This content is machine translated Anxiety disorders Guideline-based therapy Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, they are often diagnosed and treated years later. Exclusion of physical disease consisting of at least a detailed history, laboratory,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Sentinel function of the P-glycoprotein The ABCB1 test for optimizing therapy with antidepressants Overcoming the blood-brain barrier is an important prerequisite for the efficacy of antidepressants. The essential component of the blood-brain barrier is the P-glycoprotein, which is encoded by the ABCB1 gene…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Eating disorders in competitive athletes Symptoms, clarifications and therapy options The prevalence of disordered eating and eating disorders in competitive sports is high, reported to be as high as 45% for elite female athletes and 19% for males. Risk factors…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated A stress-related syndrome and its sequelae Rehabilitation for burnout and chronic fatigue Prolonged or chronic exhaustion is a non-specific symptom and must be clarified both medically and psychiatrically in terms of differential diagnosis. Burnout is a stress-related syndrome that can lead to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated SGBS Symposium Bipolar 2016 in Zurich Grasping the complexity of bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder has many faces. These are clinically relevant because they influence response to drug and psychosocial treatments. When bipolar disorder is actually present, how it is differentiated from other…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGAMPSP 14th Annual Meeting Pharmacotherapy: Optimize benefits, minimize risks The SGAMSP Annual Meeting in Liestal focused on the psychological and physical factors in the course of the disease. Particularly in polymorbid patients treated with psychotropic and somatic medications, there…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Medidays Zurich 2016 Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia – how to treat? At Medidays Zurich 2016, the advanced training for general internal medicine in practice and hospital, Alzheimer’s dementia was a topic: its pathology is very complex and a causal therapy is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Psychiatric and internal diseases Body and mind in interplay The number of psychiatric disorders in internal diseases is up to 35% [1]. Internal diseases can interact with psychiatric diseases. Furthermore, the two can be mutually dependent. Both dementia and…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Mania and depression Two sides of one coin or two different coins? Purpose: To examine the strength and specificity of the association between a manic episode and other common mental disorders at follow-up.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Psychooncology in family practice Supporting, continuous and networked care by the primary care physician Early psychological support helps cancer patients and their families to cope with the disease and overcome possible fears. The primary care physician plays an important role in oncology patients as…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Dementia Stress on relatives and possible interventions The vast majority of care for dementia patients is provided by family members. In over 90% of cases, care is provided by women, and over 60% live in the same…
