Basic Overview of Course of Illness and Treatment of HIV/AIDS • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With Schizophrenia • Jun 10 09 Approximately 940,000 persons in North America and about 40 million persons worldwide are infected with HIV. Infection with HIV is a chronic disease that normally runs its… HIV/HCV Knowledge Among People With Severe Mental Illness and Their Providers • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With Schizophrenia • Jun 10 09 AIDS is the ultimate result of HIV infection, and knowledge about AIDSrelated issues among United States and Canadian psychiatric patients appears to be relatively good compared… Substance Use Risk Behaviors Among People With Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With Schizophrenia • Jun 10 09 Substance Use Risk Behaviors Among People With Schizophrenia and Their Association With Psychiatric and Situational Factors In the United States, psychiatric patients with identified comorbid alcohol or other drug… Sexual Risk Behaviors Among People With Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • HIV and Hepatitis C in Patients With Schizophrenia • Jun 10 09 Sexual Risk Behaviors Among People With Schizophrenia and Their Association With Psychiatric and Situational Factors Most studies of sexual risk behavior among people with psychiatric disorders have not linked behaviors… Obesity and Mental Illness • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 Obesity is a complex multifactorial chronic disease that develops from the interaction between genotype and the environment. Obesity in individuals with mental disorders such as schizophrenia has been attributed to various factors, including… Obesity in Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 In the pre-antipsychotic era, Kraepelin noted that some patients with schizophrenia exhibited bizarre eating habits, and not uncommonly were obese. “The taking of food fluctuates from complete refusal to the greatest voracity. The body… Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity in Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 The literature thus far suggests that some of the novel antipsychotic medications cause less weight gain than others; thus it may be possible to switch patients on agents associated with the… Behavioral Treatment • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 Behavioral interventions such as calorie restriction, exercise, and behavioral modification are key elements to successful, sustained weight loss (NHLBI 2000; NHLBI also has posted on its Web site a practical guide for obesity evaluation and… Weight Monitoring for Schizophrenia • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 The effects of antipsychotic-related weight gain have both medical and psychiatric components. In particular, medication compliance is adversely affected by excessive weight gain, with weight gain being a wellknown cause of treatment nonadherence… Psychopharmacology of Weight Gain • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 Novel antipsychotic medications and conventional antipsychotic medications affect a number of central neurotransmitter systems that may have an impact on satiety and feeding behavior. Many of the receptor systems blocked by antipsychotic medications… The Epidemic of Obesity • Schizophrenia • • Medical Illness and Schizophrenia • • Obesity in schizophrenia • Jun 09 09 Obesity and its related sequelae represent a growing epidemic in the United States. Overweight is defined by the World Health Organization as a body mass index (BMI) of 25.029.9 kg/m2, and obesity as… Genetic link found between anxiety, depression and insomnia • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jun 08 09 The genes that play a role in adolescent insomnia are the same as those involved in depression and anxiety, according to a research abstract that will be presented on… Sedatives may increase elderly suicide risk-study • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jun 04 09 Sedatives and sleeping pills prescribed to ease depression, anxiety and sleep problems appear to increase the risk of suicide four-fold among the elderly, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday. A review of… Schizophrenia Complications • Schizophrenia • • Complications and Schizophrenia • Jun 03 09 The major complications are to quality of life: An acute psychotic illness can be a terrifying experience - the hallucinations and delusions seem utterly real while they are being experienced. … Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Helps Prevent Depression Among At-Risk Teens • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jun 02 09 Adolescents at an increased risk of depression who participated in a group cognitive behavioral intervention significantly reduced their symptoms and episodes of depression compared to teens who received… When Adult Patients Have Anxiety Disorder, Their Children Need Help Too • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jun 01 09 In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns… Daily alcohol intake can lead to binge drinking • Mental health and Psychiatry news • May 28 09 Sipping wine, beer or spirits three to four times per week increases the risk of binge drinking, particularly among young men, according to a new study published in the… Postpartum depression can be caught at infant visits • Mental health and Psychiatry news • May 26 09 Screening at a well-child visit 2 months after delivery can identify most women who have postpartum depression, according to a study published in the current issue of Pediatrics. The… Fear of Family Reaction Is Barrier to Treatment for Depressed Teens • Mental health and Psychiatry news • May 26 09 Although teen depression poses a widespread problem for which proven treatments exist, few depressed teens receive any care. Why don’t they undergo treatment? The answer depends… Drug abuse underlies schizophrenia tie to violence • Schizophrenia • • Schizophrenia News • May 25 09 People with schizophrenia may have a reputation for being involved in violent crime, but that seems to be valid only if they also have a problem with substance abuse, a… Schizophrenia does not increase risk of violent crime • Schizophrenia • • Schizophrenia News • May 20 09 A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oxford finds that the severe mental disorder schizophrenia only marginally increases the risk of committing… Prepared Patient: Managing Mental and Medical Illness • Mental health and Psychiatry news • May 20 09 In her 1984 boot camp graduation photo, Adrienne Fitts is smiling. Her hair is neatly groomed, her Navy cap and dress whites are spotless and she is regulation fit and… Understanding the therapeutic process of mother-infant psychotherapy • Mental health and Psychiatry news • May 20 09 Psychotherapists who treat mothers suffering from postpartum depression and other mood disorders with their infants have developed a proven process that contributes to a greater positive experience with immediate insights… Early identification of dementia increasingly difficult • Mental health and Psychiatry news • May 20 09 If grandma seems to forget things, will she end up demented? These days, memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal which 70-year-olds risk developing dementia. This… Schizophrenia-type illness linked to heart risk • Schizophrenia • • Schizophrenia News • May 19 09 The high rate of heart disease seen in people with “schizophrenia spectrum disorders” is not totally explained by the use of antipsychotic medications and by lifestyle factors, according to research reported… Page 69 of 148 pages « First < 67 68 69 70 71 > Last » << Back to main