http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/The Largest Peer Reviewed Phychiatric Journal in the Nation60Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious medical illness affecting approximately 15 million adults in the United States, including 1% to 5% of older community-dwelling persons and over 13% of older adults requiring home healthcare.http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2841Marc E. Agronin, MD and Steven P. Roose, MDMon, 13 Sep 2010 09:13:40 -05Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious medical illness affecting approximately 15 million adults in the United States, including 1% to 5% of older community-dwelling persons and over 13% of older adults requiring home healthcare.http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2840Marc E. Agronin, MD and Steven P. Roose, MDWed, 8 Sep 2010 12:04:00 -05The optimal management of fibromyalgia (FM) is comprised of both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches. This multidimensional approach is preferred given that FM is not only a pain condition, but involves a number of other symptoms as is reflected in the new clinical criteria being developed by Wolfe and colleagues.http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2801David A. Williams, PhDWed, 18 Aug 2010 15:07:12 -05http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2734Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:44:24 -05Rhonda was a 29-year-old heating technician who presented with headaches. She had throbbing bilateral frontal headaches 2–3 times per week for 6 weeks with increasing frequency. The headaches occurred in the afternoon and evenings and were interfering with her job. http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2733C. Brendan Montano, MD; case presentation by Larry Culpepper, MD, MPHTue, 20 Jul 2010 10:25:02 -05This page is intended to be photocopied as a reference for the clinician and as a hand-out to patients.http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2732Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:24:18 -05Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is broadly defined as nonresponse to one or more antidepressant treatment trials taken at adequate doses and for appropriate durations. http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2731Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH—CHAIR ­and C. Brendan Montano, MDMon, 19 Jul 2010 12:50:33 -05Mr. A is 24 years of age with a history of schizophrenia. He has been living with his parents and has been ill for a few years. Police saw him on the street in a state of crisis and brought him to the emergency room (ER). He was very anxious and his delusions of being in great physical danger had worsened. http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2729Peter J. Weiden, MD, and Michael Weiden, MDThu, 15 Jul 2010 15:50:10 -05Thomas was a 40-year-old, white male, with a 16-year history of schizoaffective disorder. He first became ill at 24 years of age and had an unstable course for ~10 years, characterized by frequent hospitalizations and partial adherence.http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2728Oliver Freudenreich, MDThu, 15 Jul 2010 15:19:13 -05Simone is a 64-year-old African American female with a 25-year history of schizophrenia who had been hospitalized ~10 times. Simone’s last psychiatric hospitalization occurred 2 years prior to this presentation.http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2727Leslie Citrome, MD, MPHThu, 15 Jul 2010 14:51:17 -05