The Psychiatrist's Role
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August 5, 2010
Palliative Care in Older Adults
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July 9, 2010
Managing a Psychiatric Emergency
What Every Psychiatrist Needs to Know to Be Prepared
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June 5, 2010
The Interface Between Cancer and Psychiatry
As a psychiatrist who has lymphoma, I have developed a deep understanding of the ways in which our training can help us help patients who find themselves forced to deal with the complicated emotional aspects that accompany various forms of cancer. I hope these insights will be useful to psychiatrists as they wrestle with the problems that plague their patients who are coping with cancer.
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May 27, 2010
Prestigious Chimps and the Emergence of Cultural Innovation
New research finds chimpanzees follow prestigious models when learning new tasks. Monika Thorpe / Creative CommonsIf one were to play psychiatrist to the natural world, most human beings would be committed for our certifiable obsession with other peoples' behavior. We compulsively examine, study, appraise, size up
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February 23, 2010
March 1st is Self-Injury Awareness Day
Self-injury does not involve a conscious intent to commit suicide, though many believe that people who harm themselves are suicidal... Lloyd, K. (2010) Understanding Repeated Self-Injury: A Multidisciplinary Approach. The Psychiatrist, 34(2), 77-77. DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.109.026534 Understanding Repeated Self-Injury: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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January 26, 2010
Fort Hood and DOD Independent Review
Army personnel responsible for supervising the Army psychiatrist now accused of the November 5, 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tex, may find themselves accused of failing to follow Army policies and regulations and taking appropriate actions.
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December 11, 2009
Critical Information for the Practice of Psychiatry
It is my privilege and pleasure to highlight this Special Report on forensic psychiatry. (The first articles in this series appeared in the November issue and are posted on www.psychiatrictimes.com.) The respected authors provide us with the most recent thought on subjects that should be of interest to every practicing psychiatrist.
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December 2, 2009
Psychiatrist, Drug Thyself
Psychiatrists give their patients all kinds of drugs, but in most cases, they do so without ever taking any themselves. Some French psychiatrists found an excuse to try out some drugs in the name of science, and the results are published in a paper just out - Besnier et al's Effects of paroxetine on emotional functioning and treatment awareness.Thirty healthy psychiatrists and clinical psychologi
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November 30, 2009
Older People Urged To Look After Their Mental Health
As we are in the winter months older people in Ireland are being encouraged to look after their mental health and to seek help and support if they are feeling depressed most of the day, most days. Leading Old Age Psychiatrist Professor Brian Lawlor and advocacy group Age Action urged older people to address the issue of their mental health at the launch of the 'Mind Yourself - Depression in Later
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