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Minimizing the Use of Seclusion and Restraints

July 1, 2022

Daryl Knox, MD

Associate Professor, Louis Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Houston, TX.

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

How can we reduce the use of seclusions and restraints while keeping staff and patients safe? Dr. Knox gives us a detailed overview of these interventions and shares strategies to minimize their use, including by changing hospital cultures and norms.

Clozapine for Conduct Disorder in Schizophrenia

March 23, 2022

Anne Li, MD.

Anne Li, MD. Dr. Li has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Clozapine appears more effective than other antipsychotic medications in reducing violent behavior among patients with schizophrenia and a history of conduct disorder.

Medications to Rapidly Treat Psychotic Agitation

September 13, 2021

Victoria Hendrick, MD. and Daniel Carlat, MD

Victoria Hendrick, MD. Editor in Chief, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View UCLA Medical Center.

Daniel Carlat, MD. Publisher, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

How do you choose medications to calm an acutely psychotic and agitated patient? We'll tell you which ones are the safest and most effective.

EXPERT Q&A

How to Come Off a Psych Med Part 1: Antipsychotics

February 3, 2021

Swapnil Gupta, MD

Swapnil Gupta, MD
Associate professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Co-author of Deprescribing in Psychiatry (Oxford, 2019). Dr. Gupta has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

How do you taper off an antipsychotic? Swapnil Gupta gives a practical approach, and discusses dopamine hypersensitivity, a controversial theory that suggests antipsychotic withdrawal can cause dyskinesias, prolactinemia, and rebound psychosis.

Violence Risk Assessment Tools

August 5, 2019

Dealing with potentially violent patients is daunting, but we can play an effective role in assessing and reducing violence risk. This post from The Carlat Psychiatry Report links to some key resources.Risk Assessment Tools Classification of Violence Risk (COVR): available at www.parinc.com Historical, Clinical, Risk Management (HCR-20): available at www.parinc.com Psychopathy...