A survey by mental health systems reviewer Software Advice revealed that 75% of patients who have never used telemedicine said they were interested in trying such services in place of an in-person medical visit, as reported by this article on iHealthBeat.org. Of those 75% of patients, 39% identified as being “extremely interested” or “very interested.” 71% of the overall respondents …
Data Security at Gateway Psychiatric Services
We have been following the stories of data lost or stolen this past year with increasing concern about the safety of the internet. As a result we spent much of the summer hard at work upgrading the level of security at Gateway. This is important work, although not terribly rewarding. Some of these changes – We no longer rely on just user …
Lithium versus Quetiapine for Bipolar Disorder
In a recent study comparing the efficacy of lithium and the second-generation antipsychotic quetiapine, the drugs had remarkably similar results. Researcher Andrew Nierenberg et al. presented the results at the 2014 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. By the end of the 6-month study period, most patients had improved substantially, but only about a quarter of each group became …
Neurobiological Bases for Mood Disorders
The last couple of years have seen some quite significant advances in our understanding of brain function and mood disorders. New tools for measuring what’s going on and for guiding treatment and entirely new approaches to treatment. We’ve started using a genetic screening tool that in about 1/3 of patients with treatment resistant depression, yields insights about the most effective …