Psychiatry

                   

Use of antipsychotics in children is criticized

iht.com
3 hrs ago 1 related
        

Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and federal drug regulators must do more to warn doctors of their substantial risks, a panel of federal drug experts said Tuesday. More than...

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Medifast Adds to Medical Backing with Formation of Scientific Advisory Board

finanznachrichten.de
11 hrs ago 2 related
        

OWINGS MILLS, Md., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medifast, Inc. , in an effort to enhance and continue the strong medical backing of its meal replacement programs, announced the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board. The...

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Psychiatrist wins award for translation

hindu.com
9 hrs ago
        

MALAPPURAM: Dr. T.M. Raghuram, a psychiatrist based in Manjeri, near here, has won the Nalli Thisai Ettum Award for his translation of Vaisakhan’s collection of short stories into Tamil. This award is given every year for the...

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A Mind Field for Coat Jesters, or, Convulsed With Laughter, or, If I Called You a Wild and Crazy...

aleksandreia.wordpress.com
4 hrs ago
        

Health/Views MIND In Psychiatry, Can a Punch Line Be a Lifeline? By BENJAMIN BRODY, M.D. When is it safe — let alone useful — to joke with a psychiatric patient? …As the anesthesiologist injects a sedative, a telephone rings....

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The Blame Shame

spectator.org
19 hrs ago
        

OUT OF HANDRe: G. Tracy Mehan's Social Conservatives as Scapegoats: This blaming of Sarah Palin for the election loss has gotten out of hand. It is being fed by "progressives," many of whom are simply uninformed; a conservative...

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First Digital Curation Centre SCARP Case Study Released on Brain Image Preservation

digital-scholarship.org
13 hrs ago 1 related
        

The first Digital Curation Centre SCARP (Sharing Curation and Re-use Preservation) case study has been released: Curating Brain Images in a Psychiatric Research Group: Infrastructure and Preservation Issues. Here's the...

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Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology

wangpei.net
14 hrs ago
        

Peter R Breggin M D founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology ICSPP as a nonprofit research and educational network 25 years ago and warns the media and the public about the potential dangers...

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Obituary | Katz remembered as patients’ advocate

yaledailynews.com
yesterday
        

The cause was heart failure, the Law School said in a statement Monday night. Born in Zwickau, Germany, in 1922, Katz, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor Emeritus of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry, fled Nazi Germany as a teenager...

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New Insights, New Directions for Treating Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder

nih.gov
yesterday
        

NIH Clinical Center's 2008 Medicine for the Public Lecture Series Mood disorders are serious, debilitating, life-shortening illnesses that affect millions. About one in five Americans could develop a mood disorder during his or...

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Review of Adverse Psychiatric Drug Reaction Conference

bipolarblast.wordpress.com
yesterday
        

A friend of mine and an important advocate in this world of questioning drugs and psychiatry went to APRIL’s Conference this year in London. Below is Sara Bostock’s piece covering the the parts of the conference she attended....

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