Keywords: Psychiatry

06/20/2011

Psycho-oncology in practice

Having cancer is an extremely complex experience for those people concerned. Alongside the purely physiological aspects, those suffering from cancer find themselves in a highly …

09/07/2010

Warning: Staff may fail to spot suicide risk

Previous research has indicated that the emergency department might be well-placed to pick up patients vulnerable to suicide. However, according to a small, new study carried out …

07/01/2009

The impact on soma and psyche

There is a profound difference between the complexity of cosmetic surgery or organ transplant procedures, for example, and other operations. Whilst procedures such as hair …

03/01/2009

MANAGEMENT

Reforming the Viennese hospital structure …

01/16/2009

Antipsychotika erhöhen Schlaganfallrisiko bei älteren Patienten

Antipsychotika sollen Erregungszustände, aggressives Verhalten und Sinnestäuschungen bekämpfen. Laut einer britischen Studie erhöhen sie jedoch bei …

12/19/2008

New Mutilation Disorder of Adolescents Discovered By Radiologists

Radiologists evaluating a new ultrasound technique for locating and removing objects accidentally embedded in the body have discovered a new form of self-mutilating behavior in …

11/20/2008

Philips and Neuronexus to research next generation deep brain stimulation device

NeuroNexus Technologies and Philips Research announced that they have signed a joint research agreement to develop next-generation deep brain stimulation devices with the ambition …

09/12/2008

Fear of relationships - it's in the genes

There can be many reasons why a person might have relationship problems, but now Swedish scientists at Medical University Karolinska Institutet found a specific gene variant that …

09/04/2008

A sad mood causes a bad heart

The common parlance knew it long before experts paid attention to it: a persons mood can be associated to its heart. But indeed in recent years much attention has been spend to …

03/01/2008

Mental health and radiology

The Uliazpi Foundation in Spain, which studies and cares for severely mentally retarded patients, carried out an interesting study to identify bone mineral density values in a …

10/30/2007

E-psychiatry

The uses of the internet in psychiatry have increased in recent years, and there is evidence that professionals, patients, families, institutions and other agents benefit from it. …

08/22/2007

EL SÍNDROME DEL QUEMADO

1.INTRODUCCIÓN Los gestores sanitarios de hoy afrontan un problema que afecta tanto a directivos como a empleados el "síndrome del quemado"... …

08/22/2007

LA GESTIÓN DE LA CALIDAD

1.INTRODUCCIÓN La gestión de la calidad y la acreditación de centros y servicios, vienen siendo una prioridad para los políticos y directivos en el ámbito sanitario. En …

07/18/2007

Synthesis of the Senses

For many Europeans the ideal garden is the romantic dream of that safe haven where man and nature, both unspoilt and benign, live in harmony, far away from the ugly and mundane of …

01/12/2007

Gambling treatment as a service of the NHS

Gambling should be a recognized addiction that requires treatment on the NHS, so the demand of the BMA (British Medical Association) published in its hard-hitting report …

08/30/2006

Improved internal communication reduces absenteeism

Absenteeism from work is not only caused by illness but also by stress in the workplace. Promoting employees´identification with the company is a successful therapy in this …

03/01/2005

TSUNAMI the aftermath

At a recent conference on the care of tsunami survivors, the Thai Health Ministry reported that over 5,300 of its population had been confirmed dead, leaving tens of thousands …

03/01/2005

The Tsunami International Survey on Emotional Impact

The Netherlands - Immediately after the tsunami devastated countries around Asia, three trauma researchers at the Department Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The …

07/01/2003

The high cost of bipolar disorder

The most expensive behavioural healthcare diagnosis, for sufferers and their insurers, is bipolar disorder, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry …