Psychiatric health

Psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed, poorly treated and highly stigmatized, according to psychiatrists Charles F. Zorumski, M.D., and Eugene H. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. So these Washington University physicians have written a book to address those problems. In "Demystifying Psychiatry," Zorumski and Rubin, who have more than 50 years of experience treating psychiatric patients and helping patient families, say some of the problems related to...  

Bruce E. Wampold, Ph.D., is chair and professor of counseling psychology and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Wampold is a groundbreaking researcher and theoretician, bringing the rigor of his training in mathematics and the sciences to understanding psychotherapy. He has published more than 100 scientific articles and is the author of the acclaimed book, "The Great Psychotherapy Debate," which is a...  

Experiences in California may provide valuable lessons for implementation of the federal parity legislation, such as the need to monitor not only plan costs and coverage but also access and quality. Results of research examining experiences in California over a five-year period appear in the December issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. In 2000 California legislated parity coverage for mental...  

When doctors disagree with each other, they usually couch their criticisms in careful, measured language. In the past few months, however, open conflict has broken out among the upper echelons of US psychiatry. The focus of discord is a volume called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, which psychiatrists turn to [...] Related posts:The Black Hole in The Cost of Healthcare: Big Pharma and TransparencyThe legal...  

HOMEWOOD | A Birmingham-area hospital is set to expand its psychiatric department, a move mental health advocates say is sorely needed. Brookwood Medical Center will start construction in mid-January. The $8 million project is expected to take a year to compete.  

A psychodynamic group is a long term group made up of people with similar types of diagnoses, such as depression, dependent personality disorder, general anxiety disorder and etc. The group is lead by one or even two mental health professionals. The purpose for joining this type of group is to learn how to cope with relationships while learning about all the dysfunctional ways in which one has functioned until the present time. The purpose of...  

Critics see state lagging in replacing old facility Skeptics in the mental health community are starting to wonder if the plan to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center and replace it with a new psychiatric hospital may fall victim to the state's precarious economy.  

OpEdNewsVIDEO -- Robert King & Terry Kupers: The Psychological Impact of ImprisonmentOpEdNewsDr. Kupers is a psychiatrist with a background in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensics and social and community psychiatry. His forensic psychiatry ...and more »  

This medical software standardizes the way mental health professionals collect information to assist them in their screening, diagnosis and tracking outcomes of psychiatric disorders while reducing overall healthcare costs. For more information on eMINI Software Suite click here.  

If a freestanding urgent-care clinic staffed by a physician is called a "doc in a box," Pradeep Arora could be called a "shrink in a box." In a first for the First Coast and perhaps nationwide, a doctor has opened a mental health clinic in a walk-in style reminiscent of the urgent medical centers that are popping up all over the country. Think Solantic or Avecina Medical, but for aches and pains of the mind. What sets Arora's fledgling...  

Research and Markets: Psychiatric Diagnosis: Challenges and Prospects - Now ...Reuters... World Health Organization, the WHO International Classification of Diseases, Mental Disorders Chapter, and one by the American Psychiatric Association, ...  

Psychiatrist Helped Demonstrate Psychotherapy Is Cost-EffectivePsychiatric NewsThe book is in press with American Psychiatric Publishing Inc. (gap's Web site describes the organization as a “think tank” for psychiatry. ...  

Psychiatic mental health nursing preparation online for the NCLEX exam. No dry back-office procedures. But 1000 real-live clinical situations prepare the nurse for encounters with psychiatric patients.  

Mental Health BluesThe Sacramento PressChristine Collins changed the direction of how the mentally ill were forced into psychiatric hospitals by the police, which was known back then as a code 12 ...and more »  

World's psychiatrists meet in Abuja Oct 22-24Vanguard“The mental health indices for our nation are among the worst in the world. There are 130 psychiatrists to minister to a population of over 140 million ...