Depression
From the Editor
Misdiagnosing bipolar depression as major depressive disorder
During my residency, I was never urged to distinguish if a depression is unipolar or bipolar because the treatment was the same!
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Depression, anxiety common in SLE patients
Major finding: Among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, 47% had at least one mood or anxiety disorder, and 36% had at least one...
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Depression in pediatric SLE matches average rates
Major finding: The prevalence of depression in pediatric lupus was 26%-44%, not significantly different from reported levels in the general...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Obsessed with Facebook
Mr. M, age 22, presents with paranoia and heightened agitation. He states that friends and family are talking about him ‘in analogies’ on Facebook...
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Recommendations for lab monitoring of atypical antipsychotics
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Depression linked to accelerated cognitive decline in diabetes
Major finding: In patients with type 2 diabetes, those with depression showed significantly greater decline on all cognitive tests than did...
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Pediatric-onset FAP increases persistent anxiety, depression risk
Major finding: Pediatric-onset functional abdominal pain confers an increased lifetime risk of anxiety and depressive disorders (odds ratios, 4.59...
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Depression, some antidepressants linked to high C. difficile risk
Major finding: Older adults with a history of major depressive disorder were 36% more likely to develop Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea...
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CRTC1 polymorphisms affect BMI, novel study finds
Major finding: In three samples of psychiatric patients, carriers of the CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 gene polymorphism rs3746266A...
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Suicide risk in the military similar to that in civilian populations
Major finding: Suicide rates were highest among study subjects who had manic-depressive disorder (87.55 per 100,000), alcohol-related problems (27...
Med/Psych Update
Assessing and treating depression in palliative care patients
Antidepressants, psychotherapy can improve dying patients’ quality of life.