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Mood Stabilizers in Older Adults

January 29, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

How to choose a mood stabilizer in older adults.

Bipolar in Older Adults

January 22, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Mania is different in the elderly, and today we look at the medical causes to watch out for.

Understanding the Varieties of Depression

September 25, 2022

Ronald Pies, M.D.

Ronald W. Pies, MD

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychiatric Times.

Dr. Pies, expert for this educational activity, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Depression is not one illness, but how divide it up? Ronald Pies highlights subtypes of
depression worth paying attention to in practice.

Methylphenidate Improves Mood and Boredom in Children with ADHD

March 24, 2022

Pavan Madan, MD.

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

Kids with ADHD often complain that they are bored. But what does that really mean? And many are also depressed. Does treating the ADHD help these symptoms? We looked a study that tries to break this down and give us a way forward, while offering some new insights on the relationships between ADHD, mood and boredom - important and useful symptoms to track.

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Mental Illness and Flourishing

March 4, 2022

Margaret Chisolm, MD

Margaret Chisolm, MD Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Author of From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life With Mental Illness (2021). Dr. Chisolm has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

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Dr. Margaret Chisolm shares how she and many of her colleagues at Johns Hopkins have found success in working with patients through a unique yet workable lens.

How to Prescribe Omega-3 Fatty Acids

March 4, 2022

Chris Aiken, MD.

Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief of TCPR. Practicing psychiatrist, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Aiken has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Omega-3s are effective as augmentation of mood stabilizers in bipolar depression, and in some cases, they improve negative symptoms in early schizophrenia. The research is vast, but we narrow down when and how to use omega-3s in real-world practice.

How to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

November 5, 2021

Gordon Parker, MD, PhD, DSc.

Gordon Parker, MD, PhD, DSc. Scientia Professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. In 2002 he founded the Black Dog Institute, a clinical research center for mood disorders. Dr. Parker’s research has focused on the phenomenology and diagnosis of depression and bipolar disorder. Dr. Parker has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Gordon Parker takes on the DSM and offers up a practical approach to diagnosing bipolar disorder. Included is a new self-rated scale that Dr. Parker developed to separate normal good moods from hypomania.

Can We Treat Depression by Targeting Inflammation?

September 13, 2021

Christina Guest, MD.

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

If inflammation plays a role in mood, it makes sense to explore the effects of antibiotics on depression. This study does just that.

Psilocybin: The New Holy Grail for the Rapid Relief of Major Depression?

July 14, 2021

Paul Barkopoulos, MD.

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

Like ketamine, psilocybin works quickly to relieve depression, but it’s not habit-forming and its effects might last longer.