Most patients don’t stay on the first stimulant we try. Here’s how to switch safely, without the confusion.

Part 1: Med Fact Book Mini-Series

Tips from Dr. Dana Dieringer on how to document and deliver psychiatric diagnoses with care. 

Dr. Peter Grinspoon’s story is a call to fix how we treat physician addiction.

16+ minutes of psychotherapy during a med visit? That’s billable. Just document it clearly. CBT, MI, supportive therapy, it counts.

Awe quiets the brain’s default mode network, the same loop behind depression and rumination. 

This month in The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Jason Mallo, DO, breaks down the drug interactions that actually matter—the ones that carry real clinical consequences, and the ones that are often missed.

The rise in autism is real.

But the reasons are more structural than sinister.

And more hopeful than we often assume—because they reflect progress, not collapse.

For LGBTQIA+ older adults, that line is crossed more often than we think.

Sometimes it looks like concern.

Sometimes it’s framed as protection.

But the impact is the same: autonomy is eroded, piece by piece.