Clinical Psychiatry News articles from October 2006

Clinical Psychiatry News archives from October 2006

CATIE highlights metabolic issues.(News)(Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness)
October 1, 2006... SANTA FE, N.M. -- Metabolic syndrome turns out to be the elephant in the room when antipsychotics are prescribed, according to clinicians who discussed the controversial Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness study at a...

Assisting patients, staying safe: a delicate balance; Psychiatrist's murder 'deeply disturbing.'.(Practice Trends)
October 1, 2006... The desire to help a desperate patient should never override common sense procedures designed to keep psychiatrists safe, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals said, reflecting on the death of a colleague at the hands of a...

Fewer adolescents, more adults using illegal drugs.(News)(Survey)
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON -- Abuse of most illegal drugs by minors dropped between 2004 and 2005, but abuse by adults in their 50s climbed by nearly two-thirds over the last 4 years, survey data reported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

1988 data on vets, PTSD reanalyzed.(News)(posttraumatic stress disorder )
October 1, 2006... A reinterpretation of data from a 1988 study of Vietnam veterans has determined that their lifetime occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder is far lower than previously thought. The reinterpreted analysis suggests that only 19% of those...

Alert issued on low-dose aspirin + ibuprofen.(News)(drug warnings)
October 1, 2006... Concomitant use of low-dose aspirin and ibuprofen may interfere with aspirin's antiplatelet effects, possibly attenuating its cardioprotective benefits, according to the Food and Drug Administration. "Platelet function tests suggest there...

FDA issues warning on ED 'supplements'.(News)(Food and Drug Administration)(erectile dysfunction)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning against seven "dietary supplements" promoted and sold on the Internet for treating erectile dysfunction. "They are in fact illegal drugs that contain potentially harmful undeclared...

After Katrina: optimism keeps suicidality at bay; Survey found prevalence of suicidal ideation was 0.7% after hurricane, compared with 8.4% before it.(News)
October 1, 2006... BOSTON -- The estimated prevalence of serious mental illness among Hurricane Katrina survivors doubled in the months after the disaster. But suicidal ideation among this population decreased significantly during that period, compared with...

Psychiatry patients continue to face crisis in New Orleans.(News)
October 1, 2006... Dr. Arthur Samuels is one of the luckier ones. Dr. Samuels, a psychiatrist who practiced in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina, has been able to remain in his home and keep his private practice because both are in the French Quarter and...

Mental disorders lingered in kids post tsunami.(News)
October 1, 2006... Two months after the tsunami struck countries bordering the Indian Ocean almost 2 years ago, rates of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder were elevated among adult survivors in Thailand, according to the findings of two...

FDA warning prompts 10% drop in prescribing to children.(News)(black box warning on antidepressants)
October 1, 2006... BOCA RATON, FLA. -- The black box warning of potential increased suicidality among pediatric patients treated with antidepressants spurred an overall 10% decrease in prescriptions in the ensuing year, according to a study of a large managed...

Psychiatrists treating bipolar know of metabolic syndrome.(News)(Survey)
October 1, 2006... BOCA RATON, FLA. -- Psychiatrists who treat a large number of patients with bipolar disorder are aware of the increased risk of metabolic syndrome in this population and associated adverse health outcomes, a nationwide survey shows. "The...

Being overweight in midlife tied to increased risk of death.(News)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... Being overweight during midlife increases the risk of death by 20%-40%, even for those who are healthy and have never smoked, results from a large prospective study in the United States have shown. A separate, larger Korean study showed...

Prodrugs for ADHD hold promise.(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is a major public health problem. The disorder affects about 7.8% of all school-age children, or about 4.4 million U.S. children aged 4-17 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

Should physicians encourage pill splitting as a way to help patients save money?(POINT/COUNTERPOINT)
October 1, 2006... Reasonable alternative for an imperfect world. In a perfect world, patients would be able to get the medications they need at prices they can afford. As we know too well, the world of health care is not perfect. For the millions who...

Intimate partner violence.(FINK! STILL AT LARGE)
October 1, 2006... Intimate partner violence in the United States affects 25% of women and 7.6% of men reporting physical abuse (Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2005;26:281-97). Recognizing patients who are the victims of intimate partner violence tends to fall to our...

Practical experience is key.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... The observation that psychiatrists often do not diagnose the same patient twice the same way is absolutely right, but the conclusions miss the mark ("Misdiagnosis Common at Readmission," May 2006, p. 2). We private practitioners are...

Should physicians communicate with patients via e-mail?(POINT/CUNTERPOINT)
October 1, 2006... E-mail offers advantages. E-mail opens up the bandwidth of communication with our patients. With this medium, patients can initiate contact 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at their convenience, and physicians can reply at a time most...

Hindsight is not always 20/20.(lower prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder )(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... In their Science article, authors Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Ph.D., and his colleagues claim to have found that the lifetime incidence and current prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans were lower than reported by the...

Clonidine for treatment of PTSD.(treating posttraumatic stress disorder)
October 1, 2006... Clonidine, an [alpha]-blocker typically used to treat high blood pressure, needs to be examined for prevention of and treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. In my practice, I have had much success with using clonidine in this way. Here...

Talk first for smoking cessation.(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... If history is any guide, the introduction of Chantix will be a much ballyhooed new addition to the smoking cessation arsenal. In nearly 30 years as a family physician and an active participant in the effort to curb tobacco use, I have witnessed...

Inconvenient innocence.(REEL LIFE)
October 1, 2006... "After Innocence" is an ambitious documentary feature film, written and directed by Jessica Sanders, that tells the stories of eight men who had been wrongly convicted of capital crimes and incarcerated, some for 20 years or more, in prisons...

The high cost of nondisclosure.(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... The July 2006 issue of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology featured a lead review article on the supposed mechanism of action of vagus nerve stimulation therapy for refractory depression (Neuropsychopharmacology 2006;31:1345-55). The lead...

It's no 'holiday' for doctors.(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... Physicians have become the latest victims of smoke and mirrors budget management. Last month, federal officials declared a Medicare payment holiday and held Medicare payments to physicians and other health care providers for 9 days in an effort...

Get patients to monitor thinking.(Adult Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... Mild sadness can trigger depressive thinking patterns and even depression relapse in some patients who have recovered from a major depressive episode, according to Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, and his associates. ...

Allele could pinpoint responders to SSRIs.(Adult Psychiatry)(serotonin reuptake inhibitors)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... BALTIMORE -- Depressed individuals with a specific allele may be more likely to respond to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as citalopram, according to the results of a recent study of patients in the Sequenced Treatment...

Hospitalizations are riskier in schizophrenia.(Adult Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... Persons with schizophrenia who were hospitalized for another condition had at least twice the risk of serious adverse events as did hospitalized patients without schizophrenia, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore....

Agents compared for first-episode psychosis.(Adult Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... BOCA RATON, FLA. -- Olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone generate similar improvements in psychopathology for patients with first-episode psychosis, according to a study presented at a meeting of the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit...

Alzheimer's allele related to early beta-amyloid deposition.(Adult Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... Cerebrospinal fluid levels of amyloid-beta 42 may be a biomarker for the early, asymptomatic phase of Alzheimer's disease--a long-awaited leap forward in the quest for preclinical diagnosis, reported Dr. Elaine R. Peskind of the University of...

Mutation found to cause frontotemporal dementia.(Adult Psychiatry)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... MADRID -- A genetic mutation that results in underproduction of a neuron-promoting growth factor appears to be the cause of many cases of familial frontotemporal dementia, Dr. Howard Feldman said at the 10th International Conference on...

The art of Kim Noble.(VISIONARY ART)(Personal account)
October 1, 2006... Kim Noble has only been painting for about two and a half years, but she's already had seven group exhibitions and the same number of solo shows. "I sometimes get embarrassed at group exhibitions where I'm with people who have been...

Approaches at odds in eating disorders, diabetes.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... KEYSTONE, COLO. -- The disparate and often conflicting management philosophies for type 1 diabetes and eating disorders are evident in the contrasting meal plans traditionally advocated for individuals with one disease or the other, Stephanie...

Older paternal age tied to autism in offspring.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... Older men are at higher risk of fathering autistic children than are younger men, results of a large cohort study suggest. After a man reaches his 20s, the risk of fathering an autistic boy or girl more than doubles with every 10-year...

Intervention can improve attention in autism.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... MONTREAL -- Intensive intervention programs that focus on joint attention using a child-directed teaching approach can affect change in autistic children's attention states, and potentially improve social functioning and their long-term...

Data linking autism, measles virus in intestines viewed as preliminary.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... MONTREAL -- Measles found in the intestines of a cohort of autistic children with bowel disease should not be perceived as proof of an association between the measles vaccine and autism, Stephen J. Walker, Ph.D., stressed at the 5th...

Self-reports of depressive symptoms tied to asthma.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Child-reported depressive symptoms are more strongly associated with asthma than are clinician- or parent-reported symptoms, reported Dr. James Waxmonsky and his colleagues at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Waxmonsky and...

Interpersonal therapy puts focus on relationships: model targets problem area with aim of teasing out destructive, constructive relationship contributors.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Interpersonal therapy for adolescents--a "new kid on the block" for treating adolescent depression--puts relationships in the spotlight as a way to help teenagers get their lives back on track. The guiding principle...

Maternal depression predicts behavior problems in children.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO -- Children of mothers with chronic depression are almost four times as likely to have multiple behavior problems at the age of 3 years as are children of mothers without depression, according to a poster presentation by Dr. Diane...

Number of antidepressant prescriptions filled for patients aged 21 and under.(DATA WATCH)(Table)
October 1, 2006... Number of Antidepressant Prescriptions Filled for Patients Aged 21 and Under (in thousands) Age (in years) 0-5 159 6-11 1,662 12-17 5,384 18-21 4,261 Note: Estimated data...

Motor stereotypies arise early, remain persistent.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... BALTIMORE -- Motor stereotypies can affect otherwise normal children at an early age and persist at least through adolescence, but may be amenable to behavioral therapy and some medications, Dr. Harvey S. Singer said at a meeting on...

MRI study links anterior thalamocortical tract abnormalities to learning disabilities.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(magnetic resonance imaging)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... MONTREAL -- Volumetric measurement of the brains of children with learning disabilities of unknown etiology has revealed subtle abnormalities in regions associated with the anterior thalamocortical tract that correlate with the severity of the...

Direct approach works with eating disorder patients.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... VANCOUVER, B. C. -- It's hard to know just what to expect--or what to say--when you turn the examining room doorknob for an initial encounter with a patient who has a suspected eating disorder. "You could have somebody who at best is...

Sleep, behavioral problems often linked in teens: study found increased cortisol near sleep onset and REM density were predictive of future depression.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... PITTSBURGH -- Adolescence is physically the healthiest period of the life span, but early adolescence appears to be a time of developmental vulnerability in relation to sleep, arousal, and emotional regulation, Dr. Ronald E. Dahl said at the...

Parental control, overprotection associated with anxiety in children.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... MIAMI -- Overprotection may be the mechanism through which parental anxiety and mood disorders lead to such disorders in their children, according to a poster presentation at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of...

Physical stress often precedes daily headache.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES -- New daily persistent headache in children and adolescents appeared to be most often caused by a physical stress, viral illness, or minor head trauma, according to study findings reported by Dr. Kenneth Mack at the annual meeting...

Partner's involvement helps adolescent mothers.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO -- A study of adolescent mothers revealed that frequent contact with the father of their baby was associated with several beneficial effects, including improved maternal mental health and less endorsement of physical punishment...

Antiamyloid drugs could transform Alzheimer's: in the future, these agents may 'catch' disease presymptomatically in patients who screen positive.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... Investigational drugs that decrease the body's load of both soluble and fibrillar amyloid [beta] (A[beta]) could change a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease from a death sentence to that of a chronic but manageable illness. All of these...

Donepezil may cut death risk in severe AD by 50%.(Geriatric Psychiatry)(treating Alzheimer's disease )
October 1, 2006... MADRID -- Donepezil appears to decrease the risk of death among patients with severe Alzheimer's disease by about 50% but may be dangerous for patients with vascular dementia, Dr. Lon Schneider said at the 10th International Conference on...

Subclinical cognitive, memory declines seen in apo E4 carriers.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... MADRID -- Even though they appear cognitively intact, carriers of the apo E4 gene show significant longitudinal decline on measures of frontally mediated cognitive skills and memory, Dr. Richard Caselli reported at the 10th International...

Leuprolide acetate seems to forestall Alzheimer's decline.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... MADRID -- Leuprolide acetate may help forestall functional decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, Christopher W. Gregory, Ph.D., reported in a poster at the 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and...

More data confirm protective effect of juice on Alzheimer's.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... Frequent drinking of fruit and vegetable juices substantially decreases the risk of Alzheimer's disease, reported Dr. Qi Dai of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and associates. Results of several studies have suggested that the...

Make smoking cessation a priority: prevalence is high among psychiatric patients, but less than 2% get counseling from their psychiatrists.(PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY)
October 1, 2006... Cigarette smoking is rampant among psychiatric patients, and psychiatrists are, by and large, doing nothing about it. One survey found the prevalence of smoking among individuals with psychiatric disorders to be 41%--nearly twice the...

Internet sites show potential as smoking cessation adjunct.(Addiction Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... ORLANDO -- Smoking cessation Web sites show potential as an add-on to traditional smoking cessation treatments, according to two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Sandra Japuntich...

Genome scan reveals areas linked to Alcoholism.(Addiction Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... The most extensive analysis of genetic variations more common in people with alcohol dependence than in healthy controls has identified 51 small chromosomal regions spread across the genome that hold genes with various important functions,...

Perspective.(Community Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... The "Just Say No" drug prevention strategy is not enough to keep atrisk teens from experimenting with drugs. And the dangers of experimentation are high, particularly with methamphetamine, which is reportedly so addictive that just a few "hits"...

Battling methamphetamine use.(PREVENTION IN ACTION)
October 1, 2006... In the war on drugs, methamphetamine is an insidious and tireless enemy. According to statistics presented during a recent public Webcast addressing methamphetamine prevention sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of...

Gene may predict aggression in healthy men.(Forensic Psychiatry)
October 1, 2006... PITTSBURGH -- The same genetic variation that has been associated with aggressive behaviors in certain psychiatric and criminal populations may predict confrontational and antagonistic behavior among some men, Stephen B. Manuck, Ph.D., reported...

Brain stimulation eases Parkinson's symptoms: patients on implants and medication regimen saw improvements in quality of life, motor function.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... Patients with Parkinson's disease who received continuous electrical stimulation to the subthalamic nucleus experienced significantly greater improvements in various measures of quality of life and motor function after 6 months than did...

Parkinson's more benign in women.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON -- Women who develop Parkinson's disease do so at an older age than affected men, are more likely to present with a tremor-dominant form, and have higher levels of striatal dopamine transporter, according to data presented at the...

Olfactory deficits seen in early Parkinson's disease.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON -- Researchers in Japan have used functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify brain activation deficits associated with olfactory dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease, according to data presented at the World...

Cytokines play role in sleep disorders, obesity.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
October 1, 2006... PITTSBURGH -- Interventions to reduce or neutralize proinflammatory cytokines may be novel treatments in patients with sleep disorders and obesity, Dr. Alexandros Vgontas said at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology. Three...

Consider depression severity in comorbid RLS treatment.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(restless legs syndrome)
October 1, 2006... SALT LAKE CITY -- Depression severity is a key factor in determining how to treat comorbid depression and restless legs syndrome, Dr. John Winkelman said at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. The two...

Exercise improves daytime fatigue in sleep apnea patients.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
October 1, 2006... BOSTON -- Depression, metabolic syndrome, and lack of exercise exacerbate daytime sleepiness in obese patients with sleep apnea, Dr. Alexios Sarrigiannidis said at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society. Dr. Sarrigiannidis and his...

Novel agent improves GI function in pain patients.(Pain Medicine)(gastroinetstinal)
October 1, 2006... SAN ANTONIO -- Alvimopan is effective in relieving gastrointestinal adverse events associated with opioid administration, according to preliminary data. "We were able to demonstrate that alvimopan, a [mu]-opioid receptor antagonist that is...

Migraines spike, last longer during menstruation.(Pain Medicine)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES -- Migraine headaches were twice as likely during the menstrual cycle, and they lasted longer, were somewhat more painful, and proved significantly more resistant to treatment than migraines suffered during other times of the month,...

Siblings of fibromyalgia patients have heightened pain sensitivity.(Pain Medicine)
October 1, 2006... SAN ANTONIO -- Women with fibromyalgia and their siblings experience a generalized sensitivity to pain and lower levels of serum serotonin, according to new research. These are the preliminary results of an ongoing study, said Dr. Laurence...

TMS studied for ability to short-circuit migraines.(Pain Medicine)(ranscranial magnetic stimulation)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES -- A handheld transcranial magnetic stimulation device delivered mixed results in a small study of patients with migraine headaches, Dr. Yousef Mohammad reported at the annual meeting of the American Headache Society. ...

Stress-related temporomandibular dysfunction.(THE PSYCHIATRIST'S TOOLBOX)(Disease/Disorder overview)
October 1, 2006... Since ancient times, the connection between psychological and physical states has been known to medicine. Thus, it should not be surprising that the psychiatrist's understanding of mental illness and stress can be brought to bear to help...

Heart disease risk increases in depressed diabetic patients.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
October 1, 2006... Comorbid depression in type 2 diabetic males is significantly associated with a range of adverse heart events, a study has shown. Treatment with antidepressant medications, however, appears to substantially moderate this link, according to Dr....

Physicians tune in to a new frequency.(THE REST OF YOUR LIFE)(Biography)
October 1, 2006... After Dr. Thomas C. Shives underwent cervical disk surgery 18 years ago, he could not work for 3 months and was going stir crazy. So he stopped by KROC-AM 1340, a news and talk radio station in Rochester, Minn., to ask if he could deliver...

Medicare is losing doctors, group warns.(Practice Trends)
October 1, 2006... WASHINGTON -- The failure to address low physician pay and looming reimbursement cuts in the Medicare program is starting to affect beneficiaries, said members of Medicare's Practicing Physicians Advisory Council at their recent meeting. ...

CMS administrator resigns, touts progress on Medicare Part D benefit.(Practice Trends)(resignation of Dr. Mark B. McClellan from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... As physicians fight to avoid a proposed 5.1% payment cut under Medicare slated to take effect in January, it's unclear who will be leading the agency responsible for administering Medicare. Dr. Mark B. McClellan resigned as administrator of...

Rising nicotine levels.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
October 1, 2006... Quitting smoking may be harder than it used to be, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The report, based on data on nicotine yields between 1998 and 2004 from all tobacco companies that sell cigarettes...

Screening returning soldiers.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
October 1, 2006... Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) is calling on the Department of Defense to expand a pilot program to provide comprehensive mental health screening to more soldiers returning from combat. The pilot program, based at the Fort Lewis Army base in...

Investigating autism causes.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(National Institutes of Health launches clinical studies)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Officials at the National Institutes of Health are launching three new clinical studies aimed at defining the different subtypes of autism spectrum disorders and potential new treatments. In one study, researchers will compare two subtypes of...

Prisoner mental health.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Survey)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... More than half of all inmates in prisons and jails across the country have experienced symptoms of a mental disorder, according to a report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The report found that 56% of state prisoners,...

DEA reverses pain Rx restrictions.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Drug Enforcement Administration)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... A new proposal from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration would allow physicians to issue up to a 90-day supply of schedule II controlled substances in a single visit. The notice of proposed rule making, which was issued in September, is...

Views on Medicare Part D.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Survey)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Most physicians agree that the Medicare Part D drug benefit is saving money for patients, but they see the law as too complicated, according to a poll commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Seventy-one percent of physicians surveyed...

In medical board probes, get a lawyer promptly.(Practice Trends)
October 1, 2006... PASADENA, CALIF. -- Your state medical board requests medical and billing records from your office. You are advised to appear for an interview with representatives from the state medical board. Investigators from the state medical...

A case for medical-psychiatric units.(INPATIENT PRACTICE)(Column)
October 1, 2006... Editors' Note: Intense and demanding work takes place on inpatient psychiatric units. Because of the heavy demands that are placed on inpatient psychiatrists and the broad knowledge base needed to do this work effectively, CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY...

Head off conflicts over conscience-based refusals of care.(Practice Trends)
October 1, 2006... BALTIMORE -- There are many situations in which a physician may find that a treatment requested by an employing institution or a patient is contrary to the physician's religious or moral beliefs--but the best practice is to prevent these...

Percentage of female lead authors in U.S. medical journals still lags.(DATA WATCH)(Table)
October 1, 2006... Percentage of Female Lead Authors in U.S. Medical Journals Still Lags First author Senior author 1970 6% 4% 1980 8% 4% 1990 17% 10% 2000 28% 18% 2004 29% 19% ...

Oral extended-release opioid.(FYI)
October 1, 2006... Opana ER (oxymorphone HCl) is indicated for moderate to severe pain in patients requiring around-the-clock treatment for an extended period of time. It is available in 5-, 10-, 20-, and 40-mg tablets, which provide delivery of medication over a...

Co-occurring disorders series.(FYI)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Co-Occurring Center for Excellence has released a series of brief publications for treatment professionals on co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders. The publications...

Booklet explains Alzheimer's.(FYI)
October 1, 2006... The National Institute on Aging is offering a free booklet designed to help people with limited reading skills learn about Alzheimer's disease. "Understanding Alzheimer's Disease" includes information about the signs of the disease, treatment...