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Tips for treating patients with late-life depression
- Author:
- Raymond Pary, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Zeroing in on the right drug regimen requires a look at an agent’s clinical benefits, tolerability profile, and risk of drug interactions, as well...
Article
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Evaluation after a suicide attempt: What to ask
- Author:
- Robert Frierson, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Based on our clinical experience, asking these 14 questions can help ensure a safe disposition.
Article
Intermittent fasting: What to tell patients
- Author:
- Jonathan R. Scarff, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Intermittent fasting is the purposeful, restricted intake of food (and sometimes water), usually for health or religious reasons.
Article
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Building a better work/life balance
- Author:
- Parul Pahal, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Physician burnout is a common and serious problem. In a 2017 survey of >14,000 US physicians across 27 specialties, 42% reported burnout,1...
Article
Let’s apply the lessons from the AIDS crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Author:
- Robert Frierson, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Looking back on the AIDS epidemic should teach us to prioritize attending to the mental health of sufferers and caregivers and depoliticizing...
Article
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Improving your experience with electronic health records
- Author:
- Steven Lippmann, MD
While the electronic health record needs a fundamental revision, there are practical steps clinicians can take to improve their experience.
Opinion
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Plan now to address the COVID-19 mental health fallout
- Author:
- Lalasa Doppalapudi, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Mental health professionals should begin working with public health and political leaders now to develop plans, said Dr. Lalasa Doppwalapudi and...
Article
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Lofexidine: An option for treating opioid withdrawal
- Author:
- Tallat Sultana, MD
- Tejaswini Doifode, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Use of lofexidine might encourage more patients with opioid use disorder to accept substance abuse treatment.
Article
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Physician burnout: Signs and solutions
- Author:
- Diksha Mohanty, MD
- Angeline Prabhu, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
From awareness to advocacy, here’s what you need to know to prevent burnout from taking hold.
Article
Overdoses are driving down life expectancy
- Author:
- Kuldeep Ghosh, MD, MS
- Rajashekhar Yeruva, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
The average life expectancy in the United States declined from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.6 years in 2017.
Article
We must counsel against heat-not-burn cigarettes
- Author:
- Diksha Mohanty, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Heat-not-burn aerosols deliver many of the same dangerous compounds as traditional cigarettes, including carbon monoxide, tar, and aromatic...
Article
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Dehydration in terminal illness: Which path forward?
- Author:
- Kanwarjeet Brar, MD
- Hema Madhuri Mekala, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
While our natural tendency is to restore full hydration to patients, how do we proceed when death is imminent and being fully hydrated may prolong...
Article
Risks vs Benefits for SGLT2 Inhibitor Medications
- Author:
- Shanti Pittampalli, MD
- Satya Upadyayula, DMD
- Hema Madhuri , MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
Health care providers should carefully assess patients with diabetes mellitus before prescribing sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor...
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The naloxone option
- Author:
- Angeline Prabhu, MD
- Bilal Abaid, MD
- Mohammed Sohaib Khaleel, MD
- Shivani Naik, MD
- Melanie Lippman, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
This quick guide provides you with naloxone dosing information and steps you’ll want to take once the crisis has passed.
Article
Depression and Bipolar Disorders in Patients With Alcohol Use Disorders
- Author:
- Raymond Pary, MD
- Mitesh Patel, MD
- Steven Lippmann, MD
This review details methods for meeting the challenges of diagnosing and treating mood disorders that coexist with substance use disorders.