Psychiatry
Home Psychiatry
Health Plans Not Implementing Prior Authorization Reforms
Findings based on American Medical Association survey of practicing physicians' experiences
YouTube Sleep Videos Contain Misinformation, Commercial Bias
However, they have an average of 8.2 million views versus 0.3 million for expert videos
AMA: 6 Steps to Help Ensure Patients Get Preventive Care
Panel management helps physicians provide preventive and chronic care to all patients
Health Care Workers’ Gloves Strong Source of Contamination
Clear evidence that gloves of health care workers contaminate hospital surfaces with bacteria
Volunteering Linked to Reduced Risk for Mortality in Seniors
Volunteering for ≥100 hours/year also tied to greater physical activity, better psychosocial outcomes
Clinician-Referred Exercise Program Beneficial in Prostate CA
Clinician referral to a 12-week program ups vigorous exercise levels and improves mental health
Anxiety With Type 2 Diabetes Tied to High-Cost Health Care Use
Anxiety and type 2 diabetes related to frequent visits to ED, high costs but not total hospitalization costs
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Beneficial in Alzheimer Disease
Active tCDS improves cognitive functions in memory domain, including word recall, recall of test instructions, word recognition
Healthy Lifestyle Recommended for Reducing Dementia Risk
Guidelines focus on physical activity, eating well, cessation of tobacco and hazardous/harmful drinking
Diabetes-Related Distress Ups Risk for Rx Nonadherence
Depression is independent predictor of adherence; reduces the effects of diabetes distress
