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Chris Aiken, MD

Chris Aiken, MD

Dr. Aiken is the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report; director of the Mood Treatment Center in North Carolina, where he maintains a private practice combining medication and therapy along with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments; and Assistant Professor NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. He has worked as a research assistant at the NIMH and a sub-investigator on clinical trials, and conducts research on a shoestring budget out of his private practice. Follow him on Twitter and find him on LinkedIn.
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How to Select a Stimulant Formulation

December 6, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD

Which isomer mix should you choose, and which release mechanism is the best fit for your patient?


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How to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

November 29, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD

Learn about six mood disorders in DSM, how to diagnose hypomania and some screening tools that can help you with that in practice.


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Psychopharm Commandment 4: Lamotrigine Rash

October 24, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

How to assess, treat, and when you can restart after a lamotrigine rash.


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Throwback Thursday: Ginger Ale and Normal Hallucinations

October 13, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Is it ever normal to hear voices and is ginger ale really the best treatment for nausea? 


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Psychopharm Commandment 3: Lithium Toxicity

October 10, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Lithium toxicity: How to avoid it, and what to do when it happens.


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Throwback Thursday: Do Antipsychotics Improve Cognition?

October 6, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Are newer antipsychotics better for cognition than their older, typical forbearers? 


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Amphetamine vs Methylphenidate

October 5, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD

Clinicians should understand how amphetamine and methylphenidate differ in respect to their: risks of psychosis, mania, and substance use, neurotoxic and neuroprotective properties, efficacy and tolerability, and use across the lifespan.


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Throwback Thursday: Treating Sexual Side Effects

September 29, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Today on throwback Thursday, learn how Viagra treats depression – well, you can probably guess how, but here’s a surprise: Viagra treats sexual dysfunction in women as well as men, and it we’ll show you how in this update of our very first podcast, May 13, 2019. Oh those were simpler times.


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10 Psychopharm Commandments: Med Withdrawal

September 26, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

When to stop meds quickly, and when to do it slowly, in #2 of our 10 Commandment series.


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SAINT TMS Cleared for Treatment-Resistant Depression

September 12, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

On 9/6/22 the FDA approved Stanford’s SAINT Neuromodulation, an accelerated version of TMS that has raised hopes with unusually high remission rates.


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Prescribing Psychotropics: From Drug Interactions to Pharmacogenetics (2022)

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