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Heart Rate Changes Linked to Emotional Dysregulation

November 21, 2019

Jess Levy, MD Dr. Levy has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Clinical psychiatry is becoming more attuned to the utility of tracking physiological markers of
regulation and dysregulation. The study clarifies where we are in understanding heart rate as a
clue in diagnosis and management.

Neuroticism and SSRIs

November 18, 2019

Neuroticism is not in the DSM, but it's a common cause of anxiety and may predict thether a patient respond to an SSRI. We talk with Nassir Ghaemi and bring you practical insights into this personality trait. How to recognize it, how to treat it, and how to avoid over-treating...

Does Trintellix Treat Generalized Anxiety?

November 11, 2019

Trintellix looks like a natural fit for anxiety disorders, with a serotonergic mechanism that overlaps with buspirone (5HT1a agonism). But things are not always as they seem in psychiatry. In this second installment of our anxiety series we delve into the failure of Trintellix in generalized anxiety disorder, and uncover...

A Scandalous History of Anxiety

November 4, 2019

Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) an anxious temperament, a symptom of another disorder, or a valid disorder on its own? In Part One of our November series on anxiety, we trace the history of GAD from Sigmund Freud to DSM-5. With over two dozen choices, it isn't easy to pick...

Should we trust the experts?

September 16, 2019

Why does the top-selling psychiatric textbook base its recommendations on the lowest grade of medical evidence? Psychiatric practice is often mislead by expert opinion, practice trends, and neurotransmitter theories. In the case of paroxetine (Paxil), venlafaxine (Effexor), and mirtazapine (Remeron), this misinformation has created some popular myths that don't hold...

Is Paxil the Best SSRI for Anxiety?

August 30, 2019

Chris Aiken, MD

Chris Aiken, MD Dr. Aiken has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Paxil built its reputation as the best SSRI for anxiety, but the data suggests the opposite.

Helping Children To Tell Us About Their Experience

June 22, 2019

There are some ways to help you assess the type of anxiety that leads to inattention. Consider the following tips, which we’ve excerpted from an article from The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report newsletter:Catalog. Work with the child to develop a list of activities in which the child is calm and...

Safe Use of Gabapentin with Patients

June 19, 2019

Although there’s been a lot of discussion about gabapentin’s abuse potential, gabapentin substance use disorders are pretty rare, with one study finding that only 2% of 44,148 patients using gabapentin alone met criteria for sustained overuse (Peckham et al, Pharmacotherapy, in press). The one area where you should show caution,...

Prescribing Patterns for Children With Anxiety Disorders

June 11, 2019

Pavan Madan, MD.

Pavan Madan, MD. Dr. Madan has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Anxiety disorders are some of the most common conditions we encounter in children and adolescents, and clinicians employ a variety of medications to treat them. This study examined prescribing patterns for the initial treatment of pediatric anxiety.

Building Self-Regulation in Children

March 13, 2019

Stuart Shanker, PhD

Stuart Shanker, PhD

Professor of psychology and philosophy at York University, Toronto

Dr. Shanker has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

“Self-regulation” has become a buzz phrase to help children manage stress, become resilient, and stave off depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. To gain a better understanding of this concept, we interviewed Stuart Shanker, PhD, founder and CEO of the MEHRIT Centre (https://self-reg.ca). Dr. Shanker sets up self-regulation programs in school districts across Canada.