Daniel Carlat, MD

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The 6-Question Anxiety Screen Every Clinician Needs

June 5, 2025

She's slower than her colleagues. Always the last to leave meetings. Takes forever to finish tasks.
Then you ask the right question: "Do you have any repetitive behaviors or thoughts that feel hard to control?"
Suddenly, everything clicks.

Psych Meds that Cause Weight Loss? Yes, They Exist.

June 3, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

GLP-1 agonists may get the spotlight—but they’re not the only option. Many patients can’t afford them, don’t want the side effects, or prefer to stick with psychiatric meds they already know.

You Work in the Inpatient Unit, and You Probably Don't Do Enough Therapy

June 3, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

When patients are acutely psychotic, manic, or suicidal, our impulse is to fine tune the meds. But a few years ago—while working primarily inpatient—I realized I was leaning too heavily on medication. My patients needed more.

A new AI tool can spot tardive dyskinesia (TD) more accurately than trained clinicians.

May 30, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

TD affects ~2.6 million people in the U.S., but only 40,000 are being treated.

When “Education” Is Really Strategy: A Closer Look at Lilly’s Alzheimer’s CME

May 30, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

I just read a Lilly-sponsored CME on Medscape featuring Dr. Malaz Boustani—a respected geriatrician doing critical work with underserved communities. But this isn't just education—it's marketing for Lilly’s anti-amyloid drug Donabemab.

4 Rationalizations for Cannabis Use—And How to Respond

May 26, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

4 Keys to Discharging Patients Who Refuse To Leave

May 25, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

You Can Be Neurodivergent. And Still Need Care.

When Neurodivergence Becomes a Rejection of Treatment, Patients Lose

May 24, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

At Carlat Publishing, we regularly debate trends in psychiatry—and neurodivergence is one of today’s most charged topics.
Let’s call it opinion divergence: Some on our team feel that the DSM-5 term “autism spectrum disorder” is politically insensitive. Others see it as clinically essential.

The Strange Side of Antidepressants

Fun facts from the upcoming Medication Fact Book, 8th Edition

May 23, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

Benzos: Misunderstood, Misused — but Sometimes Just Right.

May 22, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

"The only thing that works for me is Xanax." "Can I get a 3-month script for Klonopin? My last doc didn't mind."
We’ve all heard versions of these.

Guidance, clinical pearls, and bottom-line assessments of more than 100 of the most common medications you use and are asked about in your practice. Includes a 12 CME Post-Test.

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A comprehensive reference guide covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in psychiatry. Includes a 12 CME Post-Test.

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A comprehensive reference guide covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in psychiatry.

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