Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Diabetes Screening Inadequate in Mentally Ill

New research shows that despite long-standing recommendations that severely mentally ill patients who take antipsychotics undergo annual screening for diabetes and other metabolic disorders, only 30% receive such screening. A recent research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine described a retrospective cohort study that analyzed diabetes screening prevalence and predictors of screening among adults in the California […]

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By R Kennedy | Antipsychotic medication . Bipolar Disorder . Cardiovascular . Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Diabetes . Mental health . Metabolic screening . Schizophrenia
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Sixth Annual Chair Summit Begins This Week

This week a Master Class for Neuroscience Development called the Chair Summit takes place in Tampa, FL (Sept 26-28, 2013). In the early days of medical training in Kos, students, trainees and medical colleagues would gather to discuss their cases and the latest science with Hippocrates.  This model of education was maintained throughout the centuries […]

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By R Kennedy | Addiction . ADHD . Antipsychotic medication . Anxiety Disorders . Biomarker . Bipolar Disorder . Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Chronic Pain . CME . Dementia . Depression . Diabetes . Diagnosis . Digital medicine . Drug Development . Drugs . DSM-5 . Early intervention . Education . Food . Genetics . Guideline . Imaging . Maintenance of Certification . Measurement-based care . Medical Education . Mood . MRI . Multiple sclerosis . Negative symptoms . Neuroscience . Obesity . Opioids . PET . Practice guideline . Psychosis . PTSD . Research . Schizophrenia . Smoking cessation . Social media . Stroke . Substance abuse . Transcranial magnetic stimulation . Vascular dementia
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Non-adherence to Antipsychotics and Cardiometabolic Medication Result in Health Care Utilization and Costs

A new study in Psychiatric Services examined the association between adherence to antipsychotic and cardiometabolic medication and the use of health care services and expenditures. A total of 87,015 unique patients with schizophrenia who received at least one antipsychotic medication were reviewed via Medicaid files from 2004 to 2008. An annual cross-sections of patients with […]

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By R Kennedy | Adherence . Antipsychotic medication . Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Metabolic screening . Psychosis . Schizophrenia
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Depression Increases Risk of Heart Disease Mortality in Young People

A study published in the November 2011 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, describes that the negative effects of depression in young people on the health of their hearts may be stronger than previously recognized. Depression or a history of suicide attempts in people younger than 40, especially young women, markedly increases their risk for […]

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By R Kennedy | Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Depression . Mental health . Women
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