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Addressing Weight Stigma in Clinical Practice

July 1, 2022

Sarah Nutter, PhD

Assistant professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Member of EveryBODY Matters, a multidisciplinary partnership of weight bias and obesity stigma researchers engaging in advocacy and outreach.

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

Every patient and family you see is inescapably impacted by weight stigma or fat shaming and the damage from this bias can lethal. Our interview with Dr. Sarah Nutter unpacks this cultural conundrum and helps you counterbalance the stigma and help your patients to shield themselves from weight stigma with healthier attitudes.

Medication Management of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children and Teens

July 1, 2022

John Raiss, MD

John C. Raiss, MD. Assistant Clinical Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Raiss has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Once weight gain occurs with antipsychotic treatment in children and adolescents it is difficult to reverse. How should you select and prescribe SGAs to prevent it? Which additional medications are effective in preventing weight gain from SGAs? This clinical update gives you information to help prevent this common and problematic side effect.

(PRE-ORDER) Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice, Second Edition (2023)
All the important facts covering child and adolescent psychopharmacology.
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Using SAMe In Clinical Practice with Garrett Rossi, MD
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Elvis, Adderall, and a Broken Heart - Part 1
A new medical investigation changes our understanding of Elvis Presley’s untimely death and offer some pearls for modern psychiatric practice.
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