Concussion Season: Why We Need to Do Better
The NFL season kicked off this month but with it, we return back to concussion season. Most people...
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Depression
Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Diabetes
A guided, web-based intervention appears to be effective in reducing both depressive symptoms and...
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Depression & Low Back Pain
Patients with symptoms of depression appear to have a higher risk of developing an episode of low...
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Depression & Low Back Pain
Patients with symptoms of depression appear to have a higher risk of developing an episode of low...
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Psychiatric Care Inaccessible
Recent estimates show that fewer than 40% of Americans who suffer from mental illness—or about 11...
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Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Cancer Survivors
Studies have shown that distress is common among people with cancer, but the types and causes...
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Heart Disease, Sex Differences, & Mental Stress
Clinical research has demonstrated that there is a relationship between mental stress and...
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The Increasing Costs of COPD
Chronic lower respiratory disease—the large majority of which is COPD—currently ranks as the third...
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Depression & Mortality in Older Diabetics
Data indicate that patients with diabetes have almost double the risk of being depressed, when...
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Depression, Clinical Inertia, & Uncontrolled Hypertension
Depression has been identified as a risk factor for a poor prognosis among patients with...
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Mental Healthcare: Time to End the Stigma
It was with great sadness that we all saw the tragic news of Robin Williams’ suicide. For...
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Is There A Mental Healthcare Crisis In The U.S.?
We are all shocked when we see news stories of multiple people being killed by someone who seems...
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ADA 2014: Is It Depression or Diabetes Distress?
The Particulars: Researchers have yet to clearly define whether the symptoms of depression...
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APA 2014: Predicting Length of Stay in Bipolar Disorder
The Particulars: Length of stay (LOS) has become an important quality measure of care. Few studies...
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Stop Leaving Women’s Health to Chance
Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to...
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Managing Fibromyalgia and Comorbid Depression
About 50% to 70% of fibromyalgia patients have a lifetime history of depression, many of whom take...
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Gender Differences in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Research has shown that total hip arthroplasty (THA) can significantly improve function and...
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Managing Depression After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Each year, about 1.2 million Americans survive an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, many of...
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APA 2013: Racial Differences in Bipolar & Schizophrenic ED Users
The Particulars: Previous studies have been inconclusive on whether racial differences exist in...
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