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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depression and Anxiety in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients in Pakistan

February 2008

by Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar, MBBS, FCPS; Imran S. Khawaja, MD; Muhammad Waqar Azeem, MD; Huma Awan, MSc; Afshan Ayub, MSc; Javed Iqbal, MBBS; and Paul Thuras, PhD

Dr. Dogar is from the Department of Psychiatry, DHQ Hospital, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Dr. Khawaja is from the Department of Psychiatry, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis; Dr. Azeem is from the Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth, Middletown, Connecticut, Department of Children and Families, Connecticut, Yale Child Study Center, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Drs. Awan and Ayub are from the Department of Psychiatry, DHQ Hospital, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Dr. Iqbal is from the Department of Cardiology, DHQ Hospital, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan; and Dr. Thuras is from the Department of Psychiatry, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Mandated Psychotherapy with the Impaired Physician

February 2008

by Julie P. Gentile, MD

Dr. Gentile is Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of the Dual Diagnosis Program (Mental Illness/Intellectual Disabilities), Director of Medical Student Mental Health Services, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

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Treatment of Autistic Children

February 2008

by Elisa F. Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and David Feifel, MD, PhD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Strategic Research and Safety, Quintiles Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles Inc., San Diego, California, and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Feifel is Associate Professor In Residence, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Program; Director, UCSD Adult ADHD Program, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California.

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Key Psychosocial Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease: An Update

February 2008

by Edmund Howe, MD, JD

Dr. Howe is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Programs in Medical Ethics, Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
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Biomarkers for the Identification and Treatment of Dementia

February 2008

by Steven D. Targum, MD

Dr. Targum is an executive-in-residence at Oxford BioScience Partners and on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Targum is chief medical officer at BrainCells Inc., and chief medical advisor to Prana Biotechnology Ltd. Dr. Targum is on the editorial staff of Psychiatry 2008.
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CNTRICS: Bringing Clinical Treatment Trials Closer to the Brain

February 2008

by Philip D. Harvey, PhD

Dr. Harvey is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Letters to the editor

February 2008

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Improving the Health and Wellbeing of People with Schizophrenia

February 2008

by David Shern, PhD

President and CEO, Mental Health America

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