The HCPLive Psychiatry condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and insights on mental illnesses. This page consists of interviews, articles, podcasts, and videos on the research, treatment and development of therapies for depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and more.
October 3rd 2024
A study reveals that individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders experience high rates of comorbid mental health conditions and receive minimally adequate treatment.
September 26th 2024
September 20th 2024
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Mark Komrad: Progressing from Scholarship to Activism for a Cause
The issue of physician assisted suicide can cause people to fervently pick one side or another. For some, their belief is so strong that they are moved to do things they may not have done in their career beforehand.
Mark Komrad: Physician Assisted Suicide a Difficult Topic for Psychiatrists
For many psychiatrists one of their biggest challenges in their daily practice is working to show patients that suicide is not the solution to their problems. Changes in the criteria for physician assisted suicide in Europe which include allowing mental illness as a criteria can fly in the face of that mission.
Neurologists Are More Pessimistic About MS Quality of Life Than the Patients
September 16th 2016Multiple sclerosis is perceived differently by the patient and physician – after all, they’re in two different boats. However, this disconnect could make managing the disease a more complicated journey.
Charles DeCarli from UC Davis Health System: New Tests Provide Insight Into Alzheimer's Diagnosis
It was not very long ago that the only way to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease was after a patient had died. Since that time, a lot has been learned about the disease and other forms of dementia.
Major Sebastian Schnellbacher: Applying Lessons from the 4077th to Today's Military
It has been more than 30 years since the popular television show M*A*S*H went off the air but there is still much that can be learned from the show, particularly when it comes to psychiatry in the military.
Major Sebastian Schnellbacher: Making Improvements in Military Psychiatry
As conditions like PTSD have been brought to the forefront work has been done to help not only current service members but also veterans who may be dealing with that and other conditions during and after service.
Lipid Screening Is Underutilized in Adults Treated with Antipsychotics
August 31st 2016Research suggests that lipid screening appears to remain particularly underutilized in adults taking antipsychotic medications, despite improvements in recent years in the use of diabetes screening in this patient population.
G. Richard Olds: Working with Foreign Governments to Improve Conditions Locally
As one of the leading educational institutions on the island of Grenada, St. George's University plays a unique role not only in helping the students that come to the school to learn but also those who have already called the island home.
G. Richard Olds: New and International Medical Schools Play Key Role in Global Health
Whether medical students learn their craft at the most established institutions or newer schools around the world their ultimate goal is the same, to help the patient in front of them when they enter practice.
Manisha Madhoo from Shire Pharmaceuticals: Meeting the Unmet Needs of ADHD Patients
As the diagnosis process for adults with ADHD becomes more commonplace in medicine today there is still a gap in finding effective treatments to help patients with the condition from childhood to adulthood.