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The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report

Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self Injury (April) | 2011

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Black Box Redux: SSRIs and Risk of Suicide

It has been eight years since child psychiatry first began to deal with controversy about SSRIs and their potential to prompt suicidal behavior in youth. Read More

Risk Factors for Suicide

An individual’s vulnerability to suicide is strongly influenced by genetic susceptibility to mental health problems and, notably, to mood disorders, substance abuse, anxiety disorders and antisocial and offending behaviors. Read More

Attention Not a Problem in Tic Disorders

Children and adolescents with tic disorders (TD) very often have comorbid psychiatric diagnoses. Read More

Restricted Diet for ADHD?

Advocates tout restricted diets for the treatment of everything from migraines to autism. Read More

The Self-Injurious Patient

When presented with a self-injuring patient, the first thing I try to find out is what the function of the self injury is. Is it suicidal? Did the patient want to die or think he or she might die? Often the answer is “no.” Read More