Computerized, Previsit Self-Assessment Enhances Communication Between ...

... M, Young AS, Schell T, et al. Computer-assisted self-assessment in persons with severe mental illness. J Clin Psychiatry . 2004;65(10):1343-51. [PubMed] Cohen AN, Chinman MJ, Hamilton AB, et al. Using patient-facing kiosks to support quality ...

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New research reveals how long it takes mental health experts to get patients with severe mental illnesses approved to be hospitalized.

http://www.abc3340.com/story/22064104/your-health-4-24-13-mental-health-patients-hospitalizations

Psychiatrists warn they won't act as 'judges' on abortion

... Dublin, was reacting to ongoing speculation on proposals which will underpin abortion legislation. The College of Psychiatry of which he is a member also said specialists could not be the country's" social police." Fine Gael and Labour remain at ...

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/psychiatrists-warn-they-wont-act-as-judges-on-abortion-29219939.html

Mental health: On the spectrum

... bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These categories, which have guided psychiatry since the early 1980s, are based largely on decades-old theory and subjective symptoms. The problem is that biologists have been ...

http://www.nature.com/news/mental-health-on-the-spectrum-1.12842

Concern over anti-psychotic drug given to soldiers

Psychiatrists in Australia and the United States are calling for a review of the use of anti-psychotic medications to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/concern-over-anti-psychotic-drug-given-to-soldiers/4649704

Walter Reed Psychiatry Department Chief Cites Talk Therapy as Most...

Cmdr. Russell B. Carr, M.D., acting chief of the psychiatry department at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, stated that almost everyone seen at Walter Reed and in clinics throughout the Department of Defense is suicidal.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/602145/?sc=rsmn&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewswiseMednews+%28Newswise%3A+MedNews%29

Harvard researchers find lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patients

A study published today [Tuesday, April 23] in Annals of Emergency Medicine reports lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patients in need of immediate hospitalization in the Boston area, due in part to time-consuming prior authorizations required by insurance companies.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130424/Harvard-researchers-find-lengthy-waits-for-severely-ill-psychiatric-patients.aspx