Psychiatry

Significant racial/ethnic differences appear to exist in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions across 11 private, not-for-profit United States healthcare systems.

Award-winning chef Elizabeth Falkner and board-certified dermatologist Doris Day spoke with MD Magazine about their collaborative efforts on a new atopic dermatitis campaign, ‘Understand AD.’

Even financial incentives over $1,000 haven't helped substance users to take better care of their HIV.

The education of primary care providers and patients at the starting point of opioid therapy, as well as of surgeons and other prescribers, is crucial to curbing the current global opioid abuse epidemic.

While lifestyle medicine may not be at the forefront of the field today those who practice it believe it can be an invaluable tool in the future.

Lifestyle modifications has become a popular phrase throughout medicine. However, telling patients about changes they should make and ensuring they make those changes are two very different issues in most cases.

Doctors treating patients for a variety of conditions may all have the same goals in helping the patient but may have difficulty communicating those goals with their colleagues.

Veterans are twice as likely to become chronically homeless as other Americans. People who have been in military service make up about 11% of the US homeless population. The good news is that people are trying to help.

Surgery causes high levels of stress in 50% to 75% of children, but humor and laughter can help children cope with pain and stress.

The MD Magazine editors rounded up the 10 best stories from June – did you read them all?

Novartis conducted a global survey of 8,338 patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis across 31 countries to assess patients’ perceptions of what constitutes “clear skin.â€

There is still much more to be learned about the effects of depression and cognitive impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis but there are steps being taken to address these issues and help better inform patients of the impact both can play in their lives.

Patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis may develop depression as a result of the diagnosis but there is also research being done to show that depression can be part of the disease rather than as a result of it.

Nearly 1 in 4 patients with COPD also suffers from depression, possibly increasing the risk of early hospital readmission for these patients if left untreated.