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1. Demand for psychiatrists: steady now, 'acute' later

Author

Silverman, Jennifer

Subjects
Psychiatrists -- Supply and demand, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice
Abstract

The growing demand for psychiatry jobs points to a looming shortage in the profession, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates reported in its 2005 study on recruitment trends. The number of search [...]

Published
2005

2. Teamwork closes mental health gap

Author

Worcester, Sharon

Subjects
Mental illness -- Diagnosis, Mental illness -- Care and treatment, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice
Abstract

Psychiatrists are in short supply, but patients in need of psychiatric care are not. As a result, some patients must wait as long as 6 months to see a psychiatrist, [...]

Published
2004

3. Staff key to heading off psychiatric emergencies

Author

Ault, Alicia

Subjects
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry -- Reports, Employee training -- Methods, Long-term care of the sick -- Services, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice
Abstract

NEW ORLEANS -- Educating staff to spot triggers for disruptive behavior in long-term care facility residents and to effectively prevent escalation is key to helping head off psychiatric emergencies, Dr. [...]

Published
2007

4. A new study says that patients experiencing losses often are diagnosed with depression when their reactions are normal. Are psychiatrists too quick to label patients as depressed?

Author

Fink, Paul J.

Subjects
Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Clinical psychiatry -- Comparative analysis, Depression, Mental -- Diagnosis, Medical research -- Comparative analysis, Medicine, Experimental -- Comparative analysis
Abstract

The term "depression" has evolved into one that is highly misunderstood, because it is used by laymen to include moments of sadness and feeling blue, and numerous other symptoms related [...]

Published
2007

5. Rating scales are just one evaluation tool

Author

Rutledge, Barbara J.

Subjects
Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Rating scales -- Usage, Mental illness -- Diagnosis
Abstract

SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Mental health rating scales cannot replace clinical judgment, but they can be useful tools for clinicians, Dr. Martha Sajatovic said at an international congress sponsored by the [...]

Published
2007

6. What's in a personality?

Author

London, Robert T.

Subjects
Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Clinical psychiatry -- Analysis, Borderline personality disorder -- Care and treatment, Borderline personality disorder -- Research, Borderline personality disorder -- Analysis
Abstract

A few years ago, I wrote a column about renaming borderline personality disorder ("'Borderline' Label Needs a New Name," The Psychiatrist's Toolbox, July 2004, p. 30) and I received a [...]

Published
2007

7. Guidelines issued for pediatric bipolar treatment

Author

Sherman, Carl

Subjects
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -- Services, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Bipolar disorder -- Care and treatment, Practice guidelines (Medicine)
Abstract

An independent work group of 25 psychiatrists has issued the first new guidelines for the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder in nearly a decade. The consensus document arose out of [...]

Published
2005

8. FDA okays treatment exemption study for VNS in chronic depression

Author

Sullivan, Michele G.

Subjects
Cyberonics Inc. -- Product information, Cyberonics Inc. -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Depression, Mental -- Care and treatment
Abstract

Up to 100 patients with life-threatening treatment-resistant depression will receive vagus nerve stimulator therapy as part of a treatment investigational device exemption study the Food and Drug Administration approved after [...]

Published
2004

9. New book focuses on cultural issues, health disparities

Author

Boschert, Sherry

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Medical colleges -- Curricula, Medical colleges -- Forecasts and trends, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice
Abstract

SAN DIEGO -- The first comprehensive textbook on health disparities in the United States should hit the bookshelves this month, Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., said at the annual meeting of [...]

Published
2004

10. Physicians need better access to information technology

Author

Frieden, Joyce

Subjects
Technology application, Information technology, Physicians -- Technology application, Information technology -- Usage, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Medical policy
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- The federal government and private health plans need to help physicians gain more access to information technology, several speakers said at a meeting on the Medicare prescription drug [...]

Published
2004

11. Serious mental disorders not getting treated

Author

Splete, Heidi

Subjects
Mentally ill -- Care and treatment, Clinical psychiatry -- Practice, Mental illness -- Care and treatment
Abstract

Reallocation of treatment resources would have the greatest impact on the unmet needs of people with serious mental illness around the world, according to recent data from the WHO World [...]

Published
2004

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