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The Carlat Psychiatry Report

Side Effects (October) | 2016

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Learning Objectives, Side Effects, TCPR, October 2016

December 5, 2016
After reading these articles, you should be able to… Read More

Sexual Side Effects of the Newer Antidepressants

October 1, 2016
Daniel Carlat, MD
It’s no secret that SSRIs and SNRIs cause sexual dysfunction (SD) in a large proportion of patients who take them. The exact size of that proportion, though, is difficult to pinpoint with any reliability. Most of the large clinical trials of antidepressants ascertain side effects through spontaneous reports, and research subjects are understandably embarrassed about coming out and complaining about sexual problems. Read More

Discussing Side Effects With Patients

October 1, 2016
Rajnish Mago, MD
As clinicians, we need to fully understand the importance of side effects for our patients. The most important problem in psychopharmacology is that patients stop taking their medication sooner or later. And what is the most frequent single reason for their stopping the medication? Side effects. In this interview, Dr. Rajnish Mago discusses important strategies for discussing side effects with patients. Read More

Efficacy of Quetiapine in PTSD

October 1, 2016
Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP
Some smaller studies have shown that risperidone is useful as an adjunctive treatment for PTSD. But, in a larger-scale study with nearly 300 veterans, the medication used as an adjunct did not outperform placebo. To further explore the utility of atypical antipsychotics, researchers randomly assigned 80 VA patients with PTSD to monotherapy with placebo or quetiapine. Read More

Whole-Body Hyperthermia for Depression: Effective or Too Early to Tell?

October 1, 2016
Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP
Saunas and hot tubs are pleasant and “therapeutic” for most of us, so it may be no surprise that scientists are trying to turn such experiences into psychiatric treatments. Whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) is a treatment that has long been used as an effective adjunct for treatment of certain kinds of cancers, and recently researchers have been testing it for depression. Read More

Take The CME Test For Side Effects, TCPR, October 2016

October 1, 2016
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Chris Aiken, MD
Dr. Aiken is the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report; director of the Mood Treatment Center in North Carolina, where he maintains a private practice combining medication and therapy along with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments; and Assistant Professor NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. He has worked as a research assistant at the NIMH and a sub-investigator on clinical trials, and conducts research on a shoestring budget out of his private practice. Follow him on Twitter and find him on LinkedIn.

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