This content is machine translated From acute treatment to relapse prophylaxis The guideline-based treatment of unipolar depression. Still, only one in two patients responds adequately to initial antidepressant therapy. This is despite an extensive range of therapies. Guideline-based treatment of unipolar depression can lead to significant increases…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Depression in neurological diseases You should know these mechanisms Depression is clustered in various brain disorders and presents a diagnostic challenge. Increased prevalence, partially specific etiopathogenetic mechanisms, and differential response to antidepressant treatments are characteristic in cerebrovascular insult (stroke),…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Sleep apnea More women affected Around 150,000 people in Switzerland are affected by sleep apnea. The disease with the symptoms of snoring, breathing pauses and daytime sleepiness, is still considered predominantly a “men’s problem”, as…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rational therapy for sleep disorders When do you need a specialized doctor? Sleep disorders are one of the most common complaints in the normal population. Up to a quarter suffer from problems falling asleep or sleeping through the night, or from non-restorative…
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 3 min This content is machine translated Therapy of mental illness Treating depression and bipolar disorder using guidelines What is standard practice in somatic medicine – guideline-based treatment recommendations for specific diseases – is relatively new in Swiss psychiatry. Although very good evidence-based algorithms exist for most mental…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Long way back In the case of burnout, the workplace also needs to be “treated An Internet search returns approximately 57 million results for the term “burnout.” Much better is the knowledge yield that the participants of the 1st Burnout Symposium in Pfäffikon could take…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Editorial Chronic pain Increasingly, the realization is maturing that chronic pain management is not a field of work for lone wolves. Chronic pain, with its often long history, represents complex problems at multiple…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Therapy of chronic non-specific back pain You can only reach your destination multimodally If back pain becomes chronic, this results not only in direct costs (consultations, diagnostics, therapy) but also in high indirect costs (lost working hours, strain on the social system). According…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Adequate pain therapy Pain-triggering mechanisms determine pain therapy Patients with chronic pain can be treated successfully if the physician directs the therapy according to the mechanisms that trigger the pain. Recognizing these is a challenge. However, correct diagnoses…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Psychosocial and hormonal triggers Depression in women – what should the family doctor know? Women suffer from depressive disorders about twice as often as men. This gender difference is probably predominantly psychosocial. Female sex hormones, especially 17-β-estradiol, tend to have a stabilizing effect psychologically.…
