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Mandela and Mental Health

H. Steven Moffic, MD
December 09, 2013
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As the accolades roll in for Nelson Mandela on his death, lost among his astonishing accomplishments may be his relevance to mental health.

When Psychiatry Battled the Devil

Richard Noll, PhD
December 06, 2013 | History of Psychiatry
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We owe it to the current generation of clinicians to remember that an elite minority within the American psychiatric profession played a small but ultimately decisive role in the cultural validation, and then reduction, of the Satanism moral panic between 1988 and 1994.

CDC Report Finds ADHD Diagnosis, Treatment in Children and Adolescents Continue to Rise

Heidi Anne Duerr, MPH
December 03, 2013 | ADHD, Child Adolescent Psychiatry
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ADHD is on the rise according to a new report from the CDC, and most youngsters with the diagnosis are receiving treatment for the disorder. But the report raises a number of clinical implications . . .

More Than Meets the Eye: Spotting Medical Mimics

Sharon Packer, MD
December 02, 2013 | Couch in Crisis, Bipolar Disorder, Career, Challenging Cases, Residents Corner
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As practicing physicians, we constantly ask ourselves when and where to alert patients to bad possibilities that may occur in the future. More in this installment of "Why Psychiatrist Are Physicians First," by Sharon Packer, MD.

Tipsheet: 5 Subtypes of Stalkers

November 29, 2013 | Trauma And Violence, Tipsheets

A stalker may approach or follow the victim, or keep their residence under surveillance, setting up a perpetual cycle of fear for the victim and frustration or anger for the perpetrator. Here, subtypes of stalkers to determine which type of behavior his or her communications suggest.

Psychosis Risk Syndrome Is Back

Allen Frances, MD
Blog | November 26, 2013 | On DSM-5, DSM-5, Schizophrenia
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"Psychosis Risk" can now be diagnosed as “Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome” and used to bill for insurance reimbursement. Many bearing the diagnostic label are young adolescents and adults in whom schizophrenia or any other psychotic disorder will never develop.

A Year of Community Grieving in Newtown: A Tale of Two Publications

H. Steven Moffic, MD
Blog | November 22, 2013 | Couch in Crisis, Disaster Psychiatry, Trauma And Violence
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We know so little about community grieving. What is normal and what is not? What can help and what can harm? Does the community need intermittent town hall meetings, based on what we learned about therapeutic communities in longer term stays in inpatient hospitals? Perhaps the tragedy in Newtown needs a careful analysis over time.

Parkland Still

James L. Knoll, IV, MD
November 22, 2013 | Forensic Psychiatry, Trauma And Violence
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I have often wondered: did any of Parkland's sets of medical eyes experience a moment of stillness with the collective father who had just been declared dead? I readily acknowledge the difficulty with great humility.

Undertreatment of Tobacco Use Relative to Other Chronic Conditions

Steven L. Bernstein, MD
News | November 21, 2013 | Addiction
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One might expect that treating nicotine use would be a leading priority for physicians. The reality is that this is not the case. More in this expert commentary, with practical tips for clinicians.

The Role of Electronic Cigarettes for Tobacco Dependence Treatment

Chris Bullen, MBChB, MPH, PhD
News | November 20, 2013 | Addiction, Substance Use Disorder
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Stopping smoking affects the metabolism of a number of drugs used in the management of mental illness. Here, a summary of the author's published study on whether e-cigarettes with nicotine were more effective for smoking cessation than nicotine patches.

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