lot of the negative effects that the USA is having on other cultures, when we export our supposedly “scientific, objective” views of “mental illness”. People suddenly starting to show psychiatric symptoms in patterns that never existed in their cultures before that. People suddenly being treated worse (in America and elsewhere) when mental illness is seen as a “brain disease” (suggesting that NAMI’s approach to “stigma” is having...
Source: Ballastexistenz - November 12, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Amanda Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Bones My Family Gave MeEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is for the next disability blog carnival. One of the questions asked is “Is there someone whom you have met in real life or online who has had an impact on how you view your disability or disabled people in general?” This is my answer.
How do I even articulate the ways my family shaped my views on disability? It’s a very mixed bag. And in saying what I’m about to say, I do not want to give the impression that my family is some kind of romanticized disability utopia. Far from it. There is plenty of misunderstanding, prejudice, and ableism to go around, just like in most families. Yet in being w...
Source: Ballastexistenz - November 12, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Amanda Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Cost of SuboxoneEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Reader Writes:
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The State of XXXXXX prescription price list noted Target Pharmacy as the cheapest for Suboxone at $6.99/Suboxone pill, 8mg-2mg, qty. 30. So I started getting my prescriptions filled at Target.
Well, needless to say they raised their prices twice since then and I am now paying $8.158333/Suboxone pill, 8mg-2mg, qty. 30, Nov. 12, 2011.
My question: How can they be alowed to jack their prices up so fast and so high in a short period of time? What can I do? It’s like they pulled a bait and switch on me.
Please write back Dr. Junig
My Reply:
I sympathize with you. The best thing you can do is h...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - November 12, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: SuboxDoc Tags: addiction buprenorphine education pharmacology Public policy Reckitt-Benckiser Suboxone Subutex cheap buprenorphine cheap Suboxone cost of Suboxone injecting suboxone opioid treatment suboxone doctor Source Type: blogs
Review of Systems, Panda Bear Style. Welcome Back Doctor.Email this article to a colleague.
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Panda Bear is back. Thanks GruntDoc for alerting the masses. If you haven't had the honor of reading Panda's perspective, you're definitely missing out. He's an ER doctor with an incredible ability to speak an unfiltered truth. He is a cross between House of God and House. He is a gifted writer with a vocabulary that flows from his heart and soul. He is passionate about what he believes. He is also right about everything.
For example:
We don’t have the Review of Systems today. Like the physical exam and other quaint medical traditions, it has fallen by the ...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - November 12, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs
Drug Injury Lawyers Say Studies Suggest Links between SSRIs and Birth Defects - Yahoo! NewsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The study, recently published in the Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted by researchers from the University of Mississippi and the University of California-San Francisco, found that mothers who took SSRIs during the year prior to giving birth ran nearly twice the normal risk of developing autism spectrum disorder and other neurological problems. Based on studies linking SSRIs with heart defects and a lung disorder called persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued health advisory warnings in 2005 and 2006 about the antidepressants. According to the Mayo Cli...
Source: PharmaGossip - November 12, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Drugmakers Lundbeck, Otsuka form global alliance | ReutersEmail this article to a colleague.
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TOKUSHIMA, Japan/COPENHAGEN - Japanese drugmaker Otsuka Holdings Co and Danish peer Lundbeck are to jointly develop and sell up to five psychiatric and neuroscience drugs in a deal seen offering their pipelines a much-needed boost. Shares in Lundbeck jumped in the wake of the announcement from the pairing on Friday, and were up 5.0 percent at 111.2 Danish crowns at midday, against a 0.5 percent rise in the STOXX Europe 600 healthcare index and a 0.9 percent rise in the Copenhagen bourse's bluechip index."We see this deal as clearly positive for Lundbeck and it bodes well for long-term revenue, top-line diversification and ...
Source: PharmaGossip - November 12, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Hurt All Over - Diagnosis - Dr. Lisa Sanders - NYTimes.comEmail this article to a colleague.
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'Will you please see my sister?' the young woman asked Dr. David Podell, who was a friend of a friend and had a reputation as a kinder version of TV's Dr. Gregory House. People told her that Podell was a doctor who specialized in diagnosing odd diseases, and she hoped he might finally solve the puzzle of her older sister's mysterious illness.1. THE PATIENT'S STORYOver the past 10 years, the patient — now 33 — became completely disabled by strange pains and odd episodes of weakness that no one could explain. The sister handed Podell a letter from the patient. "I am very desperate for help," she wrote, "and I am struggli...
Source: Psychology of Pain - November 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Joe Paterno Fired For A Crime He Didn't CommitEmail this article to a colleague.
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dressing for the big game
Source: The Last Psychiatrist - November 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Media Source Type: blogs
School Nursing Again!Email this article to a colleague.
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As a retired certified school nurse, a wonderful job I had for 23 years, I need to comment on the recent article as well as to joe155-elk_1, I applaud Joe for his service in the ED and as a paramedic. The major differences between a PROFESSIONAL level school nurse and other nurses is the ability to deal with medical and psychiatric issues WITHOUT any medical equipment but a stethoscope and a flashlight. School nurses must be able to determine whether the child with asthma needs the parent to pick up the child, call the paramedics, or try the inhaler again. He or she needs to make sure the child with a spinal injury is kept...
Source: Nurse.Com Forums - Blogs - November 11, 2011 Category: Nurses Authors: arlyh Source Type: blogs
Another Journey (Passing Through Turkey)Email this article to a colleague.
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"The silence of the snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus-driver. If this were the beginning of a poem, he would have called what he felt inside him "the silence of the snow". P.3Accompanied me in my travelling seat. Accompanied me in my bed while diseased. For more than 20 days, I was walking like an Arabic ant in this foreign language 436 snowy mountain of words, my dictionary was my provision. I remember that sometimes I felt bored from it, and asked it to let me free, but now that I am about to end it, I am already missing it. Snow is such a non-forgettable novel. "He was more at peace than he ever had been...
Source: psychiatry for all - November 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Pamuk Ka Islamist Kadhim Jihad Dilem Easterners Source Type: blogs
Lundbeck cuts massive $$ deal with Otsuka for psychiatric drugs--Abilify injectable is one of themEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - November 11, 2011 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Pay Tribute To The Veterans In Your Life By Learning More About PTSDEmail this article to a colleague.
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My ability to sit peacefully day after day and write about health or enjoy my family owes more than I’ll ever know to the hard work and sacrifice of generations of American men and women who served in the Armed Forces. On behalf of my colleagues at Harvard Health Publications: Thank you for your service.
One of the challenges faced by many servicemen and servicewomen returning from war is post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
In a nutshell, post-traumatic stress disorder is a lasting and exaggerated reaction to a terrifying or life-threatening event. It makes a person feel like he or she is living through the event ov...
Source: Better Health - November 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: PJSkerrett Tags: Health Tips Avoidance Depression Flashbacks Harvard Inescapable Thoughts Mental Health Nightmares Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Psychiatry PTSD Re-experiencing Terrifying events Therapy Traumatic Events War Source Type: blogs
Why I sometimes want to hide under the bed with Fey.Email this article to a colleague.
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When I hear someone describing themselves as “good with” an entire category — “good with animals”, “good with autistic people”, “having a way with cats” — it immediately sends warning flags up. (Not absolute warning flags, but certainly warning flags.)
But I never expected a children’s cartoon to give such a good example of why. (I’ve h...
Source: Ballastexistenz - November 11, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Amanda Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Mental Health Cuts in the NewsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today, I have seen several news stories about cuts in mental health. On CBS news, there is a slide show with the top 15 states that have cut services from 2009 to 2012. The states range from Missouri and Idaho to Virginia, Massachusetts and Washington D.C. (I know, it's not a state but it's listed). Then, I saw that our local mental health hospital, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute will shut down in June of 2012. One of the reasons? Patients do better in the community. Sure they do. Finally, I saw that no psychologists or psychiatrists want to take Tricare, the insurance for military personnel and many soldiers and their ...
Source: Dr. Helen - November 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Unknown Source Type: blogs
MedPac Recommends Ending The Doc Fix by Reducing Specialists PayEmail this article to a colleague.
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There is a reasonable chance that the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the so-called super committee, which is tasked with recommending $1.5 trillion in savings that Congress must enact by December 23, will take up the MedPac proposal. However, “organized medicine is lobbying the super committee to repeal the SGR formula, but not pay for it MedPac-style.”
Source: Policy and Medicine - November 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
