Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Captive of the mirror: ‘I pick at my face all day, every day’
Liberate patients by changing their skin-picking habits and treating their impulsive urges
Evidence-Based Reviews
COPD: How to manage comorbid depression and anxiety
Psychiatrists can help oxygen-starved patients breathe more easily and get full benefit from medical treatments.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Germ warfare: Arm young patients to fight obsessive-compulsive disorder
A ‘toolbox’ of cognitive skills and medications can help children and adolescents reclaim their lives.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Break the ‘fear circuit’ in resistant panic disorder
Calming the brain’s overactive alarm network may require high medication dosages, intense cognitive therapy, or both.
Pearls
Depressed patients won’t exercise? 7 ways to get them started
Pearls
Scheduling: Time to take control
PDA- and Internet-based programs can help avoid double-booking.
Pearls
Return phone calls, remain calm, and invest in good billing software
Evidence-Based Reviews
Tardive dyskinesia: How to prevent and treat a lingering nemesis
Make informed therapeutic choices as you weigh antipsychotics’ benefits against the risk of triggering TD
Evidence-Based Reviews
Minding menopause: Psychotropics vs. estrogen? What you need to know now
Psychotropics have become a first-line therapy for hot flashes and depression in perimenopause. Will you be ready when Ob/Gyns call you for help...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Tics and tourette’s disorder: Which therapies, and when to use them
First-line medications have changed; a new 6-step approach considers clinical experience and insights into tic causes and comorbidities.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Don’t be fooled by hypochondria
Diagnostic checklist helps rule out psychiatric and medical disorders and avoid treatment errors.