by William Campbell, B.A. and Reid Hester, Ph.D. Clinicians who don't regularly treat patients with alcohol use disorders might be surprised to discover that one quarter of all clinical patients engage in heavy, problematic drinking. Even clinicians who are well...
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January 29, 2010
November 30, 2009
Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder
It is generally held that the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BD) are at risk for BD. The degree of risk is an important question for both clinicians and parents. A recent study of bipolar offspring by Birmaher and colleagues1 sheds light on this issue.
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October 10, 2009
Leading Drug Epidemiologist Endorses New Pyschotropic Guidelines For Youth
Increased use and promotion of psychotropic drugs to U.S. children and adolescents in the past 20 years has led to a "welcomed" set of new guidelines for clinicians to insure better child safety and reduce the risk of inappropriate prescriptions, according to a professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Julie M.
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May 6, 2009
Very Early In Alzheimer’s Disease Memory Grows Less Efficient
Even very early in Alzheimer's disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information, a new study has found. Knowing this, clinicians may be able to train people in the early stages of Alzheimer's to remember high-value information better, according to a report in the May issue of Neuropsychology, published by the American Psychological Association. R
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