General Psychiatry - Articles - Page 58

Research Update

PEA: A Natural Anti-Inflammatory for Mania?

February 1, 2024

Kate Travis, MD. Dr. Travis has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

After encouraging results in depression, the natural therapy palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) undergoes a randomized controlled trial in bipolar mania.

Clinical Update

New Medications for Insomnia

February 1, 2024

Garrett Rossi, MD.

Garrett Rossi, MD. Inpatient/Consult Attending Psychiatrist, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Pomona, NJ.
Dr. Rossi has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

The orexin antagonist—daridorexant, lemborexant, and suvorexant—may be safer than traditional hypnotics, but how well do they work?

Expert Q&A

Lithium, Antidepressants, and Bipolar Disorder

February 1, 2024

Michael J. Gitlin, M.D.

Michael J. Gitlin, MD.

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Mood Disorders Clinic at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; coauthor of The Essential Guide to Lithium Treatment (Springer, 2016).

Dr. Gitlin has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Practical updates on lithium, antipsychotics, and antidepressants in bipolar disorder.

Clinical Update

Six Recent Disappointments in Psychiatric Research

February 1, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD

Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Assistant Professor, NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. Practicing psychiatrist, Winston-Salem, NC.

Dr. Aiken has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Find out where standard therapies like cariprazine and esketamine have failed in recent trials, along with novel medications like minocycline, zuranolone, pimavanserin, and NAC.

Clinical Guidance

Syphilis in Psychiatry

January 31, 2024

Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Carlat has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

Syphilis, often termed the "great imitator," is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can present symptoms similar to many other conditions, including psychotic and mood disorders. Here we review its stages, diagnosis, and treatment.

Clinical Guidance

Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Psychiatry

January 31, 2024

Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Carlat has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

You’ll sometimes encounter STDs among patients in psychiatric units.

Mood Stabilizers in Older Adults

January 29, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

How to choose a mood stabilizer in older adults.

CARLAT WEBINAR

How to Diagnose Borderline Personality Disorder

January 22, 2024

Jason Mallo, DO

0.50 CME Credits. You do not need to be an expert in borderline personality to help your patients. Dr. Mallo will introduce tactics that can be applied in different treatment settings.