Anxiety Disorders
From the Journals
Anxiety, depression prevalent in children with comorbid autism and ADHD
An increased prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders was found in adolescents compared with school-aged children with both ASD and ADHD.
Conference Coverage
Many VTE patients live in fear of the next event
An estimated 41% of patients who experience a VTE fear another clot often or almost all the time.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Anxiety and joint hypermobility: An unexpected association
Examining this link can improve diagnosis and treatment of both disorders.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Visual hallucinations and severe anxiety in the ICU after surgery
After major surgery, Mr. B, age 42, has visual hallucinations of someone placing a drug in his IV line, and develops severe anxiety. What could be...
From the Journals
Irritability, depressive mood tied to higher suicidality risk in adolescence
The association was more important for girls than boys “as indicated by the need to prevent the exposure among 5 girls to avoid 1 case of...
Cases That Test Your Skills
A 10-year-old boy with ‘voices in my head’: Is it a psychotic disorder?
M, age 10, reports hearing 'voices in my head' that tell him he is going to choke on his food, and this causes fear and anxiety. Is a psychotic...
Feature
Docs worry there’s ‘nowhere to send’ new and expectant moms with depression
Nationally, depression affects up to one in seven women during or after pregnancy, according to the American Psychological Association.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Benzodiazepines: Sensible prescribing in light of the risks
Although benzodiazepines have many potential uses, they also carry risks that prescribers should recognize.
Opinion
Serotonin syndrome warnings magnify its rare probability
Dr. Allan M. Block wonders why more serious side effects of other drugs aren’t addressed by warnings.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Antipsychotics for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Weighing risks vs benefits
Consider the potential physical risks of long-term antipsychotic treatment, such as weight gain and extrapyramidal side effects.
From the Journals
Serotonin syndrome risk with triptans and antidepressants ‘very low’
Results cast doubt on the validity of the FDA’s advisory warning in 2006.
