Child-psychiatry - Articles - Page 10

The Autism Diagnostic Shuffle

July 1, 2015

Daniel Carlat, MD

Let’s look at the three most important benchmarks in autism diagnosis history.

Evaluating and Treating Autism: Practical Issues

July 1, 2015

Alex Kolevzon, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Dr. Kolevzon has disclosed payments for research support from Neuren Pharmaceuticals for NNZ-2566 (an investigational drug for Rett Syndrome) and Hoffman-La Roche for RO5285119 (an investigational drug for autism). Dr. Carlat has reviewed this interview and found no evidence of bias in this educational activity.

Dr. Kolevzon shares his clinical strategies for treating autism spectrum disorder in child patients, including diagnostic behaviors and communicating with parents.

Medications for Childhood PTSD: It’s All Off-Label

May 1, 2015

Elizabeth Tien, MD

Elizabeth Tien, MD. Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist with Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Dr. Tien has declared that she has no relevant financial or other interest in any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.

In 2011, we wrote a review of medications for PTSD in children and found, unfortunately, that data to inform true evidence-based practice was scant. There are still no psychotropic medications that have been proven effective in randomized controlled trials for children with PTSD and there are no FDA approved medications for this population.

Trauma Systems Therapy

May 1, 2015

Learn about Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and its use with young patients in an interview with Glenn Saxe, MD, Arnold Simon professor and chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and director, the Child Study Center.

Energy Drinks and Kids: What Child Psychiatrists Should Know

April 1, 2015

Daniel Carlat, MD

Kids are not immune to either the positives or the negatives of caffeine intake. As the energy drink industry has exploded, we are learning more about the effects of caffeine and other legal stimulants on kids, and the information is enough to make any child psychiatrist positively jittery.

OCD in Kids: CBT, SSRIs, Then What?

April 1, 2015

When kids come to us with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), we know that first-line treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). But then what? What about the kids who don’t respond to CBT or SSRIs? This research update discusses studies measures, treatments and medications for to take to help your younger OCD patients.

Saphris Approved for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder—What Do the Data Show?

April 1, 2015

In March 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Actavis’ asenapine (Saphris) for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder in kids between 10 and 17 years.

Bullying in Schools: A Primer

March 1, 2015

Daniel Carlat, MD

When most of us went to school, we knew who the bullies were, and we knew who got bullied, but the problem was not discussed much. Things have changed since then. With media coverage of suicides attributable to bullying, we now realize that the phenomenon is potentially deadly.

Helping Teachers Help Your Patients

March 1, 2015

Get some practical advice on how child psychiatrists can work with teachers to address behavioral problems in students, in an interview with Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA, an author and director of behavioral services at Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children and Adolescents in Newton, MA.

Combining Medications and Behavioral Techniques in Schools

March 1, 2015

Learn how to combine medications and behavior techniques to help schools work with challenging students, in an interview with Nancy Rappaport, MD, Attending Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Cambridge Health Alliance, where she is director of school-based programs.