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Many factors can contribute to tension and sadness during the holidays, including fatigue, unrealistic expectations, increased stress and unresolved family issues.
There is a time of limbo in Medicine that begins when the procedure is completed and ends when the patient learns the results. It occurs millions of times each year after everything from major surgeries to blood tests.
"Suicide and suicide attempts are a significant health care and public health burden in Wisconsin," says Stephen W. Hargarten, MD, MPH, Professor and Chairman of Emergency Medicine and Director of the National Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Assessment for ADD involves several hours of testing and results in a comprehensive report that pinpoints the patients' diagnosis and identifies the areas in which they experience problems in concentration.
"Our mission is to enhance and maximize older patients' functions from a mental, cognitive, emotional, and physical perspective," says Dr. Paul Hankwitz. "To me, maximizing function in those areas equates to improved quality of life."
The Senior Health Program has opened a new clinic, and the Medical College is one of only four schools chosen to participate in a national project to train Chief Residents in the care of older adults.
"Today, as she smiled and told me that she is making plans to be admitted to an in-patient hospice unit, I learned that the terms 'patient' and 'friend' are sometimes inseparable."
The use of hypnosis in medicine has drastically increased during the last decade as it has become an accepted treatment alternative for a wide range of health and medical issues.
Although the terms are often used interchangeably, complementary and alternative medicine are based on different principles: In general, complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine, while alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine.
"I still believe that a vast majority of older people in this country are going to be cared for by a primary care physician," says Edmund Duthie, Jr., MD. "Our teaching programs are aimed to help these doctors do the best job possible."
The Oncology Clinic waiting room chairs are full, the television replays yesterday's events, and the conversation is quiet...
"Memory in many ways defines us," says Piero G. Antuono, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin Professor of Neurology. Dr. Antuono is the Director of the Froedtert & the Medical College Memory Disorders Program.
I have had several thousand patients pass through my practice over the years and, I admit, I remember some much better than others.
In the past, there were no objective measurements used to diagnose obsessive-compulsive disorder and there were no medications to assist patients. Things have changed.
Organizations throughout the country are working to help people understand long-term risk factors and how to deal with a suicidal crisis.
Depression in children and adolescents can be difficult to diagnose because their normal behavior is often marked by mood swings and negative thoughts. They might not even recognize depressive symptoms in themselves.
Heather Toth, MD, talks about preparing a child for a hospital stay: "Children have a good sense of what's going on; they have good intuition. I recommend letting the child know what's happening right away."
Thomas Heinrich, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, notes that treating depression often becomes a process of multiple medication trials, as physicians search for the right medications to help the patient.
The envelope contained the obituary that I knew would be coming, and in those words I remembered the young man's struggle with cancer, his talents, and his potential.
Phobias affect as many as one in five people in the US. For some, the symptoms can be incapacitating. But there is hope: "Specific phobias are eminently treatable," says Carlyle Chan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry.
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