Psychiatry

[RESEARCH] Risk of suicide after suicide attempt according to coexisting psychiatric disorder:...

Objective To investigate the impact of coexistent psychiatric morbidity on risk of suicide after a suicide attempt. Design Cohort study with follow-up for 21-31 years. Setting Swedish national register based study. Participants...

[RESEARCH] Hospital admissions for self harm after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care:...

Objective To determine the risk of non-fatal self harm in the 12 months after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care. Design Cohort study based on national hospital episode statistics. Setting England. Population Patients...

Hyper Kids? Cut Out Preservatives

Parents who suspect that artificial ingredients in food are affecting their children's behavior can now point to some cold, hard proof. A carefully designed study released Thursday in The Lancet, a leading British medical...

Cold intensifies in quake-hit areas

ZIARAT: Balochistan quake-stricken areas continued suffering aftershock jolts, intensifying cold, while the incidence of diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia including psychiatry cases were also inflicting heavy tolls in these...

Program For Kids With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Receives Prestigious National Award, Western...

The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program for Children and Adolescents at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC has been awarded the 2008 Treatment of Mental Illness and Recovery Support Services...

Two Promotions Enhance Child Psychiatric Services at Penobscot Bay Medical Center

By Pen Bay Healthcare Christopher Burke, 594-6715 ROCKPORT (Nov 17): Penobscot Bay Medical Center is pleased to announce the promotion of two mental health specialists in the hospital's Outpatient Psychiatry Department. Dr....

Medical Anthropology: A Valuable Resource for Scholars and Students of Medical Anthropology and...

Medical Anthropology: A Valuable Resource for Scholars and Students of Medical Anthropology and Health Professionals AlikeDUBLIN, IrelandRESEARCH-AND-MARKETS DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets has announced...

Conduct Disorder In Adolescent Girls

Nearly 10 percent of adolescent girls in the United States meet the criteria for conduct disorder, the second most common psychiatric diagnosis among adolescent females. The diagnosis describes youths who persistently exhibit...

Joan Cusack has psychiatry, "Acceptance" in future (Reuters)

By Kimberly Nordyke Kimberly Nordyke – 26 mins ago LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Joan Cusack has lined up two TV projects, developing a comedy at NBC set in the world of psychiatry and starring opposite Mae Whitman in the...

DSM-V Criticized In LA Times Op-Ed For Lack Of Transparency

Christopher Lane, a professor of English at Northwestern University and author of last year's "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness," had an excellent op-ed in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, flagging for the public...