Get some practical advice on how to diagnosis and treat bipolar disorder, in an interview with Claudia Baldassano, MD, director of the bipolar outpatient program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Learn about the use of transference-focused psychotherapy to treat personality disorders, in an interview with Kenneth N. Levy, PhD, from the Personality Disorders Institute at Cornell University.
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Inflammation is hot, both literally and figuratively. The medical literature is replete with studies implicating inflammation as a possible root cause of diseases as varied as heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, depression and, of course, arthritis. A recent meta-analysis of all randomized controlled studies for depression yielded some intriguing results.
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Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)—commonly referred to as “mini-strokes”—don’t leave people with any permanent neurological symptoms, but in some individuals they may lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for the event, according to a new study.
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It’s commonly known that the risk of developing dementia is related to education level, history of head trauma, family history, and genetics. But could personality also play a role?
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In bipolar disorder, depression is often the neglected stepchild. Mania gets more attention, perhaps because it presents so dramatically. Imagine two bipolar patients in an emergency room: one withdrawn and depressed, sitting quietly, and another ranting and pacing the room. Which one would be seen first?
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Dr. Aiken is the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report; director of the Mood Treatment Center in North Carolina, where he maintains a private practice combining medication and therapy along with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments; and Assistant Professor NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. He has worked as a research assistant at the NIMH and a sub-investigator on clinical trials, and conducts research on a shoestring budget out of his private practice. Follow him on Twitter and find him on LinkedIn.
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