John Gray, Ph.D.
Consulting Editor, The Family Journal
Author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from VenusDr. Gray has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Greetings Dr. Gray. Your book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, has become a classic self-help book for couples seeking to improve their relationships. I understand that you had published another similar book before this one?
Daniel Carlat, MDDr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
We couldn’t quite fit all of our reviews into this issue. Listed below are some more excellent books, all of which qualified for “honorable mention.”
Daniel Carlat, MDDr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
After innumerable articles and books on the importance of genetic variants of P450 enzymes, it appears that the clinical pay-off just might be at hand.
Daniel Carlat, MDDr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Genetic counseling in psychiatry is a tricky proposition, because we are just starting to understand the complexity that underlies the genetic basis of psychiatric disease.
Samuel H. Barondes, M.D.
Jeanne and Sanford Robertson
Professor of Psychiatry
Director of the Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Author, Mood Genes and Better than ProzacDr. Barondes has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Obviously, genetics and psychiatry is a huge topic. But let’s begin with a simple question. What does heritability mean?
Daniel Carlat, MDDr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
As science continues to explore the genetic components of mental illness, concerns about eugenics cannot be far behind. Long before the days of prenatal diagnosis, and difficult decisions about whether or not to terminate a pregnancy, there was a debate in the pages of the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1942 about actually killing so-called “feebleminded” people.
Daniel Carlat, MDDr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Are antidepressants hazardous to a neonate’s health? The FDA implied as much this past summer, when they issued a new precaution and required all antidepressant makers to include something like this text (for Effexor) in their package inserts …
Daniel Carlat, MDDr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
What is postpartum depression (PPD), and why does it occur? PPD is generally defined as major depressive symptoms occurring within three months of childbirth. Don’t confuse PPD with the very common postpartum blues, a phenomenon that occurs in over half of women who give birth, peaks about four days after delivery, and fully remits by 10 days postpartum (N Engl J Med 2002; 347:194-199).
Victoria Hendrick, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
UCLA School of Medicine and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Dr. Hendrick has disclosed that she was/is a member of the speakers bureaus for GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and has given talks on the reproductive safety of Paxil (GlaxoSmithKline) and Zoloft (Pfizer). Because of these industry relationships, the editors of The Carlat Report have edited the interview in order to resolve any possible faculty conflicts of interest regarding this educational activity.
Dr. Hendrick, thanks for your return visit to the pages of TCR! I’m wondering whether, as a specialist in the psychiatric treatment of women, you can tell us about particular drug interactions that you feel we should be more aware of in treating women.