Antipsychotics are effective at many things, including inducing weight gain.

Given the teratogenicity of certain psychiatric drugs like mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, it is logical and responsible to offer contraception to patients for whom these drugs are prescribed. However, actually doing so can be complicated.

At a certain point [in my research career], with all the children and adolescents who were being prescribed psychiatric medications, I thought that the adverse effects of antipsychotics in this young patient population were worth examining.

Researchers have often found an association between television viewing and higher rates of attention problems over time, though not all studies have supported this link.

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I first met Christina when she was 14. She had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.

In the September 2010 issue of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report, Dr. Fisher neatly explains the meaning of Number Needed to Treat (NNT) and Number Needed to Harm (NNH), which can be a shorthand way of assessing whether to prescribe or not, and then applies this to the question of SSRI antidepressants in pediatrics.

Use this chart to understand some of the most common learning and developmental disabilities.

As the clinical director of the Institute for Learning and Academic Achievement, I evaluate children and teens for learning disabilities, developmental disabilities, and neuropsychological impairments, including ADHD. We work toward understanding the ways children learn and helping them pursue academic endeavors and overcome barriers that get in their ways.

Studies of “treatment as usual” in outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry settings are hard to come by.