Improving and maintaining health factors not traditionally associated with dementia, such as dental, vision and hearing, may lower a person’s risk for developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. [Read more] …
Rare photos of psychiatry’s past. [Read more] …
According to Schizophrenia Research, mortality rates among individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are elevated compared to the general population.[Read more] …
Demonstrates that only half of the participants responded to pharmacological treatments, indicating the importance of managing treatment-refractory depression actively in older people.[Read more] …
New report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that calls for changes in how chronic pain is managed.[Read more] …
The American Geriatrics Society‘s newest clinical tool, the AGS Guide to the Management of Psychotic Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia in Older Adults, is now available on the AGS website.[Read more]…
The US Congress has declared June 27, 2011 National PTSD Awareness Day. Interesting statistics: 2.4% of personnel returning from deployment to the Afghanistan or Iraq war are clinically diagnosed with PTSD; 17% of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans exposed …
In a world-first study, researchers in Sydney are using a simulated virtual reality environment to help Parkinson’s disease patients suffering from the phenomenon known as ‘freezing of gait’ [Read more] …
Interesting, a psychiatrist has been named the new president-elect of the American Medical Association. Jeremy A. Lazarus, M.D. [Read more] …