Anxiety Disorders
Conference Coverage
Single-dose propranolol tied to ‘selective erasure’ of anxiety disorders
BARCELONA – The evolutionary treatment targets reconsolidation of fear memories.
From the Journals
‘Error neuron’ EEG findings could open up future clinical applications
The findings may be applied to conditions in which the important executive function task of error self-monitoring is unbalanced, such as obsessive...
What Your Patients are Hearing
Mental health patients flocking to emergency departments
Some physicians worry that EDs have become the medical refuge for many people with mental illness.
MDedge Psychcast
Best of Psychopharmacology: Stimulants, ketamine, benzodiazapines
From the Journals
Less-distressed patients driving increase in outpatient services
Adults with less-severe distress accounted for most of a recent absolute increase in outpatient mental health services.
For Residents
A transgender adolescent with chronic pain, depression, and PTSD
X, a 17-year-old Mexican-American transgender male, experienced a traumatic brain injury 4 years ago and subsequently developed PTSD.
From the Journals
Comorbid depression, anxiety linked to doubled risk of diabetes
“This study provides further support for the notion that depression with comorbid anxiety symptoms might represent a group...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Treatment-resistant OCD: There’s more we can do
Augmentation strategies may help patients who don’t respond to first-line treatments.
From the Journals
Atopic dermatitis hits mental health, quality of life
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Pearls
The benzodiazepine dilemma
As clinicians, we are faced with a conflict when deciding whether or not to prescribe a benzodiazepine. If we prescribe one of these agents, we...
News from the FDA/CDC
Anxiety and depression widespread among arthritis patients
Anxiety is far more common, but depression is more likely to be treated.