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Meaning and the Patient's Story

February 3, 2025

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, Chris Aiken, MD, and Margaret S. Chisolm, MD

Learn how your patient’s life story can unlock psychotherapeutic avenues of treatment on our interview with Margaret Chisolm.

Temperament and Diagnosis

January 27, 2025

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, Chris Aiken, MD, and Margaret S. Chisolm, MD

Learn how an understanding of patient’s temperament and the meaning of their life story can unlock psychotherapeutic avenues of treatment on our interview with Margaret Chisolm.

The Missing Perspectives in DSM

January 20, 2025

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, Chris Aiken, MD, and Margaret S. Chisolm, MD

Margaret Chisolm shares the Perspectives model, a way of assessing patients that builds on the DSM takes the famous manual a few steps further.

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

January 1, 2025

Joshua D. Feder, MD

In our note from the Editor in Chief, Dr. Feder underlines the hope for better outcomes for the ravages of substance use disorders and a timely message for those impacted wildfires and other disasters.

Expert Q&A

Early Childhood Psychiatric Care

October 1, 2024

Jeffrey Rowe, MD

Jeffrey Rowe, MD

Private practice, San Diego, CA; associate clinical professor, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine (Retired); co-chair, “We Can’t Wait” Early Childhood Mental Health Conference, 2010–2024.

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

Mental health problems in young children are incredibly complex. Dr. Jeffrey Rowe’s comprehensive outline helps us organize our assessment and care planning for these children. Even more important, since most of us see older kids, Dr. Rowe helps us find the links between problems in early childhood and later mental health challenges.

Expert Q&A

Treating ADHD in Young Children

October 1, 2024

Natalie Pon, MD

Natalie Pon, MD

Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Children’s Health Council; adjunct clinical faculty, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

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

What does ADHD look like in young children? How do we differentiate it from just another active toddler? And if a young child really does have ADHD, how do we treat it? Our interview with Dr. Natalie Pon will help you identify and treat ADHD in young children.

Clinical Update

Dysregulation in Autism: Irritability, Aggression, and “Pathological Demand Avoidance”

October 1, 2024

Alyssa Aikman, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Alyssa Aikman, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC. Psychiatric nurse practitioner in outpatient group practice, Vancouver, WA.

Ms. Aikman has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a popular concern among autistic kids and families. It’s not in the DSM, yet we need to understand and address it. This clinical update helps you approach irritability and PDA rationally to help autistic patients connect and regulate before merely prescribing D2-blocking antipsychotics.

Clinical Update

Managing a Dilemma: Social Contagion Self-Diagnosis in Adolescents and Young Adults

July 1, 2024

Circe Cooke, MD

Circe Cooke, MD. Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM.

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

Can kids and teens "catch" mental illness from the internet? This clinical update covers how to assess the degree of media influence on symptoms that children and adolescents report and how to talk with kids and teens about self-diagnoses in a way that builds a collaborative exploratory treatment relationship.

Clinical Update

Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Children and Teens

July 1, 2024

Aydar Shaildayev, MD and Eric Whitney, MD

Aydar Shaildayev, MD. Psychiatry resident, NYU Langone, New York, NY.

Eric Whitney, MD. Clinical assistant professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Drs. Shaildayev and Whitney have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

The Surgeon General has put out a call to address loneliness and social isolation. But what do we do about it? This clinical update will help you define loneliness and social isolation, assess for them, and help lonely or isolated kids and teens.

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CLINICAL UPDATE

How You Can Use Positive Psychology in Your Practice

April 30, 2024

Daniel Carlat, MD

Daniel Carlat, MD. Vice Chair, Community and Public Sector Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine. Publisher, Carlat Publishing.

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

Explore practical applications of positive psychology in psychotherapy, gaining insights to foster resilience, happiness, and a sense of purpose in your client.