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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic versions of olanzapine to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Generic drugs approved by FDA have the same high quality, strength, purity, and stability as brand-name drugs. The generic manufacturing, packaging, and testing sites must pass the same quality standards as those of brand name drugs.
Food and Drug Administration (Psichiatria) - Mar, 25 Ottobre 2011
http://www.fda.gov
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One in four people will require mental health care at some point in their lives but in many countries only two per cent of all health sector resources are invested in mental health services. The report also finds that the bulk of those resources are often spent on services that serve relatively few people.
World Health Organization (Psichiatria) - Mar, 11 Ottobre 2011
http://www.who.int
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The report, Mental Illness Surveillance Among Adults in the United States, appears as a supplement in today’s issue of the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Prepared by the Public Health Surveillance Program Office, it is the first agency-wide compilation of data from selected surveillance and information systems that measure the prevalence and effects of mental illness in the U.S. adult population.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Psichiatria) - Mar, 6 Settembre 2011
http://www.cdc.gov/
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Results from a 1601 participants suggest that the BAI may be used as a severity indicator of anxiety in primary care patients with different anxiety disorders. However, because the instrument seems to reflect the severity of depression as well, it is not a suitable instrument to discriminate between anxiety and depression in a primary care population.
BioMed Central (Psichiatria) - Lun, 4 Luglio 2011
http://www.biomedcentral.com
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This new NICE guideline on the identification of and pathways to care for common mental health disorders focuses on primary care. It draws on existing NICE guidelines and makes new recommendations on how patients are assessed, and when and how they are referred to other services for treatment. The guideline also provides clear advice to managers and commissioners on how to develop referral and care pathways in their local area.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Psichiatria) - Lun, 30 Maggio 2011
http://www.nice.org.uk
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The connection between depression and anxiety is stronger than what it was previously thought to be. However, an expert at Baylor College of Medicine cautions that medications for the two cannot necessarily be used interchangeably.
"There is an overlap between depression and anxiety, but the medications for the two are not the same," said Dr. Sanjay Mathew, associate professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at BCM. "It’s important to recognize how the two are related and treated."
Baylor College of Medicine (Psichiatria) - Mar, 3 Maggio 2011
http://www.bcm.edu
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Studies in bipolar disorder (BD) to date are limited in their ability to provide a whole-disease perspective - their scope has generally been confined to a single disease phase and/or a specific treatment. Moreover, most clinical trials have focused on the manic phase of disease, and not on depression, which is associated with the greatest disease burden. There are few longitudinal studies covering both types of patients with BD (I and II) and the whole course of the disease, regardless of patients' symptomatology. Therefore, the Wide AmbispectiVE study of the clinical management and burden of Bipolar Disorder (WAVE-bd) (NCT01062607) aims to provide reliable information on the management of patients with BD in daily clinical practice. It also seeks to determine factors influencing clinical outcomes and resource use in relation to the management of BD.
BioMed Central (Psichiatria) - Lun, 11 Aprile 2011
http://www.biomedcentral.com
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Middle-age men who use antidepressants are more likely to have a narrowing of blood vessels, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes, than those who do not use the medications, according to a study presented on Saturday. A study of twins found evidence of atherosclerosis, as measured by the interior thickness of the carotid artery, regardless of the type of antidepressant taken. Antidepressant use was found to cause a 37 micron increase in carotid artery thickness, or roughly 5 percent, according to the study of more than 500 male twins with a mean age of 55 which was presented at the American Cardiology scientific meeting in New Orleans.
Medline Plus (Psichiatria) - Lun, 4 Aprile 2011
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
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Around 40% of people who have been diagnosed with psychosis have also misused a substance at some point in their lifetime. This is at least double the rate seen in the general population. "This guideline aims to help healthcare professionals guide people with psychosis and coexisting substance misuse to stabilise, reduce or stop their substance misuse, to improve treatment adherence and outcomes, and to enhance their lives." Recommendations include the recognition of psychosis with coexisting substance misuse in adults and young people and indications for secondary care mental health services usage.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Psichiatria) - Lun, 28 Marzo 2011
http://www.nice.org.uk
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Coupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerized method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital’s psychiatric unit, suggests new Johns Hopkins research. The findings, published in the March issue of The Journal of Psychiatric Practice, outline how the 88-bed psychiatric unit at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore went from a medication error rate of 27.89 per 1,000 patient days in 2003 to 3.43 per 1,000 patient days in 2007, a highly significant rate reduction. The computer program used in the psychiatric department, and hospital-wide at Johns Hopkins, also includes integrated decision support for drug dosage selection, drug allergy alerts, drug interactions, patient identifiers and monitoring — things that can be lost with a manual system that relies on layers of human beings to ensure the correct decisions are made, Jayaram says. The more the number of steps involved in the process, the greater the likelihood of mistakes.
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Psichiatria) - Lun, 21 Marzo 2011
http://www.hopkinshospital.org