Nearly a third of learners have missed these two. Can you nail them? Entries that get both correct will be entered to win a free perfect-bound copy of the book, including full access to the 8-credit CME post-test.
Back in August, we offered clinicians on LinkedIn a chance to win a free subscription to The Carlat Psychiatry Report by answering two CME questions correctly. Here’s how it played out.
For years, clinicians debated whether medication or therapy works better. The more useful question is whether patients do better with both, and the research says they do.
Readers are already using and appreciating the new Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry: A Fact Book (2026) by Chris Aiken, MD. He's given us a peek into his process for creating the new resource covering 67 natural therapies in psychiatry. The origin story is worth reading.
It's easy to see why this case has captured so much attention. The legal question alone is complicated, but the case leaves clinicians with harder questions to sit with: “Would I recognize postpartum psychosis if it showed up in my practice? Would I have caught it?” Probably not every time, if we’re honest.
Dr. Chris Aiken and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP have covered lithium quite a bit on The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast. Are you up to date on this cornerstone of psychiatry? Here's a clearinghouse of lithium episodes to catch you up.
For 23 years, Dr. Carlat and his team of clinical experts have developed a mountain of peer-reviewed articles and books covering almost every aspect of psychiatry. Unlike many journals, these resources are straightforward, plain spoken, and actionable for the everyday work clinicians face. This year we took that massive archive and put it to work for you in a brand new interface called AskCarlat AI.
Five free episodes on the issues that matter most in child and adolescent psychiatry today — from suicide risk in autistic youth to anxiety, sleep, legal systems, and expanding access to care. Hosted by Dr. Joshua Feder and Mara Goverman, LCSW.
One of our most popular 2025 podcast series is now available in full. Dr. Chris Aiken, Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP share expert tips on drug titration — including psych meds that are better tolerated when started faster, and one that must be launched at a high dose and then tapered down to a low maintenance dose. (Spoiler: it’s not buprenorphine.)
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