Depression
Evidence-Based Reviews
Seasonal affective disorder: How to help patients beat the winter blues
If your patient’s depression recurs in autumn and winter, a trial of bright light therapy may provide good results at minimal risk.
Evidence-Based Reviews
How to control migraines in patients with psychiatric disorders
Migraines often coexist with psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and major depression. Managing the headaches can improve psychiatric...
Commentary
Measuring speech pauses to help suicidal patients
Pearls
Seven common myths about depression and antidepressant therapy
Evidence-Based Reviews
From the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network: New findings on suicide attempts, substance abuse, obesity, and more
For 6 years, the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network has studied outpatients with bipolar disorder—patients much like those psychiatrists see every...
Commentary
Is Prozac more effective than generic fluoxetine?
Evidence-Based Reviews
Adolescent depression: Diagnostic skills can differentiate teen angst from psychopathology
Depression in teenagers is persistent and characterized by high rates of comorbid psychiatric conditions. Based on clinical evidence, the...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Adolescent depression: Diagnostic skills can differentiate teen angst from psychopathology
Depression in teenagers is persistent and characterized by high rates of comorbid psychiatric conditions. Based on clinical evidence, the...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antidepressants for fibromyalgia: Latest word on the link to depression and anxiety
Why should fibromyalgia—an ostensible musculoskeletal disorder—be of interest to you? Because you can help relieve the depressed mood, anxiety,...
Evidence-Based Reviews
MAO inhibitors: An option worth trying in treatment-resistant cases
Fears of hypertensive complications, drug-food interactions, and other side effects discourage many psychiatrists from prescribing MAOIs. The...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Short-term cognitive therapy shows promise for dysthymia
Short-term cognitive therapy offers a potentially effective approach to treating the chronically depressed patient.