Research Update
L-Methylfolate May Offer Modest Boost to Antidepressants
Glen Spielmans, PhD. Dr. Spielmans has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Articles Tagged with ''mood disorders''
Research Update
Do Antidepressants Have Any Role in Acute Bipolar Depression?
Marilyn J. Vaché, MD. Dr. Vaché has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Expert Q&A
Cardiovascular Psychiatry: Part 2
Margo C. Funk, MD, MA, FACLP.
Director of Cardiovascular Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Education, Residency Program Director, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
Dr. Funk has disclosed that in 2021, she received fees as a consultant for Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Aiken has reviewed this educational activity and has determined that there is no commercial bias as a result of this financial relationship.
“About half of older adults with depression have evidence of a vascular contribution [to the mood disorder] on MRI, and the rate goes up with age.”
Clinical Update
When Shorter Is Better
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.
BOOK REVIEWS FOR PSYCHIATRISTS
A Review of A Mother's Reckoning
Stories that color-in the stark lines of evidence-based medicine.
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Expert Q&A
Substance-Induced Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment
Bryan K. Tolliver, MD, PhD
Associate professor, Addiction Sciences Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina. Charleston, SC.
Dr. Tolliver has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
“When tailoring medication choice, a careful history can guide you. If I’m treating a patient who drinks excessively at night to sleep or who struggles with insomnia when they try to stop drinking, I’ll start with a sedating antidepressant like mirtazapine. That’s not an evidence-based decision, it’s a clinical decision that I think can be helpful.”
Research Update
Adjuvant Clonidine for Mania
Michael Posternak, MD. Dr. Posternak has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Expert Q&A
Herbal Therapies for Depression
Scott Mendelson, MD, PhD.
Recently retired after 25 years of practicing inpatient and outpatient psychiatry in community and VA hospitals. He is the author of several psychiatric textbooks including Herbal Treatment of Major Depression (CRC Press, 2019) and Herbal Treatment of Anxiety (CRC Press, 2022).
Dr. Mendelson has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Research Update
Top Augmentation Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Depression?
Sahil Munjal, MD. Dr. Munjal has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
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