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Evaluating and Treating Autism: Practical Issues

July 1, 2015

Alex Kolevzon, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Dr. Kolevzon has disclosed payments for research support from Neuren Pharmaceuticals for NNZ-2566 (an investigational drug for Rett Syndrome) and Hoffman-La Roche for RO5285119 (an investigational drug for autism). Dr. Carlat has reviewed this interview and found no evidence of bias in this educational activity.

Dr. Kolevzon shares his clinical strategies for treating autism spectrum disorder in child patients, including diagnostic behaviors and communicating with parents.

Trauma Systems Therapy

May 1, 2015

Learn about Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and its use with young patients in an interview with Glenn Saxe, MD, Arnold Simon professor and chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and director, the Child Study Center.

Kids and Anxiety Disorders

April 1, 2015

Robin Zasio, PsyD, LCSW, owner and director of The Anxiety Treatment Center in Sacramento, CA

Get some practical advice on how child psychiatrists can use therapy to help kids with anxiety disorders, in an interview with Robin Zasio, PsyD, LCSW, owner and director of The Anxiety Treatment Center in Sacramento, CA.

Pet Therapy for College Students

November 1, 2014

College can be a time of stress and loneliness for students. A new study shows that pet therapy may help ease the suffering.

CBT Moderately Effective in Improving Quality of Life for Anxiety Disorders

September 1, 2014

Glen Spielmans, PhD

Glen Spielmans, PhD, has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies ertaining to this educational activity.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in reducing the symptoms of anxiety disorders. But there’s not a lot of information about whether it improves patients’ quality of life (QoL), even though one would think improvement in QoL is inherent when anxiety is reduced.

The Link Between Social Anxiety and Suicidal Ideation

April 1, 2014

The teen years are known as a time of increased suicide risk. Associated factors such as depression, social support, and anxiety were recently studied to understand their relationship to ideation, planning, and suicide attempts. Researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined how social anxiety is related to risk of suicidal ideation.

Overcome Performance Anxiety with Excitement

February 18, 2014

Joanne Finnegan

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Medications for Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) for Adults

February 18, 2014

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

February 18, 2014

Jay Coburn, MA, MS

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Taking the Worry Out of Social Anxiety Disorder

February 18, 2014

Alysia A. Cirona-Singh, MD

The American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau once said, “Public opinion is a weak tyrant when compared with our own private opinion.”Worry about how others will evaluate us is an almost universal human experience. While most of us are able to overcome these worries, for people with social anxiety...