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Victoria Hendrick, MD

Victoria Hendrick, MD

Dr. Hendrick is a clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is the director of inpatient psychiatry at Olive View—UCLA Medical Center, where she carries a caseload of patients and provides teaching and supervision for medical students and psychiatry residents. After completing medical school and psychiatric residency at UCLA, she spent several years working as a principal investigator and co-investigator on N.I.M.H. funded research studies. She has authored or co-authored over 75 research papers, editorials, books and other publications. She has a long-standing interest in the needs of severely mentally ill patients from underserved populations and has worked in community mental health settings her entire career.
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Clinical Guidance

Recommended Labs for Psychiatric Medications

November 19, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

This fact sheet outlines our approach to ordering lab tests for psychiatric inpatients.




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Clinical Guidance

Choosing and Managing Benzodiazepines

November 19, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

Benzodiazepines can be a tricky class of medications to manage, especially in inpatient settings where patients may have complex needs or a history of substance use.




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Clinical Guidance

Which Labs to Order When

November 3, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

In this fact sheet, we present our approach to ordering lab tests for psychiatric patients, focusing on those most relevant to newly admitted inpatients.




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Clinical Guidance

Pharmacogenetic Testing in Psychiatry

November 3, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

Pharmacogenetic testing examines genetic variations that influence how patients metabolize and respond to psychiatric medications.




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Clinical Guidance

Liver Function Tests

November 3, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

Liver function tests (LFTs) are critical in psychiatry because the liver metabolizes most psychotropic medications, and because heavy alcohol or substance use may impair hepatic function.




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Clinical Guidance

Kidney Function Tests

November 3, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

The kidneys filter the blood and eliminate unwanted chemicals, including metabolic byproducts of medications.




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Clinical Guidance

ECG in Psychiatry

November 3, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

This fact sheet outlines when to order an ECG, which psychiatric medications warrant ECG monitoring, and how to interpret basic ECG findings.




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Clinical Guidance

Basic Metabolic Panel

November 3, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

The basic metabolic panel is commonly ordered at admission on psychiatric units. 




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Clinical Update

Advance Directives: Guiding Patients Toward Dignity and Autonomy

October 1, 2025
Anasheh Nazarian, RN and Victoria Hendrick, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Editorial Information | PDF of Issue

Anasheh Nazarian, RN. Behavioral Health Nurse Educator, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Victoria Hendrick, MD. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center; Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Hospital Report.

Ms. Nazarian and Dr. Hendrick have no financial relationships with companies related to this material. 

ADs play an important role in patient care, but talking about them isn’t always easy.


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In Brief

Palliative Psychiatry

October 1, 2025
Victoria Hendrick, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Editorial Information | PDF of Issue

Victoria Hendrick, MD. Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. 

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

Palliative psychiatry is an emerging and thought-provoking approach that challenges us to rethink how we care for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.


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This multimedia course teaches you about the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders during pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding. It is designed to provide practical, evidence-based strategies that you can apply in your practice.

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Hospital Psychiatry Fact Book, First Edition (2025) - PDF/eBook

Victoria Hendrick, MD
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This comprehensive guide is designed to be a valuable resource for professionals working in psychiatric inpatient settings. 

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Hospital Psychiatry Fact Book, First Edition (2025) - Spiral Bound

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This comprehensive guide is designed to be a valuable resource for professionals working in psychiatric inpatient settings. 

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This comprehensive guide is designed to be a valuable resource for professionals working in psychiatric inpatient settings. 

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Video presentations on critical treatment areas in psychiatry from leading clinical experts.

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Victoria Hendrick, MD
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How to have a discussion with patients and to document risks and benefits to educate them the baseline risk of depression treatment in pregnancy.

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