MedGenMed Psychiatry and Mental Health

Long-term Major Depression Using Vagus Nerve Stimulation The study reports results seen with a patient, including her response to traditional antidepressants and the positive results seen using vagus nerve stimulation therapy.
Journal Article, December 20, 2007
Effects of ADHD on Employment and Household Income This article evaluates ADHD's impact on individual employment and income and quantifies costs of ADHD on workforce productivity for the US population.
Journal Article, July 19, 2006
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender People With Mental Illness Often clinicians make the mistake of assuming a client is heterosexual. Find out how LGBT clients differ from heterosexual clients, and learn 6 things you can do to provide inclusive care.
Journal Article, May 02, 2006
The Clinical History and Costs Associated With Delayed Diagnosis How does delayed diagnosis vary by age, race, or gender? How does it affect healthcare utilization before diagnosis? To what extent is it associated with additional costs after diagnosis?
Journal Article, April 19, 2006
Self-Help and Serious Mental Illness What is self-help? What evidence is there that self-help benefits people with serious mental illness? How and why does it work? What self-help groups are available?
Journal Article, March 15, 2006
Automated Tool for Self-Reporting Mood in Bipolar Disorder Automation of data collection from patients can potentially improve data quality, enhance adherence, and decrease costs in longitudinal studies -- but is there bias in automated self-report?
Journal Article, August 24, 2005
Venlafaxine and Serious Withdrawal Symptoms: Warning to Drivers What do you need to know if you prescribe this popular medication?
Journal Article, July 06, 2005
Promotional Talks for the Pharmaceutical Industry Thomas A. M. Kramer, MD, offers his view on the new requirements surrounding promotional talks for the pharmaceutical industry.
Journal Article, July 27, 2004
Psychopharmacology in The New York Times Thomas A. M. Kramer, MD, discusses some of the topical psychopharmacology articles recently covered in The New York Times.
Journal Article, June 24, 2004
A Letter to the Psychiatry Editor Physician suicide is an important topic; the suicide rate for female physicians is 4 times the national female rate.
Journal Article, May 20, 2004
Cognitive Effects of Olanzapine Treatment in Schizophrenia The vast majority of individuals with schizophrenia have significant impairment in most domains of cognitive functioning. Data suggest that olanzapine improved some of these cognitive deficits.
Journal Article, May 11, 2004
All the Things They Taught Us That Were Wrong This column seeks to debunk the many myths of psychopharmacology.
Journal Article, May 04, 2004
Bipolar I Depression Treatment Guidelines New treatment guidelines for bipolar depression
Journal Article, April 23, 2004
Talking Points About Antidepressants and Suicide It is important to describe the issues surrounding antidepressants and suicide in context.
Journal Article, April 15, 2004
Should Older Adults Be Screened for Cognitive Impairment? Cognitive screening for the elderly
Journal Article, March 12, 2004
A Plea for Biased Information It is time to understand that biased information is everywhere. Clinicians need to review pharmaceutical information in context.
Journal Article, February 11, 2004
Guest Column: Rebuttal to Gatekeepers to Pharmaceuticals Making more medications, particularly psychotropics such as antidepressants, available over the counter is not the solution and would almost certainly create more problems than it would solve.
Journal Article, December 19, 2003
Gatekeepers to Pharmaceuticals Millions and millions of dollars are being spent just to tell our patients to talk to us.
Journal Article, November 14, 2003
Suicide in Physicians: Toward Prevention A important discussion of a delicate topic
Journal Article, October 22, 2003
Understanding Clinical Trials in Context It is important for clinicians to know about the realities of the world of clinical studies and how to read between the data.
Journal Article, October 03, 2003

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