Psychostimulants: Bringing Order out of Chaos There are now no fewer than 14 FDA-approved psychostimulants… and counting. This does not include the many generics, the new non-stimulant Straterra ...
Straterra: A Safer Desipramine? The Eli Lilly reps are almost delerious about their new ADHD “miracle drug”, Straterra (atomoxetine). This is not surprising. No pharmaceutical firm has survived ...
Do Antidepressants Work for Kids? What a bind we seem to be in. On the one hand, we are short several thousand child psychiatrists in the United States, ...
Suicidality and SSRIs: An Update Just when we thought we could finally dismiss the notion that SSRIs cause suicidal ideation, along came the Brits! On June 10, 2003, ...
How to Evaluate Adolescents Every so often the stars align themselves in such a way that you will be referred an "easy" adolescent. This is a teenager who ...
Treating Adolescent Depression With Psychotherapy: The Three T’s Adolescence is a time of increased vulnerability for depression, with risk factors driven by biological, cognitive, and social-environmental changes in development. More than half of all adolescents report experiencing depressed mood, and 8% to 10% experience clinically diagnosable symptoms.1 Depression in the young negatively affects all areas of development, including academic, cognitive, social, and family functioning, and if untreated, it can have significant lasting consequences.
