http://www.psychiatrymmc.com A peer-reviewed journal providing evidence-based information to practicing clinicians Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Elisa Cascade; Amir Kalali, MD; and Robert Findling, MD Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Quintiles Inc./iGuard, 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. Findling is Professor of Psychiatry ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/use-of-antipsychotics-in-children/ by Ronald Pies, MD Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009;6(6):29–37 Financial Disclosure Dr. Pies reports no relevant conflicts of interest or commercial ties with respect to this material. Abstract There is neurobiologically based, theoretical support for ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/should-psychiatrists-use-atypical-antipsychotics-to-treat-nonpsychotic-anxiety/ by Sricharan Moturi, MD, MPH, and Anna Ivanenko MD, PhD Drs. Moturi and Ivanenko are from the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Ivanenko is also from the Children’s Memorial at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois. Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009;6(6):38–44 Funding There are no sources of financial support for ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/complex-diagnostic-and-treatment-issues-in-psychotic-symptoms-associated-with-narcolepsy/ 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 ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/crossing-the-line-sexual-boundary-violations-by-physicians/ by Steven D. Targum, MD, and Dan V. Iosifescu, MD, MSc 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. ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/clinical-applications-of-neuroimaging-for-treating-depressive-disorders/ by Capt. Alvi Azad, MBA, DO, USAF, MC; Capt. Nicholas D. McKinnon, MD, USAF, MC; Maj. Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD, USAF, MC, FS; and Maj. Matthew D. Faubion MD, USAF, MC Drs. Azad, McKinnon, and Faubion are from Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, and the University of ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/snapshot-of-air-force-psychiatry-wilford-hall-medical-center/ by Ahmed Aboraya, MD, DrPh Dr. Aboraya is the chief of psychiatry and clinical professor of psychiatry at William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, Weston, West Virginia. Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009;6(6):24–28 Abstract Psychiatry (Edgemont) readers were surveyed about whether or not they use structured interviews in real clinical settings. Forty psychiatrists responded to the survey: six ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/use-of-structured-interviews-by-psychiatrists-in-real-clinical-settings-results-of-an-open-question-survey/ DEAR EDITOR: In the January 2009 issue of Psychiatry (Edgemont), Khawaja et al[1] provided a masterful and exhaustive elucidation of the bidirectional association between depression and coronary artery disease. The pathways from depression to coronary artery disease are complex and circuitous. They include autonomic dysfunction, hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis hyperactivity, platelet activation, ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/depression-and-coronary-artery-disease/ DEAR EDITOR: Trauma appears to be a specific psychosocial variable that potentially heightens an individual’s emotional response to the external environment. Although not everyone develops this syndrome in the aftermath of childhood trauma, perhaps the best example of this phenomenon is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the subsequent clinical finding of ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/drug-allergies-and-childhood-trauma-among-chronic-pain-patients/ by David V. Sheehan, MD, MBA; Harry A. Croft, MD; E. Roderich Gossen, PhD; Randy J. Levitt, PhD; Claire Brullé, MD; Sylvie Bouchard, MD, PhD; Anna Rozova, MSc, MD Dr. Sheehan is Distinguished University Health Professor, Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Depression and Anxiety Disorders Research Institute, University of South Florida College ... http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/extended-release-trazodone-in-major-depressive-disorder-a-randomized-double-blind-placebo-controlled-study/