The danger of reducing reimbursement for psychiatric disorders in late life

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The adoption of cost containment approaches toward health insurance and medical care has placed reimbursement of psychiatric therapy for impaired elderly subjects in danger. Reducing reimbursement for psychiatric disorders in late life gives the impression that the costs of mental health services for psychiatric disorders in older persons are lower than those for other age groups. It also underestimates the use of and the need for mental health services necessary to treat psychiatric disorders in the elderly.

Analysis, Finance, Psychiatric services, Mental health services, Prospective payment systems (Medical care)

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The panic-agoraphobic syndrome: a paradigm of the anxiety group of disorders and its implications for psychiatric practice and theory

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The panic-agoraphobic disorder fall under the broad category of anxiety disorders. It is different from general anxiety disorder by its symptoms and frequency of attack. Epidemiological research suggests that panic-agoraphobic disorder is more prevalent in females, in nonwhites and in less educated persons. Clinical studies suggest a neurological basis for this disorder that is associated with a disturbance in the activity of the cerebral function system.

Research, Panic disorders, Panic disorder, Agoraphobia

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Genetics of psychiatric disorders: where have we been and where are we going?

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Recent trends in psychiatric genetics are discussed. Topics include family genetic studies, new concepts of diagnosis, and molecular genetic research on complex genetic disorders.

Psychological aspects, Genetic aspects, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Genetic disorders

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