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Intellectual Disability Still a Bar to Death Penalty, Says Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 28 reaffirmed that intellectual disability was a constitutional barrier to the death penalty. The ruling in the case of Moore v. Texas upheld two previous decisions.APA had signed onto an amicus brief last year in support of Moore with the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers, and National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter.“The Court, consistent with APA’s position, sent the case of Bobby Moore back to a lower court after finding that Texas failed to apply contemporary medical standards for making the diagnosis of intellectual disability,” Marvin Swartz, M.D., told Psychiatric News. Swartz is chair of APA’s Committee on Judicial Action and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.Moore was convicted of killing a store clerk in Houston during a 1980 robbery and sentenced to death. He later challenged the sentence on grounds of intellectual disability, based on Supreme Court decisions in the Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Hall v. Florida (2014) cases. Moore had an IQ score just above the cutoff of 70, as well as other conceptual, social, and practical deficits.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the 5-3 majority, rebuked a Texas appeals court for using outdated, arbitrary standards for intellectual disability, instead of the current versions of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities clinical manual and APA’s DSM-5. Both sets of criteria, which are similar, emphasize that a single score on an IQ test is not sufficient to assess intellectual disability; instead, a comprehensive assessment of intellectual and adaptive functioning using contemporary standards by a mental health professional is necessary.“Hall indicated that being informed by the medical community does not demand adherence to everything stated in the latest medical guide,” she wrote. “But neither does precedent license disregard of current medical standards.”For more in Psychiatric News about the Atkins and Hall cases, see “APA Joins Amicus Brief in Capital Case Before U.S. Supreme Court” and “Court Limits Use of IQ Score in Death Penalty Eligibility.”(Image: Gary Blakely/Shutterstock)For previous news alerts, click here.
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Antidepressants, CBT Found to Be Equally Effective as Initial Therapy for MDD Patients
Current guidelines for treating major depressive disorder (MDD) recommend that clinicians consider both the clinical features of the disorder and patient preference when choosing the initial form of treatment. A study published in the AJP in Advance suggests that while antidepressants and psychotherapy appear to be equally effective in treatment-naïve MDD patients, those matched with their preferred treatment may be more likely to complete therapy.“These results suggest that patients who receive their preferred treatment may invest more fully in their treatment, which makes the finding that preference does not affect improvement all the more striking,” Boadie Dunlop, M.D. (pictured left), director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at Emory University School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote. “This discrepancy implies that biological or psychosocial factors are stronger determinants of treatment efficacy than patient preference.”The study was a part of the Predictors of Remission in Depression to Individual and Combined Treatments (PReDICT) trial that aimed to identify biological and psychological factors predictive of treatment outcomes in major depressive disorder in adults who had never previously received treatment for a mood disorder. The researchers randomly assigned 344 adults aged 18 to 65 with moderate MDD (mean baseline Hamilton Depression Rating Scale [HAM-D] score of 19.8) to 12 weeks of escitalopram (10-20 mg/day), duloxetine (30-60 mg/day), or cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT, 16 50-minute sessions). Prior to randomization, patients indicated whether they preferred pharmacotherapy, CBT, or had no preference. Patients were evaluated at weeks 1 through 6, and again at weeks 8, 10, and 12. The authors found that the mean estimated overall decreases in HAM-D score from baseline to week 12 did not significantly differ between treatments (CBT: 10.2, escitalopram: 11.1, duloxetine: 11.2). Additionally, remission rates did not significantly differ between treatment arms (CBT: 41.9%; escitalopram: 46.7%; duloxetine: 54.7%). Of the 225 patients who expressed a treatment preference, 107 were matched to their preferred treatment and 118 were mismatched. Patients who were matched with their preferred treatment were significantly more likely to complete the trial than those who were not matched with preferred treatment (82.2% vs. 67.8%, respectively). However, patients matched to their preferred treatment were not found to be more likely to achieve remission. “There are two important implications of our results that can inform treatment guidelines,” Dunlop and colleagues wrote. “First, guideline recommendations that psychotherapy or antidepressant medications are equally appropriate for the initial treatment of major depression can be extended to treatment-naive patients. Second, because ethnic minorities comprised more than one-half of our study’s population, these treatment recommendations can be extended with confidence beyond the white non-Hispanic population, who comprised the majority of all prior randomized treatment studies comparing pharmacotherapy with psychotherapy.”The authors concluded, “Until better predictors of remission probability are identified, there may be value in using patient preferences to select initial treatments, particularly for those with moderate or strong preferences.” For related information, see the Psychiatric News article “Patient-Centered Research Puts Focus on Patient’s Questions, Needs.”Photo Courtesy of Emory University School of MedicineFor previous news alerts, click here.
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More Needs to Be Done to Address Physician Burnout, Says Group of Health System CEOs
Tackling physician burnout will require leaders from U.S. health care systems to make changes to address the root of this growing public health crisis, wrote the CEOs of 10 health care delivery organizations in a Health Affairs blog posted Tuesday. In the piece, the CEOs outlined several commitments to addressing physician well-being and encouraged other executives to recognize physician burnout as a serious problem and respond quickly.Previous studies indicate burnout is more common in physicians than other U.S. workers—and the disparity in burnout in physicians relative to the general U.S. working population is growing. “The high level of burnout among physicians should be considered an early warning sign of dysfunction in our health care system,” the authors wrote. “Professional satisfaction for physicians is primarily driven by the ability to provide high-quality care to patients in an efficient manner. Dissatisfaction is driven by factors that impede this effort, including administrative and regulatory burdens, limitations of current technology, an inefficient practice environment, excessive clerical work, and conflicting payer requirements.”Physician burnout threatens the U.S. health care system, including health care costs and patient safety, they noted. “Leaders of health care delivery organizations must embrace physician well-being as a critical factor in the long-term clinical and financial success of our organizations. We must … address this issue with the same urgent methods we would use to solve any other important business problem: commit to measurement, develop strategy and tactics, and allocate the resources necessary to achieve success.”The CEOs described recent commitments aimed at reducing physician burnout, including the following:Regularly assessing and reporting out on the well-being of the physician workforce at their respective institutions. Evaluating and tracking the institutional costs of physician turnover, early retirement, and reductions in clinical effort. Supporting collaborative, team-based models of care where physician expertise is maximally utilized for patient benefit, with tasks that do not require the unique training of a physician delegated to other skilled team members.Encouraging government/regulators to address the increasing regulatory burden that is driving inefficiency, redundancy, and waste in health care and to proactively monitor and address new unnecessary and/or redundant regulations.Encouraging and supporting the AMA and other national organizations in developing further initiatives to make progress in this area by compiling and sharing best practices from institutions that have successfully begun to address burnout, profiling case studies of effective well-being programs, efficient and satisfying changes in task distribution, and outlining a set of principles for achieving the well-being of health professionals.APA recognizes the toll of physician burnout and is taking steps to promote the well-being of psychiatrists. In May, APA President-elect Anita Everett, M.D., will chair “Physician Wellness and Burnout: A Town Hall Discussion With APA Leadership” at this year’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. (Register now if you have not done so already.) Also joining in the town hall discussion will be APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., and Trustee-At-Large Richard Summers, M.D. Everett recently appointed Summers to chair the Work Group on Psychiatrist Well-Being and Burnout during her presidential year.“APA leadership wants to hear from members regarding drivers of burnout, strategies for promoting wellness, and factors that contribute to professional satisfaction,” Summers told Psychiatric News. “My hope for the work group going forward is that we will review what we know about psychiatrist well-being and burnout and provide educational materials, self-assessment tools, and potential interventions for our members.”For related information, see the Psychiatric News articles “Annual Meeting Town Hall to Address Physician Burnout” and “Depression Found to Be Higher in Medical Students.”(Image: iStock/monkeybusinessimages)For previous news alerts, click here.
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