News tagged with psychiatric conditions
Do you obsess over your appearance? Your brain might be wired abnormally
Body dysmorphic disorder is a disabling but often misunderstood psychiatric condition in which people perceive themselves to be disfigured and ugly, even though they look normal to others. New research at UCLA shows that ...
Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2013 |
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NC coal plant emissions might play role in state suicide numbers
New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds that suicide, while strongly associated with psychiatric conditions, also correlates with environmental pollution.
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2013 |
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Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection
Certain types of anti-depressants have been linked to an increase in the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. Awareness of this link should improv ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 06, 2013 |
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ERs have become de facto psych wards
Long waits for insurance authorization allowing psychiatric patients to be admitted to the hospital from the emergency department waste thousands of hours of physician time, given that most requests for authorization are ...
Health
Apr 24, 2013 |
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