Somatic Disorders
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Many Cardiac Patients Going Untreated
Evidence-Based Reviews
Secondary amenorrhea: Don’t dismiss it as ‘normal’
Laboratory tests rule out pregnancy, medical causes
Cases That Test Your Skills
Spotting a silent killer
Two patients have acute psychosis. Antipsychotics prolong their QTc intervals, placing them at risk for sudden cardiac death. How would you treat...
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Treating depression, chronic pain
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8 steps to manage recurrent abdominal pain
Effective treatment begins with reassuring the child—and parents—that GI distress is benign
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Is your patient’s dizziness psychogenic?
6 questions can help you narrow the diagnosis and rule out medical causes
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Treating affective illness in patients with chronic pain
They resist psychiatric assessment, but you can change ‘patients with pain’ to ‘clients managing pain’
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Hypnosis: Brief interventions offer key to managing pain and anxiety
Hypnosis can help patients safely examine traumatic experiences, then restructure how they think and feel about them.
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Brain/body connection: Treating depression in patients with cardiovascular disease
Depression often precedes coronary disease by about 30 years& suggesting possible cause and effect.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Beware the men with toupees
Mr. S’ worsening depression and paranoia baffle clinicians. A detailed look at his medical history suggests an illness that is often overlooked in...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Tardive dyskinesia: How to prevent and treat a lingering nemesis
Make informed therapeutic choices as you weigh antipsychotics’ benefits against the risk of triggering TD