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Psychotherapy in Psychiatry (July) | 2007

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Learning Objectives, Psychotherapy in Psychiatry, TCPR, July 2007

July 1, 2007

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

Does Psychotherapy Work?

July 1, 2007

Here’s an outrageous question for you: Does psychotherapy work? Of course it does, you say, particularly cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT has become so mainstream that Forbes magazine devoted its April 2007 cover article to it. Read More

Psychotherapy: A Practical and Integrative Approach

July 1, 2007

Over 30 years of practicing and teaching psychotherapy with a range of patients, Dr. Arnold Robbins has developed an integrated approach that can be individualized and is useful for his patients. Read More

High Yield Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Techniques

July 1, 2007

Jesse H. Wright, MD

How do you combine CBT and psychopharm? What techniques are helpful for reducing hallucinations? Do you use CBT specifically to improve adherence to medications? These questions and more are addressed. Read More

Zoloft not helpful for subsyndromal symptoms in cancer patients

July 1, 2007

Jesse H. Wright, MD

About 20% of patients with cancer develop major depression, and at least 60% present with significant symptoms of sadness and anxiety not severe enough to meet criteria for a DSM-4 disorder. Read More

More evidence that antipsychotics are dangerous in dementia

July 1, 2007

Jesse H. Wright, MD

In 2005, the FDA issued a health advisory saying that antipsychotics appear to increase the risk of death in elderly patients with dementia. That advisory was based on data from placebo-controlled trials of antipsychotics conducted by industry. Now, a new study based on a completely different, and much larger, dataset, appears to confirm these dangers. Read More

Is divorce a risk factor for getting a stimulant prescription?

July 1, 2007

Jesse H. Wright, MD

In a provocative study, rates of Ritalin prescriptions in Canada from 1994-2000 were compared with rates of divorce. The study focused on children ages 2-7, and found that in families that stayed intact during the study period, 3.3% of children were prescribed Ritalin. Read More

Latest CATIE results: Atypicals no better than Trilafon for improving cognition

July 1, 2007

Jesse H. Wright, MD

One of the final major questions that the NIMH-funded CATIE trials promised to answer was whether atypical antipsychotics are better at improving cognition in schizophrenia than conventional agents, as some smaller studies implied. Read More