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Turning Nightmares Into Dreams

August 3, 2021

Barry Krakow, MD

Dr. Krakow is a board-certified sleep medicine specialist practicing in Savannah, GA following a 30-year research career that helped spearhead the movement to address sleep disorders in psychiatric patients. Dr. Krakow has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

When patients have more than one nightmare a week, it’s probably affecting their mental health. Barry Krakow has developed a simple behavioral therapy that reduces nightmares, and in this interview he explains how to apply it during brief and long visits.

EXPERT Q&A

Side Effects of Psychotherapy

November 12, 2020

Michael Linden, MD, PhD

Michael Linden, MD, PhD
Professor of psychiatry and director of psychosomatic research at the Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany. Dr. Linden has dual training as a psychologist and psychiatrist and is licensed as a cognitive behavior therapist. He has helped develop new branches of CBT, and his research has brought recognition to the potential side effects of psychotherapy. Dr. Linden has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Psychotherapy can work as well as medication, but can it also have side effects? Michael Linden believes it can. He launched some of the key studies that brought light to this under-appreciated phenomenon, and in this interview he shows us how to recognize and avoid them.

Brief Therapy During the Medication Visit

November 12, 2020

Donna Sudak, MD

Donna Sudak, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Drexel University College of Medicine. She is the author of four books on psychotherapy, including Combining CBT and Medication: An Evidence-Based Approach (Wiley, 2011). Dr. Sudak has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Every minute counts in the 90833 “brief therapy with medication” visit, and Donna Sudak shows us how to customize CBT with pharmacotherapy for depression, bipolar, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia.

Take a Breather: A Mindful Tactic for Borderline Dysphoria

June 10, 2020

Greg Sazima, MD.

Greg Sazima, MD. Senior Behavioral Faculty, Stanford/O’Connor Family Medicine Residency Program, San Jose, CA. Dr. Sazima has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Dysphoric states cause intense anxiety and an urgent need to get relief. They can drive patients to self-harm, substance abuse, and suicide. Greg Sazima describes a breathing technique that helps patients pass safely through these crises.

Using Mental Health Apps

October 3, 2019

John Torous, MD, MBI

John Torous, MD, MBI

Director of the digital psychiatry division, Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Dr. Torous has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Prescription apps have arrived, but Dr. Torous reminds us that the key ingredient in a mental health app is something we’ve been using all along: the therapeutic relationship.