Thomas Jordan, MD. Dr. Jordan has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity
Why does stroke matter in bipolar disorder? Because it’s the leading cause of death for these patients. Some mood stabilizers raise the stroke risk, while others do not.
Michael Posternak, MD.
Psychiatrist in private practice, Boston, MA.
Dr. Posternak has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Two medications show promise in OCD, and their mechanisms are novel: one glutamatergic, one dopaminergic.
Jason Mallo, DODr. Mallo has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Lithium is underutilized in geriatric depression, but this study suggests it may have unique benefits there.
The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits.
Because they work better than anything else to help kids focus, stimulant medications are standard treatments for ADHD. But when you suggest prescribing these medications, typically parents have questions and concerns, says Caroline Fisher, PhD, MD, Chief of Child Psychiatry at Samaritan Health Systems in Corvallis, OR.In an article she...
Adam Strassberg, MD.
Psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto, CA.
Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Sexual side effects on SSRIs are so common that psychiatrist David Healy once argued these drugs more reliably lower libido than treat depression. Yet the problem isn’t limited to SSRIs, and it’s not unmanageable.
Felice Jacka, MD
Professor at Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Director, Food and Mood Centre. Founder and President, International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research.
Dr. Jacka has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
We have a decade of observational evidence linking the quality of people’s diets to their risk for depression. Those findings were pretty consistent across countries, cultures, and age groups: A healthy diet is associated with an approximately 30% reduction in the risk for depression and a 40% improvement in cognition.
This page has additional materials related to the dietary suggestions made in the Expert Q&A "An Antidepressant Diet." We don’t know exactly how the diet works, but there are several possibilities.