How many times have you prescribed Abilify for depression and then stumbled over what to call it?
Do you say “antidepressant”? “Mood stabilizer”? Or do you tell the truth—“It’s an antipsychotic”—and watch your patient flinch? We’ve all had this moment. The treatment fits. The label doesn’t.
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.