Bill Davis: Clinical studiesSelected studies, reports, articles, news stories and Internet resources on recent clinical studiesSelf-help no help in preventing PTSD- July 28, 2005 Psychiatry Matters story - "Self-help information for patients attending accident and emergency departments following acute traumatic injury does not prevent the later onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), UK researchers have discovered. People who undergo traumatic injury often suffer adverse psychological consequences, including PTSD and other psychological symptoms, as well as socioeconomic problems. Early and time-limited interventions have, so far, failed to show...http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/international/News/2005/Week_30/Day_1/Self-help_no_help_in... Psychiatric disorder prevalence and comorbidity high in primary care- July 28, 2005 Psychiatry Matters story - "Up to half of all patients visiting their primary care physician with a new illness complaint have a current psychiatric diagnosis, study findings show. The results, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, also reveal that a third of such patients have more than one type of psychiatric condition. To better understand the prevalence and co-occurrence of mental health disorders among patients within the primary care setting, Tomas Toft and colleagues,...http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/international/News/2005/Week_30/Day_1/Psychiatric_disorder... CBT shows treatment promise for positive schizophrenic symptoms- July 28, 2005 Psychiatry Matters story - "Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) appears to be an effective adjunctive treatment for the positive symptoms associated with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, Swiss investigators report. Despite the proven effectiveness of antipsychotic drug treatments, a substantial proportion of people still experience treatment-resistant positive symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and feelings of being controlled by outside forces, note Gregoire Zimmermann and...http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/international/News/2005/Week_30/Day_1/CBT_shows_treatment_... Eating Disorders and Body Image Distress in Women at Midlife- July 28, 2005 A new CME unit at Medscape - "When eating disorders or body image conflicts are mentioned, the face we imagine is one of youth. It may be a preteen, an adolescent, or a young adult woman, but seldom do we visualize the face of an aging woman. Yet, contemporary western culture consistently values women's bodies and appearance above other attributes, and sexualized images of female bodies saturate mass media, shaping the prevailing ideal. Of course, women of all ages who live in this...http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/4302?src=hp12.cme Research shows that 5% of children in the US suffer from emotional and behavioral disorders- July 28, 2005 Health News story - "According to a report by the National Institute of Mental Health, 2.7 million children, or 5%, are reported by their parents to suffer from definite or severe emotional or behavioral difficulties. A special feature in the report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005, shows that difficulties may persist throughout a child's development and lead to lifelong disability, including more serious illness, more difficult to treat illness, and...http://www.axcessnews.com/health_072805.shtml New FDA-Approved Device Offers Hope to Depressed Patients- July 27, 2005 Medical News Today story - "The Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center medical team involved in the research and development of an innovative therapy for depression - vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) - is starting a new clinic for patients who have treatment-resistant depression. The vagal nerve stimulator was approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment-resistant depression following clinical trials around the United States, including Saint Louis University."http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=27968 |