Every five years or so, we do an update on PTSD treatments; the most recent was our August 2011 issue of TCPR, in which we declared that psychotherapy was the gold standard for treatment.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was approved by the FDA in 2009 for the treatment of major depression, but TMS is costly and has so far produced only mixed results.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a formalized combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, and yoga. The technique has been shown to help with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and some preliminary small studies have hinted that it might improve both memory and anxiety/depressive symptoms in older patients.

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 1 CME credit.

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Looking for tools and templates that will make planned or unplanned retirement and the closing or your practice easier to manage? Carlat Publishing has teamed up with the American Psychiatric Association to create handy toolkits.

While I appreciate all of my TCPR subscribers, there’s one subscriber whom I value above all the others: my father. A psychiatrist who practices in the Bay Area, my father has been a loyal subscriber since Volume 1, Number 1, in January of 2003.

Because of the lengthy period of training, doctors begin their first “real” jobs 8–10 years after many of their friends from college. And, depending on specialty, burnout may cause a physician to retire a few years earlier than the average American. Both these factors lead to a compressed retirement saving timeline.