Psychiatry Perspective

• How Retinal Imaging May Help Identify Alzheimer's Disease An exploratory analysis into combining optical coherence tomography and artificial intelligence shows promising results.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, March 04, 2021
• Heroes: Nurses' Sacrifice in the Age of COVID-19 Dr Nicolas Badre offers an appreciation for how nurses have helped 'save our collective psyche' during this pandemic.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 04, 2021
• SafeHaven Program Confidentially Supports Physician Mental Health   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Teresa W. Babineau and J. Corey Feist about physician burnout, repetitive trauma during the pandemic, and programs that can help.
  WebMD, March 03, 2021
• The 'Awful but Necessary Distance' of COVID-19   COVID-19 is causing significant fissures on the home front and revealing systemic economic inequalities among healthcare workers.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 03, 2021
• Mindfulness Can Help Patients Manage 'Good' Change – and Relief But even good change, even a downshift into relief, can pose some challenges to look for and overcome.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 02, 2021
• Fixing the Match Crisis Starts With Capping Interviews Concern about the so-called 'Match crisis' has risen. A cap on interviews won't fix everything, but here's why it should be the first step in solving problems with the residency application process.
  Medscape Med Students, March 01, 2021
• Helping COVID 'Long Haulers' in Primary Care   Long-haul COVID-19 is nowhere near being well understood, but Dr Chuck Vega has guidance for supporting patients through their long-term symptoms.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 26, 2021
• Helping Parents and Children Deal With a Child's Limb Deformity My decision to accept the risks to reap the benefits of surgery is small potatoes compared with the decisions that the parents of a child born with a deformed lower extremity must face.
  Medscape Pediatrics, February 25, 2021
• The Psychiatrist's Role in Navigating a Toxic News Cycle   The news cycle continues to present opportunities for tense encounters with family, friends, and coworkers. Dr Gregory Scott Brown shares some basic tips for defusing these fraught conversations.
  Medscape Psychiatry, February 25, 2021
• FDA Provides the Latest COVID Updates   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Janet Woodcock about the latest COVID-19 updates from the US Food and Drug Administration.
  WebMD, February 24, 2021
• 'Living Brain Implants' May Restore Stroke Mobility A conversation with Dr Mijail Serruya, the principal investigator behind an enticing proof-of-concept study that offers a possible technological solution to improve poststroke mobility.
  Medscape Neurology, February 22, 2021
• 'I Think I'm Transgender': A Clinician's Guide to Next Steps What do you do when a patient discloses that they think they are transgender? Here are the first steps to take.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, February 19, 2021
• Medscape Physiatrist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2021 Medscape surveyed physiatrists about their lives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, including how burnout and depression have affected their relationships, career, and happiness.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, February 19, 2021
• Medscape Psychiatrist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2021 Medscape surveyed psychiatrists about their lives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, including how burnout and depression have affected their relationships, career, and happiness.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, February 19, 2021
• Treating COVID Fatigue and Dyspnea -- Deep Breaths, Plenty of Rest Dr Aaron Holley discusses how to treat two of the most commonly reported post-COVID symptoms, chronic fatigue and dyspnea.
  Medscape Critical Care, February 19, 2021
• Tales From Geriatric Practice: Hard to Swallow The patient couldn't pass anything through his esophagus. His eyes said, 'Please do something.' So I asked a nurse to go to the kitchen and get something. I had an idea.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 18, 2021
• The Outrageous Costs of Treating Functional Disorders of the Brain A neurologist outlines the pitfalls of managing functional disorders of the brain in the emergency room.
  Medscape Psychiatry, February 18, 2021
• The Importance of Family Acceptance for LGBTQ Youth In general, LGBTQ adolescents and young adults have higher levels of depression, suicide attempts, and substance use than those of their heterosexual peers.
  Medscape Pediatrics, February 18, 2021
• 'The Impact of the Vaccine Has Been Tremendous'   After a weak early response to COVID, Israel leads the world in vaccinations. The benefits are apparent, Eran Segal says. But hurdles remain, including finishing vaccinations and staving off variants.
  Medscape, February 17, 2021
• The Impact of Pandemic Burnout on Physicians   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Peter Yellowlees about physician burnout during the pandemic and how doctors can better cope.
  WebMD, February 17, 2021