Psychiatry

Study results show patients with the disorder report a sever burden of illness, with high rates of hospital and emergency room visits and significant negative impact on activities of daily living.

Most endocrine abnormalities of anorexia nervosa improve with psychological and nutritional recovery, but the condition can still leave residual effects in patients.

Study results show that patients who received combination treatment demonstrated improvements in cognition, function, and behavioral outcomes compared to treatment with either medication alone or placebo.

Researchers have determined that higher alpha-synuclein ratios are associated with greater autonomic dysfunction and more advanced disease stages, which suggests that an increased alpha-synuclein level may be a useful biomarker in Parkinson's disease patients.

Study results indicate a significant correlation between depression and hallucination in patients with Parkinson's disease, while anxiety is a significant predictor for both the number and severity of hallucinations.

A literature search found no well-documented evidence showing that implementing a gluten-and-casein-free diet in children with autism produces statistically significant differences in autism-related behaviors.

Two studies at the American College of Gastroenterology's 78th Annual Scientific Meeting analyzed the health outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease in the U.S. and Canada.

Study finds men with HIV and chronic HCV infection are more likely to receive treatment than women. The same study also indicates Caucasians with HIV and HCV co-infection are more likely to receive treatment than their African-American counterparts.

Steven P. Levine, MD, says the implications of altering the microbiome may extend beyond C. difficile to mental health, given the new insight into the connection between the gut and mind.

A new study published in BMJ Open suggests middle-aged women who are under a lot of stress have a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.

Group visits can be an especially effective tool for providing follow-up care to patients with chronic conditions, offering them increased access to clinicians and other providers, support and encouragement from their peers, and enhanced educational opportunities.

Study shows that somatization and low job security are independently associated with low back pain prevalence.

Study results presented at the 2013 United States Conference on AIDS show that both combo drugs have a similar efficacy profile in ART-naïve patients, but patients treated with Complera reported fewer and less severe side effects.

Researchers found that overall cognitive performance was below average in a sample of patients with HIV who were referred for neurocognitive evaluation. Especially affected were areas involving memory, which can have a negative effect on treatment adherence.

A survey of pediatric subspecialists found that 9 in 10 do not follow guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics for treating preschoolers with ADHD.

A community pharmacist shares his insights and opinions on concerns over the risks involved with ADHD medications for children.

New research findings underscore the need for improved medical and psychiatric care coordination for HIV patients.

New insurance protections, changes in how AIDS Drug Assistance Program benefits are counted, Medicaid expansion, and other provisions in the law will mean better care for many patients.

Due to improvements in treatment and other factors, the number of HIV-positive patients over age 50 is growing rapidly. With their greater risk for serious comorbidities such as depression and addiction, these patients represent a unique challenge for clinicians and caregivers.

Steven P. Levine, MD, reminds prescribers to satisfy the voices in their heads by acknowledging that any medicine may be poisonous to patients.

In a cohort of family medicine physicians, researchers found a strong inverse relationship between confidence and comfort toward opioid prescribing and concern about negative consequences.

Lisa M. McElhaney addresses the limited education, awareness, and prevention of bullying within pain management practices.

Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH, MBA, outlines the vulnerabilities that put patients with acute pain at risk of transitioning into new chronic pain.

In a study published in Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, a professor in the Department of Digestive System at Xingtai People's Hospital in China, investigated the correlation between psychological status and the mechanism of action of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).

The new Federation of State Medical Boards Model Policy for the Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Treatment of Chronic Pain is designed to help ensure physicians who prescribe or use opioids do so "in full compliance with state and federal regulations, accepted clinical practice, and in a manner that is safe and reduces risk."

Researchers discover patients with cerebral cavernous malformations who receive intensive evaluation pre-surgical evaluation are significantly more likely to be free of seizure postoperatively.

Though patients may not disclose suicidal thoughts and behaviors to their physicians, their blood test results can be dead giveaways.

Though memory concerns voiced by older adult patients often get dismissed as normal cognitive aging, a study from two national centers devoted to Alzheimer's disease research suggests cognitive complaints from at least two sources can accurately predict a non-demented patient's risk of developing dementia.

Steven P. Levine, MD, recommends selecting a biologic intervention from column A and a psychotherapy agent from column B to effectively treat depression and anxiety.

As the risk assessment of suicide attempts remains tremendously challenging due to the lack of clinical markers, researchers across five different countries studied the pathological significance of psychotic symptoms in terms of their influence on suicidal behavior.