Psychiatry Related News
Strengthening digital patient engagement with BuddyCare
In October 2020 Turku University Hospital’s Psychiatric Neuromodulation Unit started using the BuddyCare Platform for digital patient engagement, automated patient support and data collection.
Patients...
Diabetes in young adults increases risk of suicide
A study published in the Diabetes Care Journal revealed that young people with diabetes are at a greater risk of suicide than their peers.
A...
Cannabis study reveals how CBD offsets the side-effects of THC
Researchers have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused THC.
Researchers at Western...
Suicide prevention: the role of the emergency department
The European Psychiatric Association Section of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention reflects on the emergency department as a site for suicide risk management and prevention.
The...
The psychiatric patient and the ED
Marc Sabbe discusses the evolution of emergency psychiatry, highlighting issues such as deinstitutionalisation and cost containment.
There is no doubt that the amount and intensity...
Pfalzklinikum provides mental health and neurology services in the Rhineland-Palatinate
Pfalzklinikum is a provider of mental health and neurology services in the Rhineland-Palatinate in southwest Germany with over 2,000 employees in 14 locations.
Its work...