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Psychiatry Weekly is the first weekly psychiatric news, information, and education service in the country for clinicians providing mental health services. The service includes a weekly poster distributed to hospitals nationwide, a weekly e-letter, and this website, which is consistently updated with features, CME content, and breaking news. Psychiatry Weekly is a joint venture between MBL Communications, Inc., publishers of Primary Psychiatry and CNS Spectrums, and Physician’s Weekly, LLC, the leading medical news service for acute care hospitals for over 22 years.

 

The Importance of Effective Communication Between PCPs and Psychiatrists

James D. King, MD

Approximately 65%–80% of people with mental illness presented to a PCP for their first clinical visit, and most studies show that ~40% of those patients will continue to be cared for by the family physicians or general internists to whom they initially presented.
 

Systematic Reviews of Clinical Trials of Acupuncture as Treatment for Depression: How Systematic and Accurate Are They?

Uriel Halbreich, MD

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is very popular in the United States, Canada, and other Western societies, and the number of patients seeking treatment by CAM practitioners is increasing.