0.5 CME Credits. This webinar is a 30-minute overview of psychological and psychodynamic factors that can impact the psychopharmacological treatment of patients.
0.5 CME Credits. This webinar is a comprehensive 30-minute overview of psychodynamic principles, processes, and evolution for mental health professionals.
0.75 CME Credits. This webinar discusses ADHD and its varied presentations, co-occurring issues, and the importance of accurate assessment for effective treatment.
0.25 CME Credits. In this episode, we explore nine groundbreaking stories in mental health and psychiatric medicine, covering everything from healthcare fraud to the latest advancements in drug trials. First, we dive into the recent charges brought by the US Department of Justice against executives at Done, a California-based telehealth company, for alleged healthcare fraud. Done is accused of prescribing over 40 million Adderall pills to patients without proper evaluation, raising concerns about the balance between increasing mental healthcare access and responsible prescribing practices.
Medical societies are reversing decades of support for gender-affirming care in youth — but is it the science driving the shift, or the politics? This episode walks through the evidence, from randomized trials to regret rates, and finds a more complicated picture than either side presents.
Two malpractice cases — one worth $2 million — are reshaping the standards of gender-affirming care. This episode traces what went wrong, what held up in court, and what every clinician needs to know when referring patients for gender affirming procedures.
In the 1950s, a young Danish psychiatrist named Mogens Schou staked his career — and his family — on a mineral most of his colleagues dismissed as dangerous nonsense. This is the story of how lithium went from fringe curiosity to the gold standard for bipolar disorder, and the bitter scientific battle that nearly derailed it.
Before lithium became a cornerstone of psychiatry, it was in soda, spa water, and salt shakers. Trace lithium’s journey from Victorian health fad to life-saving mood stabilizer, and discover why the uric acid theory that launched it may be making a comeback.
We support autistic children. We abandon autistic adults.
In our latest Child Psychiatry Report, Mary Baker-Ericzen, research professor at San Diego State University and clinical psychologist at the Intricate Mind Institute, asks clinicians to consider a different question at every visit:Is this patient building the skills they'll need when the system stops showing up for them?
It's easy to treat xerostomia as a nuisance, low on the priority list when you're managing psychosis or depression. But left unaddressed, it quietly does real damage.
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