Articles related toBehavioral Health

Depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders. The author assesses the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of nutraceutical augmentation in the management of depression.

From the starting point, antidepressants need weeks to be clinically effective. From the stopping point, they need weeks to be safely discontinued. The authors highlight this important issue and the potential adverse consequences.

Traditional management options for generalized anxiety disorder have produced low remission rates. Researchers investigate the efficacy of adjunctive OMTh in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.

Authors discuss the ways in which psychoemotional trauma might be managed using an osteopathic approach that actively involves the patient in mind-body therapy.

In this randomized, controlled study, which was part of a larger 3-part investigation (with results of Phase 2 also reported in this issue), the authors determined whether thrice-weekly mindful yoga practice improved endocrine, cardiometabolic, or psychological parameters in 31 women with PCOS.

Emotional intelligence offers a holistic framework from which to study empathy, including characteristics such as self-regard.

To help guide screening and treatment, the authors investigated the relationship between mild cognitive impairment and symptoms such as depression, anxiety, reduced executive control, and episodic memory.

The authors evaluated state medical licensing applications in 51 states (including DC), 16 of which had separate osteopathic licensing entities, to assess the degree of compliance with ADA requirements governing the ways applicant physicians (who are at higher risk for depression and suicide than nonphysician peers) may be questioned about their mental health treatment history.

In this cross-sectional study, the authors surveyed 101 Medi-Cal recipients between 40 and 80 years old with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Solano County, California, in order to analyze any associations between patients’ diabetes-related distress and their perceived social support.

Stress, anxiety, and depression affect medical student populations at rates disproportionate to those of general student populations, but emotional intelligence (EI) has been suggested as a protective factor in association with psychological distress. In this Brief Report, the authors explored the relationships between EI and stress, anxiety, and depression among a sample of 268 U.S. osteopathic medical students.