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
Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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Decision Tool Helps Doctors Talk to Patients about Antidepressants
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic developed the Depression Medication Choice (DMC) encounter decision aid, designed to help patients and clinicians consider the available antidepressants and the extent to which they improved depression and other issues important to the patients.
COPD Rehospitalization Influenced by Psychological Symptoms
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have psychological symptoms like depression, anxiety, psychosis, or alcohol or drug abuse may be more likely to be admitted to the hospital with complications.
Top 10 Most Bizarre Health Stories of 2015
December 30th 2015Sometimes health stories can be just downright strange, and even the most experienced physicians may scratch their heads from time to time. Whether it was strange ingredients to treat pain or foods that harmfully impact the body, there have been a fair share of wild occurrences in the past 12 months.
Presidential Candidates on Health Care Issues: Ben Carson
Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Ben Carson.
Technology Advances Help Turn iPhone Into Stethoscopes
Whether it is a parent concerned about their child's health or a doctor in a hospital looking to prevent the spreading of germs an alternative for a stethoscope could be a welcome addition to the health care field. With iPhones being a common tool in life bringing the two together could benefit people in many ways.
Dementia Risk Increased for Patients with Diabetes
Researchers in China retrospectively studied health records of 430,000 people age 50 years or older who had recently been diagnosed with diabetes to investigate the link between dementia risk and the severity and progression of diabetes.
Presidential Candidates on Health Care Issues: Donald Trump
Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Donald Trump.
Your Judgments are Hurting Your Patients
December 3rd 2015With the amount of information we are hit with day in and day out, our minds need a way of quickly triaging it. This is what stereotyping does. But let's not confuse stereotyping with prejudice. The latter is negative and the former doesn't have to be.
Depression Increases Risk of Mortality Fivefold for Heart Failure Patients
Depression affects 20-40 percent of heart failure patients and is often linked to loss of motivation/ interest/confidence, lower quality of life, sleep disturbances, and changes in appetite with related weight changes.
A New Approach to Assessing Risk of Violence
December 2nd 2015Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have called for the abandonment of standard approaches for investigating the risk of violence among psychiatric patients and prisoners in all future studies due to findings that show these approaches to be inaccurate.