Posts Tagged ‘psychiatric’
Deep Brain Stimulation To Treat Psychiatric Diseases Reviewed
Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a new article.
American Psychiatric Association Endorses Commitment To Closing The Medicare “Doughnut Hole”
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) commended the Senate Finance Committee, the Obama administration and the nation’s pharmaceutical companies today for addressing the Medicare coverage gap in prescription drug plans for America’s seniors.
63 Percent Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Suffer Psychiatric Disorders, With Depressive Spectrum Conditions Most Likely
Over half (63 percent) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also suffer from psychiatric disorders, with the majority of these (87 percent) occurring in the depressive spectrum, according to a new study. Interestingly, over half (52 percent) of the patients studied indicated that they had experienced stress events before the onset of their RA.



