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- 1From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe association between smoking cigarettes and the risk of developing serious and potentially fatal health problems (most notably cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases, and cancer), has long been accepted fact....
- 2From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWritten by the PER[R] Editorial Staff Upon successful completion of this activity, you should be better prepared to: * Describe current strategies and recent advances in treating treatment-resistant depression *...
- 3From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedNefarious characters ramped up their cyber attacks on health care institutions as 2020 came to an end. According to a report from Check Point Software Technologies LTD, there was a 45% increase in cyber attacks targeting...
- 4From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWhen the email from "Sam" arrived asking about adding a natural weight loss product to his more mainstream prescription medications, I was not surprised. Binge eating was his bete noire. A onetime college athlete who...
- 5From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSomatic symptom and related disorders (SSRDs) are a set of psychiatric conditions characterized by physical symptoms that are inconsistent with physical disease and influenced by psychological factors. They are common in...
- 6From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAs smartphone ownership has skyrocketed and internet connectivity has become a necessity, patients and clinicians alike have seen the potential of evidence-based digital interventions. However, mainstream clinical...
- 7From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedKenneth S. Kendler, MD, is the Banks Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and professor of human genetics at Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. Kendler received his medical and psychiatric...
- 8From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDuring the last year of my residency in psychiatry, I watched a TV series called Northern Exposure, a comedy-drama series that played for 6 years. Main character Joel Fleischman was a neurotic physician from New York...
- 9From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAnd Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water. --Leonard Cohen Richard M. Berlin, MD Dr Berlin is an instructor in psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. The One A hundred...
- 10From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe past 20 years have seen a burgeoning interest in the interface between psychiatry and cardiology--psychocardiology. More fellows are seeking training in this subspecialty. Increasing numbers of consultation-liaison...
- 11From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMultiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). (1) Additionally, it is the most frequent demyelinating disease of the CNS among individuals of European heritage. (2)...
- 12From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLiterature is emerging on the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patients with bipolar disorder. This is part of the much larger literature on assessment and management of mental disorders...
- 13From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedInk-Stained for Life by Lloyd Sederer, MD; New York: Austin Macauley Publishers, 2020 230 pages * $27.95 (hardcover) Dr Sharfstein was one of many preeminent psychiatrists who reached out to review this book. The...
- 14From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn March 2020, the United States was in the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The country shut down, and the economy ground to a halt to slow the spread of the virus. Think back to March...
- 15From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPsychiatrists prescribe many medications that are associated with cardiovascular risks, and they treat many individuals who have cardiovascular disease and take cardioactive agents. Unfortunately, adverse cardiac effects...
- 16From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn a network meta-analysis of alcohol use disorders (AUD) with depression, one medication stood out as the most effective but is not widely used. The meta-analysis, which included 66 randomized controlled trials that...
- 17From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCASE VIGNETTE "George" is a 15-year-old male in the 10th grade who is being evaluated by his school psychologist for declining academic performance. Last year, he earned grades of all As and Bs, but this year he has...
- 18From:Psychiatric Times (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWhen considering the relationship between mental and cardiovascular health, most conversations focus on negative emotions and related disorders, such as depression. This is not surprising, given that depression is common...