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Legal concerns after a patient suicide
We offer guidance on how to cope with a patient's completed suicide, and specifically address the legal concerns.
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Cannabis-derived compounds: What you need to know
This article reviews the current FDA-approved cannabis-related treatments and their indications, and concerns regarding CBD products.
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Off-label prescribing: How to limit your liability
A step-by-step approach for helping to reduce your liability risk in off-label prescribing.
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Psychiatric emergency? What to consider before prescribing
Questions to help you quickly obtain important clinical information to determine which medication to use.
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What to tell parents whose child saw them having sex
Parents may ask us, as their clinicians, if they should discuss the incident with their child, and if so, what to say.
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Kleptomania: 4 Tips for better diagnosis and treatment
Kleptomania remains one of psychiatry’s most poorly understood diagnoses and regularly goes undiagnosed and untreated.
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Improving your experience with electronic health records
While the electronic health record needs a fundamental revision, there are practical steps clinicians can take to improve their experience.
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How to best use digital technology to help your patients
While there are benefits to using digital technology, such as video conferencing and e-mail, there are also possible repercussions.
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Changes in patient behavior during COVID-19: What I’ve observed
Psychiatric patients have used emotional, behavioral, and cognitive methods to protect themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Time series analysis of poison control data
Time series analysis of Poison Control Centers' data on psychiatric medications can help predict serious outcomes associated with these agents.
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Telepsychiatry during COVID-19: Understanding the rules
Due to COVID-19, several rules and regulations governing care and prescribing have been temporarily modified or suspended to allow clinicians to...