Quiz: Working With Other Physicians When a patient in chronic pain has been referred to a psychiatrist by their PCP, the psychiatrist should consider which of the following?
Alternative Medicine Therapies for ADHD Which complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies help alleviate symptoms of ADHD? Integrative psychiatry specialist, James Lake, MD, answers a reader’s question and discusses the latest research in this Clinical Q&A.
Q&A on Medical Marijuana: Regulations Surrounding Its Use The use of cannabis as a viable medical treatment for people with cancer, eating disorders, chronic pain, and a number of other illnesses, remains an area of concern for everyone involved. Here, we ...
Working With Transgender Persons The transgender community is a diverse group of individuals who self-identify in many ways (eg, transsexual, transgender, gender nonconforming).
Mental Notes: Letter to a Young Psychiatrist It’s easy to give advice, hard to receive it, harder still to live it. The privilege of youth is action; of age, experience. Nature resists combining both. Experience is a comb you get when you’re bald.
Is It Treatment-Refractory Schizophrenia . . . And if It Is? Q: At what point does a patient with schizophrenia have a “treatment-refractory” illness? If he or she does, when is it best to use clozapine(Drug information on clozapine)as the treatment of choice for this type of schizophrenia?
Q&A on Board Recertification: New MOC Requirements Q: I'm a psychiatrist in who got board-certified in 1998 and re-certified in 2008. I'm still very unclear about how to fulfill all the new MOC requirements (for re-certification in 2018). None of my colleagues have any idea. The usual response is that the new requirements are too "confusing." Can you offer suggestions or advice.
