Carlat Publishing Blog

Daniel Carlat, MD On Friday (April 3), the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) issued an emergency expansion of what psychiatric nurse practitioners are allowed to do on psychiatric inpatient units. (For the DMH bulletin click here, and for the...

Some antidepressants get better as the dose goes higher, while others just fizzle. For older patients, the side effects stack up as the benefits plateau. We review 3 new meta-analyses on antidepressant dosing, and bring you 4 updates on how...

Daniel Carlat, MD This morning, my COVID news feed is filled with articles about how CDC is considering recommending that everybody wear face masks (eg., "C.D.C. Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask," New York Times.) It’s about time.  We’ve...

Daniel Carlat, MD As I mentioned in my last post on social distancing strategies, these techniques are very difficult on our typically crowded and small inpatient units. The ultimate social distancing technique is to avoid setting foot in the unit,...

A new study finds that sugar makes people feel worse - not just in the long term but in the short term as well. We interview the lead investigator Dr. Konstantinos Mantantzis and ponder the mystery of how something that...