After reading these articles, you will be able to

1. Identify emerging combination therapies involving older psychiatric medications and evaluate their potential clinical use in treatment-resistant depression, bipolar disorder, alcohol use disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea. (CU1)
2. Explain how stimulant use has expanded from children with clear neurodevelopmental disorders to broader populations with diverse attentional and behavioral concerns.QA1
3. Discuss how stimulant use affects patients without classic ADHD, including those with anxiety, compulsive traits, task overload, or medical conditions, and evaluate the risks of misdiagnosis and overuse. QA2
4. Identify promising new combinations of existing psychiatric medications and assess their potential clinical applications based on current research.
5. Summarize some of the current research findings on psychiatric treatment.