Does CBD oil treat anxiety? Yes, but the dosing is difficult and the drug interactions are concerning.

Awe quiets the brain’s default mode network, the same loop behind depression and rumination. 

This month in The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Jason Mallo, DO, breaks down the drug interactions that actually matter—the ones that carry real clinical consequences, and the ones that are often missed.

The rise in autism is real.

But the reasons are more structural than sinister.

And more hopeful than we often assume—because they reflect progress, not collapse.

For LGBTQIA+ older adults, that line is crossed more often than we think.

Sometimes it looks like concern.

Sometimes it’s framed as protection.

But the impact is the same: autonomy is eroded, piece by piece.

Second-generation antipsychotics have cut the risk of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in half—from 7% to 3% per year—but it is still a problem.

Dr. Dana Dieringer shares practical strategies for navigating some of psychiatry’s toughest conversations.