Victoria Hendrick, MD

Clinical Update

Advance Directives: Guiding Patients Toward Dignity and Autonomy

October 1, 2025

Anasheh Nazarian, RN and Victoria Hendrick, MD

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.

In Brief

Palliative Psychiatry

October 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD

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.

Clinical Update

Making the Case: How to Reduce Insurance Denials in Psychiatric Care

July 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD

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

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

Insurance denials are frustrating but preventable. Here we outline strategies to reduce denials.

Mood Disorders in Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding: A Carlat Review Course

May 27, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD

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.

Hospital Psychiatry Fact Book, First Edition (2025)

CME Post-Test, Online Access, and Supplemental Materials

November 19, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

This page has links and instructions for taking the 14 CME post-test, download links to supplemental materials, and PDF/eBook access to the Hospital Psychiatry Fact Book (2025).

Hospital Psychiatry Fact Book, First Edition (2025).

CME Post-Test, Online Access, and Supplemental Materials

November 19, 2024

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

This page has links and instructions for taking the 14 CME post-test, download links to supplemental materials, and PDF/eBook access to the Hospital Psychiatry Fact Book (2025).

CARLAT WEBINAR

Management of Depression During Postpartum and Breastfeeding

November 15, 2022

Victoria Hendrick, MD

0.50 CME Credits. Women who have postpartum depression can find reassurance in knowing there are four evidence-based treatments that are safe for them and their babies.

Psychiatric Medication-Induced Hyperprolactinemia

October 30, 2022

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Prabhjot Gill

Medication–induced hyperprolactinemia is more common than you might think and it can produce detrimental long-term health sequelae. In this podcast, we will review the work-up and management of this common side effect.

CARLAT WEBINAR

Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy

September 13, 2022

Victoria Hendrick, MD

0.50 CME Credits. How to have a discussion with patients and to document risks and benefits to educate them the baseline risk of depression treatment in pregnancy.

Management of Psychogenic Polydipsia

July 11, 2022

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Zachary Davis

Psychogenic polydipsia (PP), also known as primary polydipsia and potomania, was first described in the 1930s. It is surprisingly common with a prevalence rate between 3 to 25% in institutionalized patients. In this podcast, we will discuss how to accurately diagnose and manage psychogenic polydipsia in patients.