Psychiatry

JAMA Psychiatry has published a study ahead of print examining the relationship between PTSD and T2DM in Nurses' Health Study II participants. The study questioned whether PTSD increased the risk of T2DM among civilians, and the magnitude of change. The findings indicated a positive association.

Patients with gastrointestinal conditions can benefit from psychological counseling as well. The question is how much it can help and what it will do to help them with their symptoms.

The treatment of gastrointestinal conditions requires not only physical attention, but, in some cases, addressing psychological concerns as well.

With so many changes in the health care industry, the days of doctors running solo practices in their hometowns seem to be ending as more physicians opt for employment with large health care systems.

The Obama administration's former health policy guru Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel, MD, PhD, wants to bring back asylums. Deinstitutionalizing the mentally ill has been underway since the 1950s. But Emanuel, MD, and colleagues at University of Pennsylvania want the US to reopen these inpatient psychiatric facilities to provide long-term care for some patients. "Few high-quality accessible long-term care options are available for a significant segment of the approximately 10 million US residents with serious mental illness," he and colleagues write in a JAMA opinion piece.

Brain inflammation, researchers from Johns Hopkins believe, may be an identifiable trademark of autism spectrum disorder.

Gift giving and receiving provides insight into receivers' spending habits and relationships, according to a symposium that will be offered in February from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

An excess of long isoform nitric oxide synthase 1 adaptor protein, or NOS1AP, may be a cause of schizophrenia development, according to findings from Rutgers University.

A report published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) estimated disease-associated malnutrition (DAM) costs the economy more than $157 billion annually, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression, and dementia contributing most to the costs.

While suicide ideation (SI) and depression is common among individuals suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), emerging research has also discovered women with the condition disproportionately experience SI and it persists despite undergoing mental health treatment.

Cystic fibrosis patients should be screened for depression, according to research published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Depression can be caused by lifestyle factors in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to research published in BMC Psychiatry.

A reflection on the fallout from the untimely passing of a beloved celebrity, and what our reactions tell us about how we view depression and suicide.

Regularly speaking 2 or more languages can delay the onset and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by 4 years, according to research from Belgium.

In this month's issue of Internal Medicine World Report (IMWR), we present summaries of highly relevant studies in the areas of cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, psychiatry, and neurology. Selected by our physician editor for their relevance to the practice of internal medicine, each study addresses a key clinical issue that can have a significant impact on patient care.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients can heal slower if they demonstrate depressive symptoms, according to research published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Around 10% of elders experience some form of elder abuse (physical, sexual or emotional abuse; neglect, exploitation, or abandonment), and elders who are abused appear to have a high level of comorbidity. Evidence suggests that patients who have experienced elder abuse are at higher risk of cardiovascular-related mortality.

Rosa Michaelis, MD, discusses her goals of cultivating more patient interaction within epilepsy research at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

Therapy prevents suicide and more attempts in patients who have previously attempted suicide, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Exhaustion, depersonalization, and perceived lack of personal accomplishment-these are the signs of burnout, a syndrome that decreases efficacy at work.

Franck Kalume, PhD, shared the potential possibility for treatment options for both geriatric and pediatric epilepsy patients at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

Franck Kalume, PhD, discusses his lab's primary research focus at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

Helen Scharfman, PhD, discusses the next steps of her research study at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

Helen Scharfman, PhD, shares her physiological approach to epilepsy management at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

Kimford J. Meador, MD speaks about the neurodevelopment effects of combination drug exposure in women with epilepsy at the American Epilepsy Association 2014 Annual Meeting.

Laura Jansen, MD, PhD, speaks about her experiences with management and treatment of pediatric epilepsy at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

As electronic health records become more or less mandatory, the question moves from how widely they are adopted by practices across the country to whether the new versions are more effective than the old pen-and-paper way of doing business.

This systematic review and meta-analysis hope to determine the influence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent use on depressive symptoms and in those with depression.

W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, MPH shares his views on combining neurological and psychological approaches to epilepsy management and treatment at the American Epilepsy Society 2014 Annual Meeting.

Kathleen Millen, PhD, one of the presenters at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting provided an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in patients with malformations of cortical development.