IPS: Institute on Psychiatric Services
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Pediatric seclusion and restraint increases with ADHD, decreases with PTSD
The researchers hope to identify the children most likely to end up in seclusion and restraints so steps can be taken to prevent it.
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Recommend high CBD, low THC products to marijuana-using patients with psychosis
Marijuana and psychosis don’t mix.
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ECT patients do better when families attend sessions
NEW ORLEANS – Making patients’ loved ones “ambassadors against stigma” can help demystify the procedure, experts say.
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Home induction viewed as OK with Suboxone
NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Margaret Chaplin says patients need to be either opioid free or in withdrawal to prevent problems.
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VIDEO: How to manage surgical pain in opioid addiction treatment
NEW ORLEANS – It is possible to give opioid addiction patients opioids for post-op surgical pain without increasing the risk of relapse.
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Use MADRS to dose ketamine for refractory depression
Patients on maintenance therapy saw their MADRS scores drop from a mean of 28.72 points at baseline to 10.73 points.
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Shorter duration of untreated psychosis key to Navy program’s approach to schizophrenia care
Two psychiatrists discuss how a recovery-oriented intervention helps service members and veterans with first-episode psychosis.
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Reframing views of patients who malinger advised
WASHINGTON – Experts share their tips for overcoming emotional roadblocks – both yours and your patient’s – when dealing with malingering.
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Medication-assisted treatment in group settings may result in greater job satisfaction, more reimbursements
Leah K. Bauer, MD, says group sessions may be a way to invigorate medication-assisted treatment programs.
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Experts: Fewer opioids, more treatment laws mean nothing without better access to care
Pressure on physicians to prescribe fewer opioids could have unintended consequences in the absence of adequate access to treatment
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Best practices discussed for using naloxone
WASHINGTON – More than 20 patients recently were admitted into New Haven, Conn., hospitals for overdoses of fentanyl on the same night – and many...
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Suicide risk factors differ for women in military than in civilian population
WASHINGTON – Firearms and higher levels of trauma exposure raise the risk for suicide among women service personnel. Psychiatrists are urged to...
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Ostracism is a growing concern as mechanism of poor health outcomes in military
The role of ostracism in overall poor health outcomes in service personnel is a growing concern, according to a panel of military experts.
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APA-IPS: Disaster psychiatry – Nepal, Ebola, and beyond
A recent workshop at the American Psychiatric Association’s Institute on Psychiatric Services urged psychiatrists to be prepared in providing...