Recently added articles from Clinical Psychiatry News:

STDs on rise among teenage girls.(News)

Apr 01, 2008; Sullivan, Michele G. ... CHICAGO -- More than 3 million teenage girls have at least one sexually transmitted disease, and 15% of those have multiple infections, according to the first large study of STDs in this population. Overall, 26% of 14- to 19-year-olds were infected with at least one STD, ...

Let's achieve mental health parity now.(GUEST EDITORIAL)

Apr 01, 2008; Wellstone, David ... As psychiatrists and other mental health professionals know very well, mental health and addiction treatment parity is long overdue in this country. The 1996 Mental Health Parity Act--sponsored by my father, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) and Sen. Pete Domenici ...

Approval of aripiprazole might reassure parents.(News)

Apr 01, 2008; Mechcatie, Elizabeth ... The Food and Drug Administration's approval of aripiprazole for the acute treatment of bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents is helpful for physicians and parents, according to an investigator in the study that led to the approval. The FDA has approved the atypical ...

SSRI may improve metabolic risk factors, hostility: citalopram's benefits include weight loss.(News)

Apr 01, 2008; Wachter, Kerri ... BALTIMORE -- For individuals who have high levels of hostility, treatment with citalopram not only reduces hostility but improves the cardiovascular risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. ...

Psychiatry residency positions filled by U.S. seniors continue to fall.(VITAL SIGNS)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Psychiatry Residency Positions Filled By U.S. Seniors Continue to Fall ...

Early puberty tied to risky behavior.(News)

Apr 01, 2008; Muirhead, Greg ... KOLOA, HAWAII -- The earlier onset of puberty, combined with a fairly delayed set of processes that underpin cognitive development, might represent a key framework for understanding the risky behavior of adolescents, Dr. Ronald E. Dahl said at the annual meeting of the American College of ...

What role will genetics play in psychiatry?(POINT/COUNTERPOINT)

Apr 01, 2008; Robert, Jason Scott ... There is more to biology than genetics. The identification of genetic factors involved in causing psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia holds great promise. But as this information becomes available, psychiatrists also must continue to attend to what schizophrenia feels like ...

Universal screening renews HIV debate.(GUEST EDITORIAL)

Apr 01, 2008; Blanks, Richard ... When a person discloses a positive HIV status to a partner, the disclosure eliminates many of the moral, ethical, and legal considerations inherent in the opposite scenario. Just what is our responsibility as physicians in this regard? Do we have a duty to protect and warn the known sexual ...

Physicians, big pharma, and deception.(GUEST EDITORIAL)

Apr 01, 2008; Carlat, Daniel ... Recently, Dr. David McNeil wrote a guest editorial in these pages in which he argued that it is appropriate for doctors to give talks for pharmaceutical companies ("We Can Work With Pharma," February 2008, p. 11). In that article, Dr. McNeil made several statements and arguments ...

Misdiagnoses of children must stop.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008 ... I am a front-to-back reader of CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS. I say this first because what follows is criticism of an establishment that I question, not of a publication that I admire. I read in disbelief two news articles and one opinion piece in the January 2008 issue and would ...

Let's reject managed care.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Dev Chacko, Chowallur ... I would like to respond to Dr. Gerald W. Grumet's Guest Editorial in CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS ("Managed Care: Can't We Do Better?" February 2008, p. 11). Let me share my experience as a psychiatrist in solo outpatient private practice. Tired of low managed care ...

'Behind-the-counter' prescribing problematic.(GUEST EDITORIAL)

Apr 01, 2008; Rodbard, Helena W. ... Americans are desperate for ways to reduce the costs of health care and improve access to care. At the same time, physicians are frustrated with the status quo. After a 30-year campaign by the media to disparage physicians with negative stories about them; reductions in reimbursement by ...

Combo Tx may be best for poststroke depression.(Adult Psychiatry)(Clinical report)

Apr 01, 2008; Evans, Jeff ... NEW ORLEANS -- Individuals with poststroke depression may respond best in the short term to a combination of a brief psychosocial and behavioral intervention and an antidepressant, Pamela H. Mitchell, Ph.D., reported at the International Stroke Conference 2008. Patients with two ...

Metabolic syndrome 'alarmingly high'.(Adult Psychiatry)

Apr 01, 2008; Freeman, Sara ... The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among people with serious mental disorders who are taking antipsychotics is "alarmingly high," results of a study show. In a cross-sectional study, the investigators found the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among this population was 27%, ...

Is antipsychotic-induced diabetes reversible?(EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)

Apr 01, 2008; Leard-Hansson, Jan ... The Problem You have a patient with schizophrenia who is considering treatment with an antipsychotic medication. After reviewing the potential irreversibility of tardive dyskinesia, the patient questions you about antipsychotic-induced diabetes. The Question ...

Call issued for better PMDD diagnostic criteria.(Adult Psychiatry)

Apr 01, 2008; Muirhead, Greg ... KOLOA, HAWAII -- The DSM-IV criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder need to be improved, Dr. Meir Steiner said at the annual meeting of the American College of Psychiatrists. "What is wrong with the DSM criteria for PMDD?" he asked rhetorically All the questions listed have ...

Getting details is key in exposure therapy.(Adult Psychiatry)

Apr 01, 2008; Sachs, Carolyn ... KOLOA, HAWAII -- One way to guide posttraumatic stress disorder exposure therapy is to help patients gradually describe their trauma in as much detail as possible, Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D., said at a premeeting session of the annual meeting of the American College of Psychiatrists. ...

For vets, social supports can facilitate treatment.(Adult Psychiatry)

Apr 01, 2008; Evans, Jeff ... BALTIMORE -- Veterans who receive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder appear more likely to use social supports to get around barriers that block many from getting treatment. But after veterans get into treatment, those who are older and have more severe symptoms may be ...

The art of Derrick Williams.(VISIONARY ART)

Apr 01, 2008; Franklin, Deeanna ... Derrick Williams' work sells, but he doesn't paint for the money. "As long as I'm able to [paint], I'll do it," says Mr. Williams, who has had several exhibitions recently through his affiliation with the Fountain Gallery in New York City. "I feel that this is a calling." ...

Targeted protocols may lower risk for HIV.(Adult Psychiatry)

Apr 01, 2008; Evans, Jeff ... BALTIMORE -- Women who were sexually abused as children appear to fare no better with trauma-focused group therapy than with present-focused group therapy in improving behaviors associated with risk for HIV infection, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the ...