Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Incorporating positive psychiatry with children and adolescents
SECOND OF 4 PARTS
The principles and practices of positive psychiatry can be readily adapted into routine practice.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Complex trauma in the perinatal period
Early recognition and treatment can optimize outcomes for both mother and child.
Pearls
Psychotropic medications for chronic pain
The opioid crisis presents a need to consider alternative options for treating chronic pain.
Pearls
A gender primer for psychiatrists
Psychiatrists have a long tradition of supporting LGBTQAI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual, intersex, and others...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Generalized anxiety disorder: 8 studies of psychosocial interventions
F or patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), the intensity, duration, and frequency of an individual’s anxiety and worry are out of...
Pearls
Medical record documentation: What to do, and what to avoid
Medical record documentation serves as a reminder of previous discussions with patients and what happened during their visits, a reimbursement...
Pearls
Lithium, valproate, and suicide risk: Analysis of 98,831 cases
The current academic psychiatry paradigm reinforces that lithium reduces suicide risk, more so than other medications, including valproate.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Hold or not to hold: Navigating involuntary commitment
In the ED, Mr. H is depressed and suicidal, but does not agree to voluntary hospitalization. What elements will factor into whether civil...
Pearls
Preparing patients with serious mental illness for extreme HEAT
Climate change is causing intense heat waves that threaten human health across the globe.
Pearls
Lithium for bipolar disorder: Which patients will respond?
T hough Cade discovered it 70 years ago, lithium is still considered the gold standard treatment for preventing manic and depressive phases of...
Pearls
Melatonin as a sleep aid: Are you prescribing it correctly?
Difficulty achieving regular restorative sleep is a common symptom of many psychiatric illnesses and can pose a pharmaceutical challenge,...