New mind/body tactics target medically unexplained physical symptoms and fears

Article Abstract:

A 2005 study revealed that patients with somatization that is high levels of medically unexplained symptoms has substantially higher utilization of outpatient and inpatient medical care compared with nonsomatizing patients including those with coexisting medical and psychiatric conditions. The growing integration of psychiatry with primary care provides new strategies for helping these individuals.

Care and treatment, Mentally ill persons, Diagnosis, Mentally ill, Mental illness, Mental disorders

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Programs target youth violence prevention

Article Abstract:

Several programs created to prevent youth violence were described at the 2003 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. Philadelphia, PA, has a Youth Violence Reduction Project and Chicago public schools have a Cradle to Classroom program. The American Academy of Pediatrics is also developing a violence prevention program that pediatricians can adopt.

Prevention, Youth violence

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New tools aid violence risk assessment

Article Abstract:

The article discusses the structured violence risk assessment tools, developed since 1990s, which may help clinicians increase the accuracy of their judgment by quantifying the probability of violence.

Venture Analysis, Psychological aspects, Risk assessment, Violence

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