This content is machine translated Sport for depression treatment Almost as effective as psychotherapy and medication Depressive disorders are one of the greatest medical challenges of our time because of their frequency, the individual suffering associated with them, and the economic consequences. In addition to the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psychiatric aspects in rare diseases Better care for patients – also with regard to psychosocial stress As a psychiatrist, one is confronted with rare diseases, orphan diseases, in two ways: First, some of these diseases involve neuropsychiatric symptoms. The following two case studies are intended to…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple Sclerosis Symposium Start therapy early to improve long-term outcome The Multiple Sclerosis Symposium at Inselspital in Bern provided a broad overview of the epidemiology, etiology, course, assessment, and current pharmacotherapy of the condition. There are exciting findings from basic…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Dizziness Meniere’s disease – clarification and therapy options The diagnosis of Meniere’s disease is based on history, audiometry, and instrumental vestibular function tests. Treatment should be provided by an experienced ENT specialist. A variety of therapeutic options exist,…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Palliative Care Mentally ill at the end of life In a more somatically oriented general palliative care, mental illnesses are often perceived only as “side effects” and thus remain unrecognized. However, psychopharmacological interventions or psychotherapeutic processes can only be…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Intensive care treatment of traumatic brain injury Severe SHT – An interdisciplinary challenge In the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury, there is much literature and little evidence. Strict adherence to a treatment protocol leads to better outcome; moreover, treatment should be provided…
View Post 9 min Unruptured intracranial aneurysms To treat or to follow? Despite progress in the understanding of risk factors for aneurysm rupture, the decision whether or not to treat an unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) should be treated remains a challenge. A…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pooled analysis of four studies Is a St. John’s wort extract better tolerated than SSRIs? This article is the German abstract of a study [1] published in the journal International Clinical Psychopharmacology. The authors pooled the compatibility data from four studies and evaluated them. They…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 12th Annual Meeting of the SGAMSP Psychotropic drugs in somatic comorbidity: risks and benefits. Psychiatric patients are also hospitalized for somatic disorders, and conversely, patients with primarily somatic disorders often require therapy with psychotropic drugs. Management of affected patients can be aided by good…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pain Congress in Hamburg Pain therapy – balancing efficacy and tolerability At the German Pain Congress in Hamburg, experts provided insights into the current options for pain therapy. This is not infrequently characterized by patients having to weigh up (especially gastrointestinal)…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Questions and tests Early detection of cognitive disorders The earliest possible detection of cognitive disorders makes a lot of sense: on the one hand, treatable causes can be discovered, and on the other hand, those affected still have…
