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Adam Strassberg, MD

Psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto, CA. Contributing writer to the Carlat newsletters.
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Probiotics for Bipolar Disorder

November 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD and Chris Aiken, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Adam Strassberg, MD Chris Aiken, MD Drs. Strassberg and Aiken have disclosed that they have no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Probiotics, the so-called “good” bacteria in the gut flora, have become popular as a natural treatment for various disorders. They are taken as capsules or through food sources like yogurt, vinegar, and fermented foods.
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A Look at the Latest Antidepressant Meta-Analysis

June 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD Psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto, CA. Contributing writer to the Carlat newsletters. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
You may have read about the meta-analysis published in Lancet earlier this year on the efficacy evidence for all antidepressants (Cipriani A et al, Lancet 2018;391(10128):1357–1366). It’s a complicated paper, and in this article, we’ll take a closer look at it and give you our take on the bottom line.
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Metformin to Control Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children

May 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD Psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto, CA. Contributing writer to the Carlat Report newsletters. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Metformin has been used off-label for weight loss in psychiatry for many years, much of it for help with adult weight gain as a side effect of atypical antipsychotics. However, most trials of metformin for weight loss were actually conducted on the child and adolescent population. This article will look at the quality of the data in our pediatric population of 3 studies, and then come up with some recommendations for your practice.
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Does Vagus Nerve Stimulation Work for Treatment-Resistant Depression?

February 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is typically defined as a major depression that fails to remit after at least 2 trials of 2 different classes of antidepressants. Other than electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), there remain few evidence-based biological treatment options for TRD.
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Interventions for Treatment or Prevention of Alcohol Hangover: Systematic Review

January 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD
From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
Adam Strassberg, MD Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
As clinicians, we’re more interested in preventing excessive drinking than curing hangovers. But it’s always nice to have some helpful advice for patients, which we found in a recently published literature review of clinical trials of hangover treatments.
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Efficacy and Safety of SSRIs and SNRIs for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders

January 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Since the 2004 FDA black-box warning on all antidepressants for pediatric use, controversy continues over the use of SSRIs and SNRIs in children and adolescents. Both classes of medication are still commonly used for pediatric depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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