Psychiatry & Mental Health Experts & Viewpoints

Effect of Maternal Psychopathology on Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children Exposed to Terrorism Is maternal psychopathology related to behavioral problems in children exposed to terrorism?
Viewpoint, July 2009
Mental Health Issues in Pregnancy and Options for Treatment Lean about the Edinburgh scale, risk factors for pregnancy-related depression, when to use psychotropic meds during pregnancy, and more.
Expert Column, July 2009
Burden Felt by Family Members of Patients With Mental Illness Care of the mentally ill has moved from the institution to the home, posing difficulties for family caregivers.
Viewpoint, July 2009
Stimulant Use Linked to Sudden Death in Pediatric Patients In 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.
Commentary, July 2009
Can Fish Oil Improve Psychological Distress In Middle-Aged Women? A Best Evidence Review EPA-DHA supplements appear to have many benefits. Is improving depression one of them?
Commentary, June 2009
Monthly Summaries of Nursing Research: June 2009 End-of-life issues for dialysis patients, smoking cessation and depression, reducing STIs, and how organizational factors influence patient satisfaction are the subject of June's nursing research summaries.
Commentary, June 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.
Commentary, June 2009
Autism Medication Found to be Ineffectual in Treatment of Autistic Children In his latest video blog, Dr. Robert Findling reports on a NIH study that finds that citalopram is no better than placebo in treating autistic children with repetitive behavior.
Commentary, June 2009
Time to Relapse After Short- or Long-term Treatment of Severe Premenstrual Syndrome With Sertraline Relapse rates are high among women with severe PMS symptoms who stop taking sertraline.
Viewpoint, June 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Their Most Memorable Patients Physicians recall memorable patient encounters.
Commentary, June 2009

POLL

A study published last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals primary care practices sometimes do not inform patients of abnormal lab results or do not keep a record of the patient being informed. About 1 of every 14 abnormal tests was not reported to the patient. How likely or not likely is this to happen in your practice?

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Effect of Maternal Psychopathology on Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children Exposed to Terrorism Is maternal psychopathology related to behavioral problems in children exposed to terrorism?
Viewpoint, July 2009

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