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Keeping psychiatry honest since 2003.
News and opinions on mental health from Dr. Carlat, the editorial team, and guest contributors.

Is your patient hooked on Vicodin? Try this

March 19, 2019
I don't specialize in addiction treatment, but occasionally I do have patients who tell me they've been overusing prescription narcotics. For example, I once treated a woman for depression who was dependent on Vicodin that was originally prescribed after surgery by her OB/GYN. Over the years she had tried...
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Looking Ahead To 2019 Newsletter Topics

January 10, 2019
Subscribers can look forward to some great content throughout the year for all three newsletters. Here's what the editors-in-chief have to say about the useful articles they are working on to help you improve patient outcomes.The Carlat Psychiatry ReportThere’s no shortage of information on prescribing medications, but when and how...
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Author Introduction to The Child Medication Fact Book

November 14, 2018
Authors Joshua D. Feder, MD, Elizabeth Tien, MD, and Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP have carefully put together this quick-reference guide.The Child Medication Fact Book is a comprehensive reference resource covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in child and adolescent psychiatry.https://youtu.be/BULqqjIfpccComposed of...
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Quick Take Video - ADHD in Children and Adolescents

November 12, 2018
Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report, Dr. Joshua D. Feder, discusses the latest issue about ADHD in children and adolescents. The issue features an expert interview with Mark Katz, MD.https://youtu.be/BKJW647gggUBecome a subscriber here.
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Alcohol-Induced Blackouts

October 4, 2018
The recent Senate hearings regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have brought up the topic of alcohol overuse, and especially the issue of the alcoholic blackout. This post covers what alcohol-induced blackouts are and aren’t, and how to differentiate them from simply passing out from too much alcohol.Alcohol is a...
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Screening Adolescent Patients for Substance Use

July 19, 2018
Adolescents are generally healthy, and they don’t tend to present with pancreatitis or other adult diseases that can be possible clues to a substance use issue. A lot of times adolescents with SUDs don’t hit the surface until they have a legal or a school consequence.The following is some advice...
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Antipsychotics and Aggressive Children With ADHD

July 12, 2018
The TOSCA study focused on children with severe ADHD, who also met criteria for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or conduct disorder (CD). These children tend not to do as well with stimulants alone and often end up being prescribed antipsychotics, typically second generation antipsychotics (SGA’s). TOSCA was devised to help...
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Lifestyle Interventions for Treatment-Resistant Depression

July 6, 2018
Treatment resistant depression (TRD) is not untreatable. The challenge is to keep hope alive and the patient engaged in their recovery, writes Editor-in-chief Chris Aiken in the July/August issue of The Carlat Psychiatry Report. In addition to using antidepressants as part of treatment, Dr. Aiken says you should recommend the...
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