This content is machine translated Herbal medicines for restlessness and anxiety Clinical studies and empirical medicine confirm the effectiveness For the treatment of restlessness, insomnia and anxious mood, nature has provided us with a number of medicinal plants that can be taken as tinctures or finished preparations. The efficacy…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Addiction Medicine Many addicts suffer from lung and liver diseases At the Swiss Family Docs Congress, André Seidenberg, MD, Zurich, and Philip Bruggmann, MD, Zurich, presented a workshop on addiction medicine. The focus was not on addiction per se, but…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Somatoform disorders Cognitive behavioral therapy as therapeutic gold standard Somatoform disorders do occur frequently and are relevant to health economics. Nevertheless, they are still sometimes given little attention in psychiatry and psychotherapy – both in clinical care and in…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Anxiety disorders Cognitive behavioral therapy produces good treatment results Anxiety disorders, along with depression, are among the most common mental illnesses. It is not uncommon to see the doctor primarily for physical symptoms, such as palpitations, shortness of breath,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Bipolar disorders What is the procedure in practice? Diagnosis of bipolar disorder is complex and usually occurs late. Many bipolar people are misdiagnosed as unipolar depressive and treated only with antidepressants. The leading symptoms of mania (inadequate elevated…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Therapy algorithms Stratified therapy for bipolar disorder. Stratification of patients and treatment phases is an important method to treat patients with bipolar disorder quickly and effectively. The relatively low response rates and long treatment adjustment periods suggest…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Bipolar disorder Shorten lengthy trial-and-error phases The current issue of InFo NEUROLOGIE & PSYCHIATRIE provides you with a broad and informative overview of the topic of “Bipolar Disorder”: the epidemiology, mortality and familial clustering, diagnostic challenges…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation A difficult task for those affected Tobacco consumption in Switzerland remains high: according to an estimate based on the CoRolAR survey, more than a quarter of the Swiss population aged 15 and over smokes. How can…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Dementia and depression in old age Andreas Studer, MD, from the University Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Felix Platter Hospital in Basel, spoke at the Update Refresher in Zurich on the two topics of dementia…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Substitution-assisted treatment for opioid dependence in Switzerland Advanced pharmacotherapy options Substitution for substance dependence is the medically prescribed replacement of a dependence-producing substance with a less harmful drug with the same or similar mechanism of action. The combination of substitution…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Delirium - Multifactorial status There is a threat of deterioration of the prognosis Delirium, an acute confused state, was the focus of a presentation at the ESCIM Congress in Geneva. Some of the key points discussed revolved around the proper definition of this…
