Medscape Psychiatry Minute

Psychiatric Meds in Schizophrenia: Effects on Mortality Dr Peter Yellowlees reviews an observational study from Sweden evaluating the effect of commonly used psychiatric medications on mortality in patients with schizophrenia.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 02, 2016
Efficacy and Safety of Amphetamines in ADHD Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses a recent Cochrane review on the safety and efficacy of amphetamines for ADHD in children and adolescents.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 14, 2016
What Are the Mental Health Effects of Climate Change? Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses a recent opinion article highlighting the importance of climate change in psychiatry and its potential effects on mental health.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 07, 2016
Interventions for Self-harm In Children and Adolescents A new study sheds light on the efficacy of self-harm interventions in children and adolescents.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 18, 2016
How Do Stimulant Medications Affect Sleep in Children With ADHD? Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses a recent meta-analysis that found that stimulant medication use in children with ADHD is associated with worse sleep.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 11, 2016
Essential Adjuncts to Antipsychotic Reviews Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses the impact of antipsychotic review and nonpharmacologic interventions in patients with dementia living in nursing homes.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 09, 2016
The Verdict on Statins and Dementia Prevention? Dr Peter Yellowlees comments on research that finally settles the question of whether statin use lowers the incidence of dementia.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 25, 2016
A New Target to Slow Alzheimer Disease? Dr Alan Jacobs reports on a study finding that IL1RAP has a significant effect on amyloid accumulation in Alzheimer disease and older patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 18, 2015
Identifying and Treating Delirium in Older Patients in the ER Dr Alan Jacobs reports on a study looking at identifying and treating delirium in older patients during transport and arrival at the emergency department.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 11, 2015
New Data on Ketamine for Depression A new meta-analysis explores whether or not ketamine for treating depression might be ready for the clinic.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 10, 2015
The Safety of SSRIs During Pregnancy Results from a large, prospective study of expectant Finnish mothers looked at the safety of SSRIs during pregnancy.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 24, 2015
Mindfulness Therapy vs Maintenance Meds for Depression Relapse Dr Peter Yellowlees talks about a randomized controlled trial studying the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared with maintenance antidepressant medication.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 12, 2015
Integrated Medical/Behavioral Care and Outcomes in Kids Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses integrated medical/behavioral care vs usual primary care for child and adolescent behavioral health.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 10, 2015
Which Antidepressants Are Best for Older Adults? A meta-analysis indicates which antidepressants are most effective, and which are most likely to cause dizziness.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 17, 2015
Preventing Depressive Relapse: Drug or Cognitive Therapy? Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses results of a recent trial comparing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with maintenance antidepressant treatment for the prevention of depressive relapse or recurrence.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 10, 2015
Home-Visit Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Can home-visit interventions reduce the occurrence of this all too common problem?
Experts And Viewpoints, August 03, 2015
Tech-Assisted Pain Self-management: Which Modality Works Best? Three self-management modalities for chronic noncancer, nonheadache pain are compared. What's the verdict?
Experts And Viewpoints, July 27, 2015
An Unintended Consequence of Modern Medical Practice Dr Peter Yellowlees comments on a large study investigating the prevalence of PTSD in patients who spent time in the ICU.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 15, 2015
Predictors of a Poor Prognosis in Dementia Peter Yellowlees comments on a study that identifies symptoms that are associated with progression to severe dementia or death in patients with mild disease.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 05, 2015
Can Lifestyle Changes Really Reduce Cognitive Decline? A recent 2-year, randomized controlled trial, says Dr Yellowlees, suggests ways to decrease cognitive decline in the elderly.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 29, 2015

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