The Journal of clinical psychiatry
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To describe trends in anxiety-related mental health visits to U.S. emergency departments, an expanding portal of access for mental health care. ⋯ During the decade, there was an expansion of anxiety-related visits to U.S. emergency departments, reflecting an increase in anxiety-related emergency department care-seeking, an increase in anxiety awareness among patients and practitioners, or both.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
A 1-year pilot study of vagus nerve stimulation in treatment-resistant rapid-cycling bipolar disorder.
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) appears to be an effective treatment option for patients with treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression. The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of VNS in a group of patients with treatment-resistant rapid-cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD) who were excluded from previous trials. ⋯ These data suggest that VNS may be an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment option for patients with treatment-resistant RCBD. Currently, no comparison is available in the literature. Larger randomized trials are needed to verify these findings.