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ECT in Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia

May 1, 2025

Simon M. Dosovitz, MD

Simon M. Dosovitz, MD.

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

It’s difficult to find options when clozapine does not work.

VMAT-2 Inhibitors Potentially Help Psychosis

May 1, 2025

Ivy Song, MD

Ivy Song, MD. Dr. Song has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Benzodiazepines

May 1, 2025

Daniel Morehead MD

Director, General Psychiatry Residency Program, Tufts Medical Center.

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

Dr. Morehead discusses when to use them, how to taper them, and new research on withdrawal risks.

Psych Meds That Cause Weight Loss

May 1, 2025

Chris Aiken, MD

Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief, 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.

Some patients will only take a psych med that is weight neutral. We found nine that can cause weight loss.

Folate and Depression

April 28, 2025

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP and Chris Aiken, MD

We learn how psychiatrists figured out that low folate causes depression, and how the vitamin can treat depression even when serum levels are normal.

Folate, Valproate, and Lamotrigine

April 21, 2025

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP and Chris Aiken, MD

We interview Victor Hoffbrand on the discovery of folate and look at how this vitamin can help or harm the action of anticonvulsants in bipolar disorder.

A Scam for Every Woman, Child, and Man: Part 2

April 14, 2025

Kellie Newsome, PMHNP and Chris Aiken, MD

1 in 3 Americans were victims of online scams in the past year. Even when you know your patient is being scammed, it is hard to pull them out. We speak with Cathy Wilson about the therapeutic techniques to break psychological trap.