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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.

Smartphone Apps as Adjuncts for Substance Use Treatment

December 10, 2020

Rehan Aziz, MD.

Rehan Aziz, MD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Aziz has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Smartphone apps are a useful, patient-centered resource for continued substance use treatment. We’ll explore the two current FDA-cleared SUD treatment apps as well as other popular ones on the market to help you determine the best approach for discussing these apps with your patients.

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.

EXPERT Q&A

Gambling and Impulsive Buying: Behavior or Addiction?

October 21, 2020

Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD

Marc N. Potenza, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine.

Dr. Potenza has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Dr. Potenza, an expert in behavioral addictions, defines gambling disorder and compulsive shopping. We explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted gambling and shopping behaviors, and how to approach these disorders in the clinic.