testing Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 testing Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 TSH or Free T4 for Assessing Thyroid Function? https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/tsh-or-free-t4-for-assessing-thyroid-function/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/tsh-or-free-t4-for-assessing-thyroid-function/#respond Thu, 28 May 2020 21:45:57 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=16572 There are many reasons why thyroid status is important in a clinic treating people with mood disorders. For one thing, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can mimic some of the symptoms of mood disorders. For another, lithium, a medication we often prescribe, is associated with hypothyroidism in a significant minority of patients taking the medicine. One of the questions we wrestle with ...

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]]> 12934 Biomarker for Suicidality https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/biomarker-for-suicidality/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:11:32 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=7710 A just published study by Jerry Guintivano, et al, in the July issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry reports having identified a gene that seemed to predict suicide. The study used one population to identify the risk association and then confirmed it prospectively in a second population. Zachary Kaminsky, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at ...

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