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28% Of Referrals To A Mood & Anxiety Clinic Had Undiagnosed ADHD
This study shows what we adult ADHD coaches have known for a long time. Only 5% of adults have ADHD. But, 28.4% of referrals to a tertiary-care mood and anxiety clinic had undetected ADHD. ADHD was also diagnosed in 22.6% of patients referred to the clinic for treatment-resistant depression. Chart of study SSRI Treatment Response may Predict Undetected Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Depressed Patients. Adults who fail to respond to antidepressant therapy may have underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and not treatment-resistant depression, as is often assumed, new research sugges...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - May 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Medication ADD / ADHD Treatment adult ADHD anxiety depression dysthymia misdiagnosed undiagnosed Source Type: blogs

Phooled Again - More Settlements Suggesting Bad Behavior by Big Pharma/ Biotech
Once again, here is a roundup of cases showing big multi-national pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are up to their usual tricks.Presented in alphabetical order...Bristol-Myers Squibb Settles Charges of Bribery of Chinese Hospitals.The best version of this I could find was in USA Today, in early October, 2015,Pharmaceutical manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay more than $14 million in fines to settle charges that its joint venture in China paid cash and other benefits to state-owned hospitals in exchange for prescription sales, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday.After its invest...
Source: Health Care Renewal - October 15, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: adulterated devices bribery Bristol-Myers-Squibb crime deception deferred prosecution agreement Genzyme intimidation legal settlements Pfizer Sanofi-Aventis Source Type: blogs

Whirl Wind
The past few weeks have changed the way I look at social media in the grand scheme of both who I am as a person and a professional. I am currently in the basement of the BOB (Big Old Building) watching people tour the installations of ArtPrize waiting on a hand crafted beer in the city that claims the title of Beer City USA. What am I doing here? Blogging. Seriously. On my laptop writing. To me—this is heaven. The hum of the conversations, the dark lighting and the view of John doing what ever magic it is that brewers do. This journey back to blogging was mired with emotional strife and an immense amount ...
Source: crzegrl, flight nurse - September 24, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Emily Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Big White Wall: Expanding Mental Health Access Through The Digital Sphere
There is a preponderance of evidence that conventional approaches to the provision of mental health care do not meet the needs of a large portion of the population. Due to limitations of scale alone, there is an inherent misalignment between the number of individuals who can benefit from mental health assistance and the availability of traditional services. Yet scale is not the only issue. Stigma, accessibility, and medical models of treatment are equal deterrents to seeking help. Poor mental health impacts us all and carries a huge socio-economic cost. Technology offers a solution and is already helping those experiencing...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 1, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Jen Hyatt Tags: Global Health Health IT Health Professionals Innovations in Care Delivery Long-term Services and Supports Population Health Public Health Big White Wall digital medicine Mental Health NHS Choices SAMHSA Source Type: blogs

As Vaccination Rates Dip, Parents Walk A Tightrope Between Doubt And Risk
The recent re-emergence of measles in the United States following a 15-year period of occasional cases provides a compelling example of an unresolved societal tension in public health: that between the value of autonomous decision-making and the need for social responsibility. The outbreak---more than 700 cases since January 2014---reveals not only this tension, which also plagues other arenas of health care reform. It also reveals the tenacity of doubt about vaccine safety that has led to a tipping point in undermining herd immunity. (That is, within a community, high rates of immunization protect both individuals and th...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - April 23, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Sharon Kaufman Tags: Featured Population Health Public Health autism risk awareness vaccines Source Type: blogs

The road to health care for veterans is baroque
Read the voices of Service: this discussion thread is a show and tell of what women veterans have to go through to get care. It also demonstrates some traits of women warriors: generosity, tenacity , wisdom , guts and extreme moxie. It is unconscionable that those who served have to come home and fight more battles. Shame on us. Alana Vollmer-Bland Question…..I have a 30% rating for PTSD from Afghanistan. I told the shrink at the VA at the beginning of the claims process and then another counselor at the VA here about the sexual assault while I was on active duty. She spent 6 weeks doing intake on me and waffled be...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Women Veterans Source Type: blogs

Nickson Would be Celebrating Life if it Weren’t for Vaccines
Conclusion Parents need to be able to choose what goes into their child’s body, especially when their babies are not born full-term or have any underlying health problems at birth. When a product such as a vaccine is injected into a child, known to be associated with severe risks, including death, there should be a standard protocol in place for these families to get needed support when the risks outweigh the benefits. No one can predict how a vaccine will negatively affect a person. Lindsey and other families going through this, suffering the loss of a child likely caused by the vaccine(s) given to them, when no other p...
Source: vactruth.com - April 9, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Augustina Ursino Tags: Augustina Ursino Human Top Stories National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) vaccine court Vaccine Death VAERS Source Type: blogs

Can a Failed Schizophrenia Drug Prevent PTSD?
This study also provides a perfect example of NIMH's new mandate for specifying a hypothesized mechanism of action for interventions that will be tested in funded clinical trials. Does peri-trauma osanetant (vs. placebo) reduce later development of PTSD symptoms and attenuate amygdala activation to trauma script-driven imagery in fMRI? Is TAC3 gene expression altered in primate models? [The distribution of Nk3R likely differs between mice and primates.] Are there declines in PACAP blood levels in traumatized individuals given osanetant (vs. placebo)? Are there longer-term effects on methylation of ADCYAP1R1 in peripheral b...
Source: The Neurocritic - July 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs

10 Daily Habits That Help You Manage ADHD
The first key in managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is making sure you’re getting effective treatment. As Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D, NCC, a psychotherapist and ADHD specialist, said, “appropriate treatment can make a world of difference.” The second key in managing ADHD is building healthy habits that help you sharpen your focus, navigate symptoms and accomplish what you need to accomplish. Below is a list of 10 habits that may help you better manage ADHD. 1. Get enough sleep. “ADHD is a neurobiological disorder…So anything we can do to improve our overall brain health is going to help us ...
Source: World of Psychology - March 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders General Habits Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Stress Success & Achievement ADHD Solutions ADHD strategies attention Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder daily habits Focus Healthy Habits Sarah Source Type: blogs

Pain Medicine News - Fibromyalgia Now Widely Recognized as Requiring Multimodal Approach
Israeli fibromyalgia guidelines published online in November 2013 and Canadian guidelines published in May 2013 follow in the solid footsteps of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia. The Canadian and Israeli documents eschew an extensive physical examination and a tender-point count, focus on the importance of nonpharmacologic treatments and recognize fibromyalgia as neither a distinct rheumatic nor mental disorder. German guidelines cut from similar cloth were published in 2008."All three guidelines focus on a multimodal approach; and we emphasize the primacy of physic...
Source: Psychology of Pain - March 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs

New Deep Brain Stimulation System Measures Neurotransmitter Release
In this study, the investigators will monitor extracellular neurotransmitter levels using a probe that is able to perform real time electrochemical detection during deep brain stimulation surgery. The overall question this study is designed to answer is: Are there neurotransmitters released during deep brain stimulation? Interestingly, the primary outcome measure is adenosine1 release recorded by WINCS, and the secondary outcome measure is dopamine release (pre-, during, and post-DBS, over a time frame of 30 min). Adenosine A2A antagonists may extend the duration of action of L-dopa, a primary treatment for PD. Preliminary...
Source: The Neurocritic - November 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs

A Tale of Two BRAINS: #BRAINI and DARPA's SUBNETS
Image credits. Left: SUBNETS program (DARPA). Right: BRAIN interim report presentation (NIH).In April, the White House announced the $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. The goals of this bold new research effort are to "revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury." A series of high-profile journal articles traced the genesis of this initiative from the Brain Activity Map idea to develop nanotechnologies and "image ev...
Source: The Neurocritic - October 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs

FwdJournal Alert - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
This study examined the relationship of 6 forms of > implicit cognition about death, suicide, and self-harm with the > occurrence of self-harm in the future. We then attempted to develop a > model using these measures of implicit cognition along with other > psychometric tests and clinical risk factors. We conducted a prospective > cohort of 107 patients (age > 17 years) with a baseline assessment that > included 6 implicit association tests that assessed thoughts of death, > suicide, and self-harm. Psychometric questionnaires were also completed > by the patients, and these included the Beck Hop...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - September 26, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

Can People Really Change?
The following is an expanded and rewritten versions of the last e-mail newsletter I sent out to my subscribers This is only the second time I have used a newsletter as the basis of a blog post. However, I think this is such an important message that it bears repetition and hopefully a wider audience. My Introduction To Stress And Anxiety Even though I can remember having issues with anxiety way back into my early teens and even earlier, it wasn’t until I got into my early twenties that it started to play havoc with my sleeping. I was in a low stress job working in a family run business, I had my own home, no money wo...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - September 19, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs

Introducing Being Beautifully Bipolar
For the millions of people who suffer from bipolar disorder, it is often a misunderstood malady. While the basics of bipolar are pretty well understood by most — characterized by changing moods from mania to depression — the in’s and out’s of living with bipolar disorder are more difficult to grasp. And if you live with bipolar disorder, you often feel out there alone in the world. How can people live like this? Well, no longer. I’m pleased to introduce Being Beautifully Bipolar, with Elaina J. Martin. “I would like to focus on my life as an example of someone living with predominantly bipolar disorder, featur...
Source: World of Psychology - September 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Bipolar Disorders General Anxiety Disorder Bipolar Disorder blog Celebrities Central Welcome Depression Fashionista Gig Malady Mental Health News Models Moods New York Fashion New York Fashion Week OCD Personal Anecdote Source Type: blogs