For Teenager Depression, Treatment Reveals No Edge Over Psychiatry

Regular psychiatric care (and medications as required) may be adequate. What treatments are valuable for depressed teenagers? A study released today gives an unexpected answer: not psychotherapy, or at least not the best-defined forms, cognitive-behavioral treatment and …

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Dr Lawson reports no pertinent financial relationships. American Academy of Dependency Psychiatry (AAAP) 27th Annual Fulfilling. Abstract A. 1, presented December 10, 2016.

See all stories on this topic Social activist Deepak Gadekar tries to end life in custody

Gadekar was shifted to Goa medical college (GMC) and health center, Bambolim, for treatment, after which, he was referred to the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB), Bambolim. After a day of observation, IPHB physicians stated Gadekar as “psychologically …

See all stories on this topic Mental-health space in B.C.: Psych beds decrease as neighborhood supports struggle to keep up”It is the most underfunded area of medication,” states Dr. Michael Krausz, professor of psychiatry at the University of B.C. and specialist in mental illness integrated with dependency. “If you have little in-patient capacity like we have in Vancouver …

See all stories on this subject Psych profs ask Obama to require Trump to go through psychiatric assessment: What Obama must do

Seriously, Judith Herman, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Nanette Gartrell, M.D. Partner Medical Professor of Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco (1988-2011) Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School … See all stories on this topic