Search Results for: Psychiatry

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

A Systematic Review of the Use of Telepsychiatry in Depression.

Publication date: Oct 10, 2020 Telepsychiatry, the use of televideo in psychiatric assessment and treatment, is utilized throughout Canada. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is common, with significant burdens of suffering ... Read more

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

The project for objective measures using computational psychiatry technology (PROMPT): Rationale, design, and methodology.

Major Depressive Disorder News

Publication date: Sep 13, 2020 New technology allows quantification of features that clinicians perceive as reflective of disorder severity, such as facial expressions, phonic/speech information, body motion, daily activity, and ... Read more

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Validation of smartphone-based assessments of depressive symptoms using the Remote Monitoring Application in Psychiatry (ReMAP)

Major Depressive Disorder News

Publication date: Aug 31, 2020 Smartphone-based symptom monitoring has gained increased attention in psychiatric research as a cost-efficient tool for prospective and ecologically valid assessments based on participants self-reports. However, ... Read more

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Precision psychiatry in clinical practice.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Aug 27, 2020 The treatment of depression represents a major challenge for healthcare systems and choosing among the many available drugs without objective guidance criteria is an error-prone ... Read more

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020

‘Precision’ or ‘personalized’ psychiatry: different terms – same content?

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Aug 24, 2020 Due to the increased lifetime prevalence and personal, social, and economic burden of mental disorders, psychiatry is in need of a significant change in several ... Read more

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

Modulation of Slow-Wave Sleep: Implications for Psychiatry.

Autism Literature

Publication date: Jul 24, 2020 The objectives of this review are to examine and integrate existing empirical evidence regarding the impact of slow-wave sleep (SWS) modulation on memory and executive ... Read more

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Challenges and Future Prospects of Precision Medicine in Psychiatry.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Feb 08, 2020 Precision medicine is increasingly recognized as a promising approach to improve disease treatment, taking into consideration the individual clinical and biological characteristics shared by specific ... Read more

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Reframing Psychiatry for Precision Medicine

Major Depressive Disorder News

Publication date: Jul 20, 2020 The art of observing and describing behaviors has driven diagnosis and informed basic science in Psychiatry. In recent times, studies of mental illness are focused ... Read more

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

Can precision medicine advance psychiatry?

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Jul 17, 2020 Precision medicine is a new approach that considers differences in genes, environment, and lifestyle in an attempt to tailor treatments for individual patients. Psychiatry, as ... Read more

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

The Feasibility and Outcomes of Genetic Testing for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders on an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service.

Autism Literature

Publication date: Jul 14, 2020 Diagnostic genetic testing is recommended for children with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders. One approach to improve access to genetic testing is to ... Read more