Stimulant Use Linked to Sudden Death in Pediatric PatientsIn his latest video blog, Dr. Robert Findling comments on a new study that reveals a significant association between the use of stimulants and sudden unexplained death in children and adolescents.
Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, July 2009
What Is the Neurologist's Role in Managing Pain?In this video blog, Dr. Charles Argoff discusses how an understanding of the underlying mechanisms of pain gives neurologists particular insights for patient care.
Psychiatry Research Round-up: The Best of APA 2009Items on this year's agenda included new conflict-of-interest guidelines for psychiatrists, planning for DSM-V, deep-brain stimulation for depression, and more.
APA 2009: Young Women Veterans at High Risk for Suicide Women veterans are 2 to 3 times more likely to commit suicide than nonveteran women. Female vets are also more likely to be younger than their civilian counterparts and use firearms to commit suicide.
APA 2009: Draft Guidelines to Address Psychiatrists' Relationship with Industry In response to growing public concern about real and perceived conflicts of interest between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, the American Psychiatric Association has developed a set of draft guidelines to help direct individual psychiatrists in their relationships with the pharmaceutical industry.
The Obama administration recently told federal prosecutors not to pursue patients who use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, unless they are using it for illegal purposes. Do you approve or disapprove of the policy change?