A physician was recently injured by a patient during a psychiatric assessment in Penticton, British Columbia (find out more here). While we should remind ourselves that majority of psychiatric patients are not violent, this story does however bring to attention the need for enhanced security measures in hospitals to help maintain the safety of both patients and healthcare providers.
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A brief and insightful into one poet's explanation of depression, dispelling many of the misconceptions surrounding the disorder while providing an articulate illustration of how it feels to live with mental illness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqu4ezLQEUA
A systematic review showed that the popular spice saffron has shown to be a safer alternative to pharmaceutical antidepressants in some instances. The review covered six studies involving 230 clinically depressed participants which found saffron was as effective in treating clinically diagnosed major depressive disorder as the commonly prescribed commercial medications fluoxetine (Prozac) and imipramine (Tofranil). The review also found saffron had a better safety profile than commercial antidepressants. Sedation, constipation, sexual dysfunction and tremor were the side effects most associated with pharmaceuticals. However, in studies which compared saffron to a placebo, side effects commonly experienced were anxiety, increased appetite, nausea and headaches. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-saffron-mental-illness.html Review article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2434/abstract;jsessionid=289D61F8E6EA43B9346884C23672910E.f03t04 "A group of psychology researchers at Florida State University have developed a simple computer-based approach to treating anxiety sensitivity, something that could have major implications for veterans and other groups who are considered at risk for suicide....The new intervention, called the Cognitive Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment, or CAST, is a 45-minute treatment that contains videos, interactive features and true-false questions designed to make sure the patient understands the topic."
Read more: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-computer-based-approach-anxiety-suicide.html Put your knowledge and skills to the test with the case of a 91 year old man who presents to the ER for hip pain. During his visit, the patient describes to staff seeing "friends" who talk to him, and also sing and dance for him. These visual hallucinations have been ongoing for the last 4-5 months. The patient does not endorse any other psychiatric symptoms, and says he knows that these people are likely not real nor are they distressing to him, but they do keep him company. Can you come up with a diagnosis or treatment plan? "He's been making new 'friends'" by Kamal Bhatia, Sneha Jadhav, and Amad Din (Current Psychiatry). |
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