The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report

Substance Abuse (October/November) | 2012

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New Drugs, Legal Highs, and Big Risks: A Review of Novel Intoxicants

October 1, 2012
Popular among individuals seeking to avoid social and legal consequences of drug use, a bewildering array of synthetic intoxicants and formerly obscure ethnobotanicals have surged to prominence in the past decade. Read More

Pharmacotherapy for Substance Abuse

October 1, 2012
Treating substance abuse is difficult whether the patient is young or old. Although one might hope that the shorter period of abuse seen in teens would make the disorder less entrenched, the data shows otherwise: addiction is a stubborn disorder with a long term, relapsing, and remitting course. Read More

Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse

October 1, 2012
What are the latest trends in adolescent substance abuse and how do we find out if a kid has a problem? Yifrah Kaminer keeps us up to date on the most commonly used drugs, hot to screen for them and best treatment practices. Read More

Hoarding and ADHD Linked

October 1, 2012
There is evidence suggesting that hoarding may be associated with symptoms of ADHD. But until now there have been few studies examining that relationship in children, despite the fact hoarding symptoms commonly start in childhood. Read More

Study of Cortisol Looks at Youths at Risk for Psychosis

October 1, 2012
Could the presence of a stress hormone in an adolescent’s saliva predict a risk for psychosis? Recent research suggests that it can. Read More

Learning Objectives, Substance Abuse, CCPR, October/November 2012

October 1, 2012
After reading these articles, you should be able to… Read More
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