Benedict Carey writes about surgical treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder in yesterday's New York Times in " Surgery for Mental Ills Offers both Hope and Risks ," In one procedure, called a cingulotomy, doctors drill into the skull..
Topics: DBS, OCD

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[ 46 ] . . . [47] . . . [ 48 ] . . . [ All ] Happy Thanksgiving!!! As a big thank you to our readers (and listeners), we three shrinks got our act together and edited one of our most recently recorded podcasts and got it out there, finally. I did the...
Topics: civil commitment, culture-bound delusions, podcast, suicide

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A Canadian woman lost her disability benefits because her insurer found her smiling, and vacationing, face up on her Facebook page. See details Here . The article notes : "In the moment I'm happy, but before and after I have the same...
Topics: depression, facebook

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The theme for crzegrl's Grand Rounds this week is Veteran's Day. The shrinky links: doctors & mistakes (Medicine & Technology) pharma ads & claims on twitter (HealthBlawg) ... also follow #FDAsm on Thur & Fri for coverage of the..
Topics: FDA, GRAND ROUNDS, love, social media, twitter

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Twitter was awash with thousands of tweets (click link to left to read them) the past few days regarding the FDA's hearing today and yesterday about regulation of pharmaceutical marketing on the internet and using social media. Above is the word...
Topics: FDA, social media

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