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Lithium for bipolar disorder: Which patients will respond?
T hough Cade discovered it 70 years ago, lithium is still considered the gold standard treatment for preventing manic and depressive phases of...
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Melatonin as a sleep aid: Are you prescribing it correctly?
Difficulty achieving regular restorative sleep is a common symptom of many psychiatric illnesses and can pose a pharmaceutical challenge,...
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Pregnancy termination: What psychiatrists need to know
Approximately half of pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and approximately one-fifth of pregnancies end in elective termination.
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Termination of pregnancy for medical reasons: A mental health perspective
Termination of pregnancy for medical reasons (TFMR) occurs when a pregnancy is ended due to medical complications that threaten the health of a...
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BOARDING psychiatric patients in the ED: Key strategies
Boarding of psychiatric patients in the emergency department (ED) has been well documented.
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How to ‘cybersecure’ your practice
The health care sector is not immune from cybersecurity attacks (malicious attempts to access or damage a computer or network system).
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Managing bipolar disorder in women who are pregnant
Psychiatrists who treat women of childbearing age should consider that those women may become pregnant, and that women with psychiatric illness...
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Loneliness: How psychiatry can help
Loneliness is distress that occurs when the quality or quantity of social relationships are less than desired.
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I STEP: Recognizing cognitive distortions in posttraumatic stress disorder
Evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may employ cognitive restructuring. This psychotherapeutic...
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Differentiating pediatric schizotypal disorder from schizophrenia and autism
Schizotypal disorder is a complex condition that is characterized by cognitive-perceptual impairments, oddness, disorganization, and interpersonal...
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How to say ‘no’ to inappropriate patient requests
Although we may want to say “yes” when our patients ask us for certain medications, work excuses, etc, often it is more appropriate to say “no”...