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Clinical Guidance

Screening for Common Anxiety Disorders

November 19, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
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Many hospitalized patients present with significant anxiety. Sometimes this anxiety is secondary to depression or psychosis, but often an underlying anxiety disorder is present.

Research Update

Enhancing PTSD Therapy With Aerobic Exercise: A New Approach

September 26, 2024

José S. Sanchez-Cruz, MD

José S. Sanchez-Cruz, MD. Dr. Sanchez-Cruz has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Exercise improves sleep, cognition, and hippocampal volume, but can it enhance exposure-based learning in therapy for PTSD?

PTSD 101: Nine Off-Label Meds

September 23, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

A new medication is knocking on the door for FDA approval in PTSD, and it isn’t MDMA. We cover that, and 8 other off label medications.

PTSD 101: Therapy and Prevention

September 9, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Learn what therapies work for PTSD, what goes on in session, and how to prevent PTSD when your patient calls after a trauma.

PTSD 101: Causes

August 26, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Why do some people get PTSD after a trauma and not others? What goes on in the brain during PTSD.

PTSD 101: Diagnosis

August 19, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Why do some people get PTSD after a trauma and not others? What goes on in the brain during PTSD.

Six Research Updates

August 5, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Research updates on benzo discontinuation, iloperidone in mania, lithium, schizophrenia, ECT, a new circadian psychotherapy, and therapy for multi-trauma PTSD.

Clinical Update

Off-Label Strategies for Common Psychiatric Conditions

June 1, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD

Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Assistant Professor, NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. Practicing psychiatrist, Winston-Salem, NC.

Dr. Aiken has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Five disorders where going off-label has advantages over the FDA-approved route.

EXPERT Q&A

Understanding Complex PTSD

May 14, 2024

Thanos Karatzias, PsyDip, MSc, PhD, CPsychol

Thanos Karatzias, PsyDip, MSc, PhD, CPsychol. Edinburgh Napier University, School of Health & Social Care, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Karatzias has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr. Karatzias describes complex PTSD, its distinct symptoms, and its revolutionary impact on trauma treatment.

Assessment and Treatment of PTSD in the Older Patient

July 24, 2023

Rehan Aziz, MD. and Prabhjot Gill

Almost 90% of older adults have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, yet posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) continues to be overlooked in older patients. Clinicians should routinely assess for symptoms of PTSD, as a missed diagnosis can lead to poor health outcomes including increased suicide risk. In this episode, we will shed some light on assessing and treating PTSD in the older patient.