Psychiatry & Mental Health

- APA 2012 Early Guidance, Preventive Therapy Urged for Young Athletes
- APA 2012 Long-term Injectable Drug Effective for Schizophrenia
Efficacy of Psychiatric vs Medical Treatments An interesting question is explored in this study: Are psychiatric drugs as beneficial for psychiatric disorders as medical drugs are for medical disorders?
Medscape Psychiatry, May 9, 2012
Unipolar or Bipolar Depression? How to Tell the Difference The most potent discriminator in the differential diagnosis of depression is identified from this analysis of more than 1000 patients with depression.
Medscape Psychiatry, April 19, 2012
Proposed New Definition of Autism Stirs Controversy New research suggests proposed diagnostic criteria for autism in the upcoming DSM-5 may cut diagnosis by 40% and may exclude individuals from medical and social services. But the APA has fired back.
Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2012
Experts Weigh In on Utility of New Alzheimer's Imaging Agent Following this week's FDA approval of the imaging agent florbetapir, which is designed to assess amyloid plaques in patients with cognitive impairment, experts are debating its clinical utility.
Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2012

Doctors and Marriage: Should You Have a Prenup? Love is powerful, yet marriage always involves some element of risk. Can you protect your finances and your practice in the event of a divorce and still start off a marriage on the right foot?
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
A Fierce but Effective Way to Combat Accounts Receivable If A/R is mounting and some of it is long overdue, your current staff and billers might not make much headway. You need a tactical way to attack the problem.
UnCommon Sense® , December 2011
New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
Malpractice: An Effective Ray of Hope for Doctors One effort to improve the malpractice situation for physicians is having some moderate success. How extensive it will be remains to be seen.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012

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Misuse of Prescription Pain Killers Peaks in Mid-Adolescence The extramedical use of prescription pain relievers among youth peaks at age 16, suggesting prevention programs that start in the senior year of high school are "too little, too late."
Medscape Medical News, May 8, 2012
APA 2012 Facebook, Other Social Media May Help Prevent Suicide Facebook and other social media can be helpful in the assessment of suicidal patients by providing clinicians with important and objective collateral information, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, May 5, 2012

APA 2012 Early Guidance, Preventive Therapy Urged for Young Athletes
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2012
Top 10 Cloud-Based EHRs
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2012
Malpractice Trends: Good News and Bad News
Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2012
Data Gathering for Sunshine Act Delayed
Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2012

Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 3, 2012
The American Psychiatric Association's 2012 Annual Meeting Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the meeting.
Medscape Psychiatry, May 3, 2012