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Does Counseling Add to Suboxone’s Efficacy?

The combination of buprenorphine and naloxone (Suboxone) has become a popular replacement therapy for heroin dependence. However, it’s not yet clear how effective it is for prescription opioid dependence, or whether adjunctive counseling provides any additional benefit over the drug alone. Read More

Marsha Linehan developed DBT to help patients with BPD (Linehan MM, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. New York, NY: The Guilford Press;1993), and over the past two decades it has received strong empirical support. Read More

Differentiating Borderline Personality Disorder from Bipolar Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder frequently co-occur (numbers range from 8% to 18%), although they are distinct clinical entities (Paris J et al, Compr Psychiatry 2007;48(2):145–154). A proper diagnosis guides the most effective treatment, but you’ve probably faced the difficult challenge of diagnosing these conditions, which share several clinical features. Read More

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) plans to release the fifth edition of the DSM. We are all aware that there may be some significant changes in personality disorder criteria in the DSM-5, which has created some controversy. Read More

Psychiatry Practice Boosters, Fourth Edition (2023)
Teaches you the key points of 63 of the most clinically relevant studies in psychiatry.
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General Psychiatry
Using SAMe In Clinical Practice with Garrett Rossi, MD
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General Psychiatry
Throwback Thursday: Brief Therapy for ADHD
You started a stimulant medication for a young woman with ADHD. When she returns her symptoms are 70% better, but what can we do about the rest? Today a conversation with...
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