These are the articles from 2019 that changed our practice. Dark therapy for mania. CBD oil. Genetic testing. An antidepressant diet. Viagra and the brain. Sleep in PTSD. Antidotes for weight gain and nausea. Light therapy for depression.Date Published: 1/6/2020Duration: 10 minutes, 48 secondsTake the Podcast Survey to help us launch a CME...

When a patient is diagnosed with ADHD for the first time in adulthood, they have a lot of baggage to overcome. Years of living with the symptoms has probably shaped their identity, and in part 2 of our interview with Scott Shapiro, MD, we learn how to address the core...

Child psychiatrists are grappling with the problem of pervasive use of marijuana in an age where legalization of use for adults has led to even greater use in teens. In this episode, Dr. Feder and Mara go over two recent interviews in The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report with Gabriella Gobbi, MD, PhD, of...

Vitamins have dozens of positive studies in mental health, but is it better to give one single vitamin or a broad variety? Or should you just stick with a healthy diet? In this interview, Dr. Julia Rucklidge explains the difference, and how micronutrients can help people with ADHD, irritability, emotional...

A ride through recent studies on anxiety, highlighting the playful and the practical. Why anxious people prefer to worry than relax. City parks lift mood, and a bike helmet changes the perception of risk. Anxious triggers are less distracting as we get older, and for a select group of patients...

Donald Klein was known as the father of psychopharmacology, and when he passed earlier this year he left behind a legacy that remains relevant to practice. We survey his ideas that lasted - panic disorder, atypical depression, antidepressant withdrawal - and pull one out of the dustbins that still has...

Trintellix looks like a natural fit for anxiety disorders, with a serotonergic mechanism that overlaps with buspirone (5HT1a agonism). But things are not always as they seem in psychiatry. In this second installment of our anxiety series we delve into the failure of Trintellix in generalized anxiety disorder, and uncover...

Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) an anxious temperament, a symptom of another disorder, or a valid disorder on its own? In Part One of our November series on anxiety, we trace the history of GAD from Sigmund Freud to DSM-5.  With over two dozen choices, it isn't easy to pick...

Informed consent is a foundation for good clinical practice and can provide legal protection. But informed consent is more than defensive medicine. It is a vehicle for framing good care. How often do people use the consent process? In this episode we go through the steps of good informed consent...

Prescription apps are here, and in this interview Dr. John Torous will help you get ready for them. From a list of 250,000 health apps, we highlight the top 7, including video games that treat ADHD, medication reminders, and digital guides for CBT, mindfulness, and insomnia. Dr. Torous led the development...