May 7th 2024
Rikinkumar Patel, MD, MPH, shares some recent research findings with Psychiatric Times at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
Advances in Psychiatry: Understanding Indigenous Cultures
July 25th 2014Epidemiological research has shown that the Māori people of New Zealand are approximately twice as likely to have serious psychiatric illness compared with non-Māori. Here, a child and adolescent psychiatrist describes her work in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Course and Treatment Outcomes of ADHD
May 12th 2014What factors are involved in parents’ decision to begin medication treatment for a child with ADHD? An overview of studies that provide clinically relevant information related to the course and treatment outcomes of ADHD in children and adolescents.
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The Clinical and Treatment Implications of Co-Occurring Mania and ADHD in Youths
December 17th 2013The relationship between bipolar disorder and ADHD remains unclear; however, this combined condition may represent an important genetic and clinical subtype with distinct psychopathology, familiality, and treatment response.
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CDC Report Finds ADHD Diagnosis, Treatment in Children and Adolescents Continue to Rise
December 4th 2013ADHD 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 . . .
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The Obama Plan-Spending Mental Health Money in All the Wrong Places
April 12th 2013Money should not be wasted on futile preventive programs to detect mental health problems that don't yet exist. Instead, resources should be invested where there is desperate need-to properly treat and decently house psychiatric patients who are now shamefully neglected.
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Pediatric Major Depressive Disorder: Questions to Consider
November 16th 2012What are the options for treating major depressive disorder in children and adolescents? This case offers readers a chance to give their feedback and to interact with the authors, who will present teaching points based on your comments.
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