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Play Therapy: A Case-based Example of a Nondirective Approach

October 2008

by Timothy Lawver, DO, and Kelly Blankenship, DO

From the Department of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

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Posted in 10-2008 (October 2008), Letters to the Editor, Psychotherapy Rounds | No Comments »

Delirium and Antipsychotics: A Systematic Review of Epidemiology and Somatic Treatment Options

October 2008

by Joseph D. Markowitz, MD, and Meera Narasimhan, MD

Dr. Markowitz is Attending Psychiatrist at the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; and Dr. Narasimhan is Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

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Posted in 10-2008 (October 2008), Reviews | No Comments »

Severely Mood-disordered Youth Respond Less Well to Treatment in a Community Clinic than Youth with Bipolar Disorder

October 2008

by Leo Bastiaens, MD, and Jesse Bastiaens

Dr. L. Bastiaens is from the Family Services of Western Pennsylvania at the University of Pittsburgh; and Mr. J. Bastiaens is from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

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Posted in 10-2008 (October 2008), Original Research | No Comments »

Beyond Informed Consent: The Ethics of Informing, Anticipating, and Warning

October 2008

by Edmund Howe, MD, JD

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

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Posted in 10-2008 (October 2008), Ethics in Psychiatry | No Comments »

Asthma: Wheezing, Woes, and Worries

October 2008

by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD

Dr. R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Dr. L. Sansone is a family medicine physician (government service) and Medical Director of the Primary Care Clinic at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or the position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or US government.

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Posted in 10-2008 (October 2008), General, The Interface | No Comments »

Treatment of Migraine and the Role of Psychiatric Medications

October 2008

by Elisa Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Todd A. Smitherman, PhD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Quintiles Inc./iGuard, Falls Church, Virginia; and 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. Smitherman is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

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Posted in 10-2008 (October 2008), Trend Watch | No Comments »