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Stressors & Psychological Distress Among Informal Caregivers Of Relatives With Mental Illness

Article January 29, 2018

Background & Purpose Individuals with mental illness frequently require care that falls outside of formal services provided by health care professionals. Past research has demonstrated that informal caregivers, often unpaid… Read More

Webinar Summary – The Power Of Mental Wellness: Wellness In Psychiatry

Article January 23, 2018

This summary was developed utilizing the full recorded presentation of this webinar, which is available on PsychU for all members free of charge. For full sourcing and polling results, please… Read More

Potential & Limitations Of Mobile Technology As A Tool For Mental Health Assessment

Article January 17, 2018

Background & Purpose In many cases, mental health clinicians must rely upon their own observations and clinical judgment, as well as patients’ self-reports, for determining the presence of mental illness.… Read More

Association Between C-Reactive Protein (CRP) With Depression Symptom Severity & Specific Depressive Symptoms In Major Depression

Article January 8, 2018

Key Messages Population-based studies have associated inflammation, particularly higher C-reactive protein (CRP) with depressive severity, but clinical trials did not examine the role of gender. The present study determined that… Read More

Medical Licensure Questions & Physician Reluctance To Seek Care For Mental Health Conditions

Article January 8, 2018

Key Messages Researchers investigated whether state medical licensure application questions (MLAQs) about mental health are related to physicians’ reluctance to seek help for a mental health condition because of concerns… Read More

Training Patients With Schizophrenia To Share Decisions With Their Psychiatrist: A Randomized-Controlled Trial

Article January 8, 2018

Key Messages Many patients with schizophrenia would like to participate in shared decision-making (SDM) with their health care providers. In observed communication between patients and doctors in mental health care,… Read More

Burnout & Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians Relative To The General US Population

Article January 8, 2018

Key Messages There has been no national study that has evaluated the rates of burnout among US physicians compared to US workers in other fields Burnout was measured using what… Read More

Webinar Summary – Tools To Assess & Address Medication Adherence In Patients With Serious Mental Illness

Article December 13, 2017

This summary was developed utilizing the full recorded presentation of this webinar. You can access the full sourcing, polling results, recording, or presentation slides here: https://psychu.org/tools-assess-address-medication-adherence-patients-serious-mental-illness/. On December 13, 2017,… Read More

Psychiatric & Physical Comorbidities & Their Impact On The Course Of Bipolar Disorder: A Prospective, Naturalistic 4-Year Follow-Up Study

Article December 11, 2017

Key Messages Physical and psychiatric comorbidities are common in bipolar disorder (BD), but they may not all be associated with long-term outcomes. The risk of manic relapses in BD was… Read More

Virtual Forum Summary: Improving Healthcare For Mental Health Patients: Is Collaborative Care The Answer?

Article December 7, 2017

This summary was developed utilizing the full recorded presentation of this virtual forum, which is available on PsychU for all members free of charge. For full sourcing and polling results,… Read More

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