Depression and cognitive impairment on benzos, tardive dyskinesia, anticholinergics, and neurotoxicity from high dose stimulants. These are the side effects that patients aren’t likely to notice until it’s too late.

Allen Frances helped create DSM-IV, but in this episode he takes on its diagnostic overreach.

Allen Frances shares his approach to chronic depression.

Allen Frances shows us how to adjust our therapeutic approach for problems that are simple and those a bit more complex.

Allen Frances shows us how to adjust our therapeutic approach for problems that are simple and those a bit more complex.

We talk with Nick Rosenlicht, MD about what’s gone wrong in the mental health care system.

How to treat ADHD in bipolar disorder without destabilizing mood part 1: stimulants and non-stimulants.

How to treat ADHD in bipolar disorder without destabilizing mood part 1: stimulants and non-stimulants.

You’ll never be 100% sure if a patient has bipolar, ADHD, or both, but we’ll get you as close as we can.

How to assess med response when the patient reports is a poor guide: long-term mood stabilizers, sleep meds, and rapid cycling.