Psychiatry

• Case Challenges

• An Adolescent with Suicidal Behavior After Liver Transplant

• Psychiatric Annals, October 2011, Volume 41 Issue 10
• The patient was a 14-year-old sixth-grade girl who had been born in Sweden and now lived with her mother. The patient was taken to the Psychiatric...More »

• Feature

• Metabolic syndrome risk in patients prescribed atypical antipsychotics: As comorbidities multiply, the debate over monitoring responsibilities continues.

• Psychiatric Annals, July 2011, Volume 41 Issue 7
• In 2003, the FDA issued a warning for second-generation antipsychotics, including olanzapine and risperidone, among others, citing an increased risk for...More »

• Case Challenges

• A 68-Year-Old Woman with Lung Cancer and Late-Onset Bipolar Disorder

• Psychiatric Annals, May 2011, Volume 41 Issue 5
• A 68-year-old white woman was diagnosed with poorly differentiated, stage 1A, non-small cell lung cancer with possible hilar node involvement in spring...More »

• Features

• Predictors of Treatment Response in Adolescent Depression

• Psychiatric Annals, April 2011, Volume 41 Issue 4
• The prevalence of depression increases from approximately 2% in childhood to 8% to 10% in adolescence, especially in girls.1 Symptoms of depression are...More »

• Features

• Assessment and Management of Suicidal Behavior in Teens

• Psychiatric Annals, April 2011, Volume 41 Issue 4
• The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior1–3 in adolescents states that the fundamental constituents of suicidal ideation are the...More »

• Features

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Youth: An Update

• Psychiatric Annals, April 2011, Volume 41 Issue 4
• About 2% to 6% of children and adolescents manifest depression at any one time. By late adolescence, this rate increases to 20%.1–3 Research...More »

• Features

• Family Treatment Strategies in Adolescent Depression

• Psychiatric Annals, April 2011, Volume 41 Issue 4
• Depression, with a point prevalence of approximately 6% during adolescence, puts youth at major risk for adverse outcomes, including psychosocial...More »

• Departments

• Multitasking vs. Mindfulness

• Psychiatric Annals, April 2011, Volume 41 Issue 4
• My thanks to Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, for guest editing this very useful series on the treatment of mood disorders in adolescents for this April issue of...More »

• Features

• This Issue: Adolescent Depression

• Psychiatric Annals, April 2011, Volume 41 Issue 4
• This edition on adolescent depression addresses the clinically important topics of predictors of treatment response, management of suicidal behavior,...More »

• Articles

• The Role of Benzodiazepines in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: A Clinical Review

• Psychiatric Annals, December 2010, Volume 40 Issue 12
• Since the patent of chlordiazepoxide nearly 50 years ago, benzodiazepines are one of the most widely prescribed psychotropic medications worldwide.1 As a...More »

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