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New Therapeutic Approaches Involving Psychopharmacology, Digital Technology, and fMRI Neurofeedback

[ad_1] This issue of the Journal brings together very clinically relevant papers that present new data aimed at improving interventions for the treatment of alcohol use disorder, binge-eating disorder, psychotic disorders, ADHD, and depression. The issue begins with a timely overview that provides an up-to-date summary on the use of technology in psychiatry (1). Authored by Dr. Phillip Harvey from the University of Miami along with others from the APA Council on Research, this overview summarizes current technological approaches aimed at improving diagnoses, monitoring symptoms, enhancing medication […]

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The Future Of Drug Delivery Technology

The Future of Drug Delivery Technology

[ad_1] “Drugs only work in people who take them,” was the incredibly perceptive statement from the multiple-former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop (1982-1989). A patient can’t derive benefit from the modern medicines we have in our armamentarium unless they actually take them. I would extend this statement to include that, “Drugs can only exert their effects properly if their dosage form and delivery technology are optimized.” For example, putting certain medications in oral solid dose may lead to their performance being almost totally useless if the therapeutic […]

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