Do you know what comes up when you enter your name into an online search engine? Go ahead, try it.

Tired of telling patients to go to WebMD.com or…yawn…NIMH.nih.gov for their Internet information needs? Here are some alternatives that will probably keep your patients a little more engaged, and as a result, more educated.

Dr. Luo, there are so many forms of electronic communication out there now—from email to blogs to Twitter. What do psychiatrists need to know about using technology to communicate with our patients?

Scopolamine is an anticholinergic most often used in patch form to prevent sea-sickness or post-surgical nausea. A recent double-blind, placebo-controlled trial looked at intravenous scopolamine’s effects as a treatment for unipolar depression.

We have often heard that bipolar disorder is frequently underdiagnosed, leading to inappropriate treatments. This idea has been confirmed in several studies, but the plot has thickened—research also suggests that bipolar disorder is being overdiagnosed in some settings.

In June 2009, TCPR devoted an entire issue to generic medications. We concluded that ...

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Download and print this contract for your patients on Suboxone.

Opioid drugs represent one of the great triumphs of medicine, because they are extremely effective at relieving pain. Since the 1960s, multiple forms of synthetic opioids have been introduced, including such wellknown drugs as hydrocodone (Vicodin) and oxycodone (Percocet, Oxycontin).

If you are a typical psychiatrist practicing in a setting other than a substance abuse clinic, chances are good that you rarely order drug testing on most of your patients. But should you be doing this more?