Latest in Psychiatry & Mental Health

Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast

Prolonged exposure therapy effective for combat- and terror-related PTSD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prolonged exposure therapy, a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), is effective for patients with combat- and terror-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a report in the November 16th Journal of Clinical Psychiatry online. “PTSD is a very severe...

Looking out for depression around the holidays

Dr. Ruth Does NOT Talk About Sex

World renowned sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer stopped by The Doctor’s Channel to talk about something other than sex. Dr. Ruth wants to make sure that all physicians take extra care to be vigilant in keeping an eye out for depressed patients around the holidays. She explains that people who have...

Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast

Generalized anxiety disorder needs long-term treatment: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are best treated with an antidepressant for at least 12 months, according to a study published in the December Archives of General Psychiatry. Dr. Karl Rickels and colleagues from the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Section of the...

ECT in Schizophrenia Managementt

Marijuana and Schizophrenia

Making the diagnosis of schizophrenia

Dr. Ruth Westheimer on Cyber Bullying

Step Antidepressant Therapy

Divalproex for Bipolar Depression

Hot Flash Havoc