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What is Telepsychiatry?
Telemedicine is the process of providing health care from a distance through technology, often using videoconferencing. Telepsychiatry, a subset of telemedicine, can involve providing a range of services including psychiatric evaluations, therapy (individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy), patient education and medication management. Telepsychiatry can involve direct interaction between a psychiatrist and the patient. It also encompasses psychiatrists supporting primary care providers with mental health care consultation and expertise. Mental health care can be delivered in a live, interactive communication. It can also involve recording Continue reading
Chinese – Beware early retirement!
Higher life expectancy and rapidly aging populations have led to the introduction of pension programs in developing countries in the last two decades. Using the introduction of a new public policy in China, we estimate the effects of pension benefits on individual cognition, measured by episodic memory and intact mental status, among individuals ages 60 and above. We find large and significant negative effects of the provision of pension benefits on cognitive functioning among the elderly. Continue reading
Walking Speed at Early Ages Tied to Cognitive Health
Walking Speed at Early Ages Tied to Cognitive Health — Slowest walkers showed deteriorating cognitive performance from age 3 to adulthood by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 11, 2019 share to facebook share to twitter share to … Continue reading
Elexacaftor–Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele
List of authors. Peter G. Middleton, M.D., Marcus A. Mall, M.D., Pavel Dřevínek, M.D., Larry C. Lands, M.D., Edward F. McKone, M.D., Deepika Polineni, M.D., Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D., Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, M.D., Elizabeth Tullis, M.D., François Vermeulen, M.D., Gautham … Continue reading
Maurice Preter, MD
Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.