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Adolescents (November/December) | 2017

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CME Post-Test - Adolescents, CCPR, November/December 2017

November 1, 2017

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers only . By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits. Read More

Does Guanfacine Affect Tic Severity in Children With Chronic Tic Disorders?

November 1, 2017

Arian Ayon Verduzco, Pharm.D candidate (2018)

Tic disorders, including Tourette’s, often co-occur with ADHD, OCD, and anxiety disorders. Guanfacine is often tried for all of these conditions. Randomized placebo-controlled trials of immediate release guanfacine have been mixed, with one showing 31% improvement in tics but another showing no significant improvement. Read More

Does Methylphenidate Use in Children and Young Adults Increase Risk of Suicide?

November 1, 2017

Arian Ayon Verduzco. Pharm.D candidate (2018)

Some studies have indicated that patients with ADHD may be at an increased risk of suicide. While these studies have shown associations between methylphenidate use and suicide, it is not clear whether the stimulant actually causes suicidality or whether patients taking stimulants are suicidal for other reasons. Read More

Tips on Managing Medications With Adolescents

November 1, 2017

Jess Shatkin, MD

Discussing medications with adolescents can be challenging. Because there is so much variation in family structure and the problems that kids and families face, it’s important to maintain some flexibility in how clinicians evaluate adolescents. Read More

Understanding Risk-Taking in Adolescents

November 1, 2017

Jess Shatkin, MD

In this interview, Dr. Shatkin talks about how the adolescent brain works, and how we can use this understanding to work more effectively in our practices with both adolescents and their parents. There’s a misconception that dopamine equates to pleasure. It’s not pleasure; it’s the promise of pleasure. Dopamine is the idea that something great might happen. And so high dopamine levels drive kids into high-risk situations with high amounts of potential pleasure. This is aggravated by the fact that the frontal cortical areas are not well myelinated yet and not well connected to the limbic system. So, when kids are younger, they have less control over those impulsive drives. Read More

Learning Objectives, Adolescents, CCPR, November 2017

November 1, 2017

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

Psychiatry Practice Boosters, Fourth Edition (2023)
Teaches you the key points of 63 of the most clinically relevant studies in psychiatry.
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General Psychiatry
KarXT (Cobenfy): The Breakthrough Antipsychotic That Could Change Everything
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Child Psychiatry
Hidden Dangers: The Fentanyl Crisis and Teen Overdose Prevention
The Fentanyl overdose crisis is now one of the leading causes of death among adolescents, and it is happening in every corner of the country. Stay with us as we talk about the...
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