The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry, Third Edition
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Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Managing the Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications, Second Edition
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Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Appreciating the 4 “Ts” of Loneliness When Providing Psychiatric Care for the Lonely Patient
Loneliness can be evaluated from a 4-concept viewpoint of territory, threat, trauma and trust (4 Ts). Territory refers to an area of ownership that is controlled on a daily basis and is fundamental to one’s daily life. Lonely individuals often manage boundaries by gaining greater control over their physical environment by territorial behavior. They guard personal territory well as the only area where they can exert dominance and feel safe. Perceptions of social isolation or loneliness increase vigilance for threats, decrease trust, and heighten feelings of vulnerability. Clinical teams caring for the lonely must be espec...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Practitioner's Corner Source Type: research
Pediatric Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Call to Action for Inpatient Staff Training
This article presents findings from a needs assessment conducted with staff at a state-run child and adolescent inpatient treatment facility. The purpose was to assess the need for formalized NSSI training among staff. A questionnaire was developed to evaluate whether staff had received formal training in NSSI assessment and treatment as well as typical practice responses to patients engaging in NSSI behaviors. The questionnaire also evaluated staff comfort and confidence in their knowledge and skills concerning the assessment and treatment of NSSI among children and adolescents. Respondents were 126 clinical staff, most o...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Practitioner's Corner Source Type: research
Commentary on “Basal Ganglia Calcification: A Case Report of Fahr Disease With Pure Psychiatric Symptoms”
We present a case of Fahr disease that presented mainly with pure psychiatric symptoms. Isolated psychiatric symptoms without neurological manifestations are rarely seen in patients diagnosed with Fahr disease. Psychiatrists should consider Fahr disease as a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of psychiatric illness. (Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice)
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clinical Case Discussions Source Type: research
Basal Ganglia Calcification: A Case Report of Fahr Disease With Pure Psychiatric Symptoms
We present a case of Fahr disease that presented mainly with pure psychiatric symptoms. Isolated psychiatric symptoms without neurological manifestations are rarely seen in patients diagnosed with Fahr disease. Psychiatrists should consider Fahr disease as a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of psychiatric illness. (Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice)
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clinical Case Discussions Source Type: research
Commentary on “Are We Missing Subtle Forms of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Encephalitis With the Current Diagnostic Approach? A Case Report”
This report presents the case of a 24-year-old woman with a subacute onset of psychotic and catatonic symptoms in whom current diagnostic criteria for probable anti-NMDAr encephalitis were not fulfilled. On the basis of the red flags that have been proposed to raise suspicion of anti-NMDAr encephalitis, a study of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography was requested and demonstrated bilateral occipital hypometabolism consistent with clinical suspicion of anti-NMDAr encephalitis. Once the appropriate treatment was established, the patient recovered completely. This case supports the need to maintain clinical suspic...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clinical Case Discussions Source Type: research
Are We Missing Subtle Forms of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Encephalitis With the Current Diagnostic Approach? A Case Report
This report presents the case of a 24-year-old woman with a subacute onset of psychotic and catatonic symptoms in whom current diagnostic criteria for probable anti-NMDAr encephalitis were not fulfilled. On the basis of the red flags that have been proposed to raise suspicion of anti-NMDAr encephalitis, a study of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography was requested and demonstrated bilateral occipital hypometabolism consistent with clinical suspicion of anti-NMDAr encephalitis. Once the appropriate treatment was established, the patient recovered completely. This case supports the need to maintain clinical suspic...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clinical Case Discussions Source Type: research
Welfare Checks for Suicide Risk Management: Risks and Benefits
This article, the first in a 2-part series, will describe welfare checks and explore their potential risks and benefits. (Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice)
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Columns Source Type: research
Review of “Common Factors,” Personal Reflections, and Introduction of the Shaving Brush Model of Integrated Psychotherapies
This column reviews and updates “common factors” in psychotherapy, as originally described by Saul Rosenzweig in 1936. The author, a psychiatrist who has used multiple modalities of psychotherapeutic treatment over 4 decades, shares personal reflections concerning these “common factors” and introduces a model of integrated psychotherapies named for his grandfather’s shaving brush. (Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice)
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Columns Source Type: research
Findings From a Trial of the Smartphone and OnLine Usage-based eValuation for Depression (SOLVD) Application: What Do Apps Really Tell Us About Patients with Depression? Concordance Between App-Generated Data and Standard Psychiatric Questionnaires for Depression and Anxiety
Objective:
Depression imposes a notable societal burden, with limited treatment success despite multiple available psychotherapy and medications choices. Potential reasons may include the heterogeneity of depression diagnoses and the presence of comorbid anxiety symptoms. Despite technological advances and the introduction of many mobile phone applications (apps) claiming to relieve depression, major gaps in knowledge still exist regarding what apps truly measure and how they correlate with psychometric questionnaires. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether mobile daily mood self-ratings may be useful in monitori...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Accuracy of Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Diagnosis in Older Veterans
We examined the accuracy of the anxiety not otherwise specified (anxiety NOS) diagnosis in 61 patients, using data from older Veterans screened for a large trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for late-life generalized anxiety disorder. We compared the anxiety NOS diagnoses based on the electronic medical record to diagnoses obtained via a gold standard structured diagnostic interview conducted for this trial. We found concordance of the anxiety NOS diagnosis in only 2 participants (3%). Most patients (77%) met diagnostic criteria for a specific Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) ...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Personality as a Predictor of Treatment Response to Escitalopram in Adults With Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Conclusion:
Our findings underscore the relationship between BDD and neuroticism, and they suggest a link between neuroticism and SRI treatment response. (Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice)
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Hallucinogens and Their Therapeutic Use: A Literature Review
The exploration of possible therapeutic benefits of hallucinogenic substances has undergone a revitalization in the past decade. This literature review investigated the published literature regarding the psychotherapeutic uses of hallucinogens in psychiatric disorders. The results showed that a variety of substances have been evaluated in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including ayahuasca, ibogaine, ketamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, and psilocybin. The conditions treated ranged from depression to autism, with the largest volume of research dedicated to substance use disorders...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Technotherapy
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Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - September 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
