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Light Therapy: Good for What Ails You?

September 28, 2021

Edmund S. Higgins, MD. Clinical associate professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Higgins has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

The health benefits of light therapy are expanding its use beyond winter depression. Here we explore those promises and pitfalls, including ADHD, PTSD, bipolar depression, binge eating, sleep disorders, dementia, sexual dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, diabetes, and arthritis.

How COVID-19 Affects the Brain

September 3, 2020

Paul Riordan, MD.

Paul Riordan, MD. Assistant Consulting Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University. Dr. Riordan has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Pandemics create a long list of psychosocial stressors, but COVID-19 also has direct effects on the CNS. Neuropsychiatric syndromes can develop after the respiratory illness resolves. Paul Riordan reviews the cardinal symptoms to look for after a COVID infection.

Assessing and Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

July 30, 2020

Jonathan Silver, MD

Jonathan Silver, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. Co-editor of the Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury 3e (APA, 2019). Dr. Silver has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity

Not all head injuries are traumatic brain injuries. Learn how to tell the difference, and which medications to use and which to avoid in this interview with Jonathan Silver.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Definition, Classification, and Management

February 27, 2019

We hear a lot about traumatic brain injury (TBI) nowadays: among NFL players (as in the movie ‘Concussion’), and as a signature diagnosis among recent combat veterans. What doesn’t get as much press coverage is the impact of TBI on those suffering from addiction.

Assessing Traumatic Brain Injury in Patients with Substance Use Disorders

February 27, 2019

John D. Corrigan, Ph.D, ABPP

John D. Corrigan, Ph.D, ABPP

Professor at Ohio State University and Director of the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. Dr. Corrigan has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational or other activity other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

We don’t have definitive general population rates, but several statewide surveys suggest that perhaps 20% of adults have had at least one TBI with loss of consciousness in their lifetime. In studies done in addiction treatment settings, that number is more like 50%. And the prevalence is greater among clients in higher levels of care.