| CARLAT PUBLISHING

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 1 CME credit. Read More

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

My goal in publishing TCPR is to help you think differently about your clinical practice, hopefully to enhance your effectiveness as a healer. After editing this month’s issue on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I think I’ve achieved that goal in my own practice. Read More

Every five years or so, we do an update on PTSD treatments; the most recent was our August 2011 issue of TCPR, in which we declared that psychotherapy was the gold standard for treatment. Read More

Assessing Complex PTSD

The first thing that I would say is that complex PTSD can sometimes be harder to spot and diagnose, because when we’re looking for symptoms of conventional PTSD, we’re often looking for that first criterion: Has there been a single event that your patient would consider traumatic? Read More

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was approved by the FDA in 2009 for the treatment of major depression, but TMS is costly and has so far produced only mixed results. Read More

Can Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Affect Symptom Outcomes in Older Adults?

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a formalized combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, and yoga. The technique has been shown to help with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and some preliminary small studies have hinted that it might improve both memory and anxiety/depressive symptoms in older patients. Read More

Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice, Sixth Edition (2022)
Guidance, clinical pearls, and bottom-line assessments covering the medications you use in your...
READ MORE

General Psychiatry
Using SAMe In Clinical Practice with Garrett Rossi, MD
Read More

General Psychiatry
The Adderall Shortage
Adderall is in short supply, and the backlog is having a domino effect on other stimulants. Find out why, and how long it will last.
Listen now