Our most-listened-to podcast series is now available in full — all ten episodes, free to stream. Dr. Chris Aiken, Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP distill ten essential principles every prescriber should know about psychopharmacology: the rules that keep patients safe, the pitfalls that catch clinicians off guard, and the evidence that should guide your prescribing every day.

One of our most popular 2025 podcast series is now available in full. Dr. Chris Aiken, Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP share expert tips on drug titration — including psych meds that are better tolerated when started faster, and one that must be launched at a high dose and then tapered down to a low maintenance dose. (Spoiler: it’s not buprenorphine.)

We tell patients to exercise. We're usually vague about the dose. A 2025 UK Biobank study (Yu K et al, Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2025;33(5):512–523 https://lnkd.in/eVAh4Dtq) put real numbers on it — using accelerometers, not self-report. The design: 71,556 adults. Mean age 62. No depression or anxiety at baseline. Followed a median of 8 years.

Chris Aiken, MD, and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, have been digging through the Epstein files, and this podcast series brings you updates that shed light on his psychiatric diagnosis.

Patients are arriving with scripts from TikTok and Reddit coaching them to obtain controlled substances. Structured assessments and firm but compassionate boundaries are your best defense.

Personalized CBT can build rapport and transform how patients with bipolar disorder understand and manage their own episodes.

Apps are engineered to hook users. Here’s how to recognize and treat digital addiction in your patients.