Tag: Psychology / Mental Health: Misc.
Past Psychiatric Disorders Do Not Raise Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
But more recent psychiatric symptoms may be part of the disease
Review: Treatment Options for Benzodiazepine Dependence
Good evidence for cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational approaches to dependence
Nursing Discharge Plan Promotes Therapeutic Adherence
Psychiatric patients who received more information about their health status had higher adherence
Patients Reluctant to Comply With Drug-Only Psychiatric Treatment
Compliance more likely when doctors prescribe psychotherapy, researchers find
Post-Deployment Screening Has Limited Benefit in U.K. Military
Screening based on tailored advice does not reduce prevalence of disorders or increase help-seeking
Similar Adverse Event Risk for Typical, Atypical Antipsychotics
However, greater use of brain imaging associated with atypical APMs after cardiac surgery in seniors
Anxiety, Depression May Up Mortality Risk for Some Cancers
Higher death rates seen for colorectal, esophageal, pancreatic, and prostate cancers, leukemia
Too Few Patients With Severe Mental Illness Get HIV Test
Rates of infection up to 15 times higher, yet testing rates similar to those without psychiatric issues
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Often Missed by Plastic Surgeons
As many as one in 10 patients seeking facial plastic surgery may have body dysmorphia
Fibromyalgia Symptoms Improve With CoQ10 Supplementation
Clinically significant improvement in various items from the Symptom Checklist-90-R
