Psychiatry

After Shooting, California Training Program under Fire (Officer.com)

26 Jul 2008

The two Salinas police officers involved in the shooting that killed Maria Irma De la Torre received special training to help county law enforcement officials deal with mentally ill patients.

Promising Results In Deep Brain Stimulation For Patients With Treatment-resistant Depression (Science Daily)

25 Jul 2008

New data from a study of patients with treatment-resistant depression who underwent deep brain stimulation in the subcallosal cingulate region of the brain shows that this intervention is generally safe and provides significant improvement in patients as early as one month after treatment. The patients also experienced continued and sustained improvement over time.

Depressed? You Don't Need Drugs, Psychiatrist Says (NPR)

25 Jul 2008

Depression is said to affect more than 20 million people in the United States, but psychiatrist James Gordon argues that it's not disease. In his book, Unstuck, Gordon makes the case that most people don't need drugs to feel better.