The Motherisk Program is a teratogen information service that has been around for more than 20 years.

SSRIs theoretically work by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, presumably by blocking the serotonin transporter pump whose job is to clean up excess serotonin in the synapses between neurons.

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By now you’ve probably heard about the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s (ABPN) new Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program for psychiatrists. If you haven’t taken some action dictated by the new process, we have some bad news—you're probably already behind.

Use this handy chart to track your progress in maintaining your certification.

With new journals hatching frequently and a constant bombardment of information from multiple sources, it is getting more and more challenging to keep up to date.

Let me say from the outset that this program is still evolving, and what the final agreed upon requirements will look like continues to change, much to everyone’s frustration and to ABPN’s frustration as well.

As we reviewed in the July/August 2009 issue of TCPR (Vol 7, Issue 7), cardiac disease leads to major depression, and, conversely, depression is a risk factor for developing cardiac disease.

SAMe, long a favorite of Italian psychiatrists, has hopped the pond and installed itself as a “natural” remedy for depression in the U.S.

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