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MDLinx Psychiatry is your one-stop shop for the peer-reviewed journal articles published in your field. We sort, rank and summarize the literature within 24 hours – hot off the presses! – so you can stay current without drowning in those piles of Current Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, and American Journal of Psychiatry. Also find bonus content like clinical pearls from The Smartest Psychiatrist Physician Review and daily quiz competition. Not sure where to start? Skim some of the recent “must read” articles highlighted by our own physician editor D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD.
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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (7) Focus on Anxiety Disorders221 Hyperalgesia in heroin dependent patients and the effects of opioid substitution therapy The Journal of Pain, March 27, 2012 Clinical Article
222 Suicidal ideation and perceived burdensomeness in patients with chronic pain Pain Practice, March 26, 2012
223 Dexmedetomidine vs Midazolam or Propofol for Sedation During Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Full Text JAMA, March 22, 2012 Clinical Article
224 Efficacy and safety of ketamine in patients with complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review CNS Drugs, March 21, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
225 Addressing both depression and pain in late life: the methodology of the adapt study Pain Medicine, March 20, 2012
226 Migraine headaches and suicide attempt Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, March 19, 2012
227 Long Waiting Period to Enter Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Relation to Patient Characteristics and Outcome European Addiction Research, March 16, 2012
228 Psychiatric comorbidity and response to preventative therapy in the treatment of severe migraine trial Cephalalgia, March 16, 2012
229 Increased Frontotemporal Activation During Pain Observation in Sexual Sadism: Preliminary Findings Full Text JAMA Psychiatry, March 14, 2012
230 Influence of Site Differences between Urban and Rural American and Central European Opioid-Dependent Pregnant Women and Neonatal Outcome Characteristics European Addiction Research, March 13, 2012
231 Chronic pain and depression in the quality of life of women with migraine - a controlled study Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, March 12, 2012
232 Endogenous Opioid Release in the Human Brain Reward System Induced by Acute Amphetamine Administration Biological Psychiatry, March 8, 2012
233 Association of Mental Health Disorders With Prescription Opioids and High-Risk Opioid Use in US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Full Text JAMA, March 8, 2012
234 Use of other opioids during methadone therapy: a population-based study Addiction, March 7, 2012 Clinical Article
235 Comparing buprenorphine induction experience with heroin and prescription opioid users Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, March 6, 2012
236 Sleep deprivation in chronic somatoform pain--effects on mood and pain regulation Psychiatry Research, March 5, 2012
237 Individual differences in the day-to-day variability of pain, fatigue, and well-being in patients with rheumatic disease: Associations with psychological variables Pain, February 27, 2012
238 Examining the role of mu opioid receptor endocytosis in the beneficial and side-effects of prolonged opioid use: From a symposium on new concepts in mu-opioid pharmacology Drug and Alcohol Dependence, February 22, 2012
239 Functional relevance of μ-δ opioid receptor heteromerization: A Role in novel signaling and implications for the treatment of addiction disorders: From a symposium on new concepts in mu-opioid pharmacology Drug and Alcohol Dependence, February 22, 2012
240 μ-Opioid receptors and regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins: From a symposium on new concepts in mu-opioid pharmacology Drug and Alcohol Dependence, February 22, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Psychiatry
- The three core symptoms of neuropsychiatric illness behavior in Alzheimer patients are depression, anxiety and apathy
- In institutionalized people with dementia the introduction of a motor and multisensory-based approach in care routines may improve residents' engagement and attention to the environment
- Decreased BMI might be a useful indicator for future risk of dementia in Parkinson’s disease patients
Highlights in Psychiatry
Risk factors for postpartum depression
As published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, risk factors for postpartum depression among abused women included age 15-19 (aOR=2.29) and > 35 years of age (aOR=2.33). In non-abused women, risk factors for postpartum depression include unemployment (aOR=1.41), foreign birth (aOR=2.04), and low income (aOR=1.68). Postpartum depression was also associated with women abused prior to pregnancy (aOR=3.28), abuse beginning postpartum (aOR=4.76), and abuse resuming postpartum (aOR=3.81).
Read the article summaryA link between cardiovascular fitness and depression
As published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, low cardiovascular fitness at 18 years of age (n = 1,117,292; follow-up, 3-40 y) is associated with an increased risk of severe depression (HR = 1.96).
Read the article summaryOptimal dose of amisulpride for acute exacerbation of schizophrenia
As published in Clinical Drug Investigation, an initial amisulpride dose of 800 mg (n=38) is more effective that 400 mg with dose titration (n=30) in patients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. A greater number of patients in the 800 mg group than the 400 mg with dose titration group had a 30% reduction in the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale after 4 (68.4% vs. 40.0%) and 6 weeks (71.1% vs. 43.3%).
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Efficiacy of Melatonin in Chronic Tension Type Headache Patients and Effects on Anxiety and Depression Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish), April 1, 2013 Free full text
2 The comorbidity of insomnia, chronic pain, and depression: Dopamine as a putative mechanism Sleep Medicine Reviews , April 5, 2013
3 Pain in people with an intellectual disability Current Opinion in Psychiatry, March 29, 2013 Review Article
4 Panic Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Noncardiac Chest Pain Child Psychiatry and Human Development, February 7, 2013
5 Does Opiate Use in Traumatically Injured Individuals Worsen Pain and Psychological Outcomes? The Journal of Pain, April 22, 2013
6 Cerumen impaction in patients with schizophrenia Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, March 4, 2013
7 Psychological factors: anxiety, depression, and somatization symptoms in low back pain patients Journal of Pain Research, February 14, 2013 Free full text
8 Five-factor personality traits and pain sensitivity. A twin study Pain, February 18, 2013
9 Age Differences in the Presence of Pain and Psychological Distress in Younger and Older Cancer Patients Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, March 26, 2013
10 The effects of relaxation breathing on procedural pain and anxiety during burn care Burns, April 9, 2013
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