Treating Psychiatric Disorders with Care

Treating Psychiatric Disorders with Care

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders related to behaviour, cognition, mood, perceptions, etc. Journal of Psychiatry is an open access peer reviewed international journal that provides a platform for the Researchers of Psychiatry discipline to publish innovative ideas in Psychiatry and outcomes of their research in all the ...

The Standard of Care in Treating Psychiatric Disorders

In recent years, several guidelines and algorithms have appeared to help clinicians address the issues of best practice in the management of psychiatric disorders. As the standard of care has moved from the use of first-generation antipsychotic medications to the use of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, clinicians are faced with the challenge of whe...

Treating Adolescents for Substance Use and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders

Treating Adolescents for Substance Abuse and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders

Recent research has identified a cluster of standardized approaches that effectively treat adolescents with substance abuse disorders. Many of these approaches share elements that may be adopted to improve outcomes in substance treatment programs. In adolescents, treatment goals should be informed by a comprehensive assessment that includes the adolescent patient's developmental history and eva...

Treating eating disorders in primary care.

Binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa are potentially life-threatening disorders that involve complex psychosocial issues. A strong therapeutic relationship between the physician and patient is necessary for assessing the psychosocial and medical factors used to determine the appropriate level of care. Most patients can be effectively treated in the outpatient setting by ...