This content is machine translated Suicide as a taboo subject How do you care for suicidal people? In his presentation at the KHM Congress in Lucerne, Dr. med. Jürg B. Zühlke, former chief physician of the Psychiatric Service, Emmental, referred to the many signs and statistical risks…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Interview on burnout and social security law Doctors and lawyers have much to gain from working together In conversation with Barbara Hochstrasser, MD, and Prof. Dr. iur. Ueli Kieser is concerned with the meaning of burnout from a medical and a legal point of view. Furthermore, the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 4th Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders SGAD treatment recommendations for obsessive-compulsive disorder and PTSD. At this year’s Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders of the Swiss Society for Anxiety and Depression (SGAD), Prof. Martin E. Keck, MD, Oetwil am See, presented for the first…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Breaking the vicious circle On average, it takes seven years to consider multi-causality of chronic pain and appropriate multimodal therapy. This is often not done on the basis of positive findings, but according to…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Patient with depression Ejaculatory dysfunction as an adverse effect of trazodone. Case report: a 22-year-old patient with known recurrent depressive disorder and regular use of cannabis presented for increasing depressive symptoms. He was psychosocially burdened by prolonged unemployment, debt, and relationship…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis dementia Genesis and differentiation of dementia from depression and delirium The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s dementia, which is chronically progressive and primarily shows memory impairment. After initial exclusion diagnosis by the primary care provider, differential diagnosis should…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Burnout - Eating disorders - Pain Three different themes? Breaking the vicious circle – a central mechanism of therapy for all three diseases covered in detail in this issue of InFo NEUROLOGIE&PSYCHIATRIE.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy of anorexia and bulimia nervosa When food becomes a problem Dissatisfaction with one’s appearance and dieting behaviors, combined with disturbances in self-esteem, emotion regulation, and problems in relationships, can promote the onset of eating disorders at critical life stages. Recent…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Burnout Put a stop to the creeping process Burnout has been conceptualized by occupational psychologists and, in terms of a syndromal approach, comprises the three dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization/cynicism, and reduced subjective performance evaluation, which is associated…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Therapy of bipolar disorders The new Swiss Guidelines The treatment of bipolar disorder is one of the clinical challenges of a psychiatrist. In addition to efficient acute treatment, a sustainable long-term strategy is needed for the chronic recurrent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Border areas of psychiatry and somatics In psychiatric patients, also pay attention to skin, eyes and teeth The symposium “Perspectives on Psychiatric Therapy” was held for the 15th time this year in Zurich. Due to the large number of participants, the lectures were broadcast live to a…
