Rounds in the General Hospital
For hospitalized patients with complex medical or surgical problems who also demonstrate psychiatric symptoms, Dr Stern discusses diagnosis and management with members of the Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. These rounds reports will prove useful for clinicians practicing at the interface of medicine and psychiatry.
Rounds in the General Hospital
Management of Rumination and Obsessions in Primary Care
May 30, 2024
Difficult-to-control negative repetitive thoughts can manifest as ruminations or obsessions. Appropriate early identification and intervention can positively affect the course and prevent an episode of psychiatric illness.
Rounds in the General Hospital
Strategies for Cutting Down and Stopping Alcohol Use
May 28, 2024
Knowledge of nonpharmacologic approaches as well as medications’ mechanisms of action, side effects, and drug-drug interactions can facilitate the timely and appropriate use of psychotropics to help individuals cut…
Rounds in the General Hospital
Traumatic Brain Injury: Manifestations and Management
May 9, 2024
Imaging provides important information about structural and functional brain changes following TBI, and results can guide interventions. In addition to pharmacologic approaches for persistent symptoms, psychoeducation is an invaluable…
Rounds in the General Hospital
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer’s Disease Management and the Role of New Treatments
November 28, 2023
Monoclonal antibodies have shown some promise for slowing cognitive decline and adverse brain changes in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease, though risks and anticipated benefits will be…
Rounds in the General Hospital
Drug-Induced Abnormal Involuntary Movements
May 11, 2023
Treatment of involuntary movements is based on their underlying etiology; however, symptomatic treatments are indicated to reduce motoric and psychological symptoms that impair social function and worsen quality of…
Rounds in the General Hospital
Recognizing and Addressing Health Care Disparities Among Black Populations
August 2, 2022
Here, the authors discuss discrimination in health care and offer suggestions on how to incorporate social determinants of health into routine patient encounters to address unmet patient needs.
