Carlat Publishing Blog

Choosing and prescribing the right medications for treating ADHD can be challenging. The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report spoke with Anne Buchanan, DO, Child psychiatrist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, about her approach. She offers the following tips.When choosing...

When we see patients with a first episode of psychosis, it can be difficult to know what the diagnosis is, and how to proceed with treatment. The Carlat Psychiatry Report spoke with Ann Shinn, MD, Director of Clinical Research, Schizophrenia...

In The Carlat Psychiatry Report's 2016 update on Complementary Alternative Medicine, Dr. Lila Massoumi, an expert in integrative psychiatry, gives provides a timely and practical overview of the vitamins, supplements, and herbal adaptogens that you should consider prescribing. As a...

How can we help our psychotic patients cope with hallucinations that are still bothering them, despite adequate doses of antipsychotic medication? Here are some techniques to try (acknowledgments to Dr. Dost Ongur of McLean Hospital, who had discussed these in...

Regardless of where you practice, you'll increasingly hear patients acknowledging regular marijuana (MJ) use, sometimes as a "medical treatment" for conditions ranging from back pain to ADHD. You might want to remind your patients that, whether legal or not, marijuana...