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Prior authorization revisited: An update from the APA
Dr. Dinah Miller says she often refers to the GoodRx app when prescribing medications that might be expensive at one pharmacy but not another.
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Opioid crisis offers poignant lessons for public health
Dr. Dinah Miller says experiments addressing the crisis must be contained while ascertaining what works and what doesn’t.
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FDA approval of powerful opioid tinged with irony
The agency’s approval of Dsuvia comes at a time when the need is great for nonaddictive agents for pain control.
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Inpatient vs. outpatient addiction treatment: Which is best?
Dr. Dinah Miller interviews two experts about criteria to consider when referring patients with substance use issues.
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How about the practice website?
Dr. Dinah Miller talks with two psychiatrists about the choices they made in setting up websites for their practices.
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Preventing suicide: What should clinicians do differently?
Dr. Igor Galynker urges clinicians to view factors such as patients’ sense of being entrapped as more sensitive measures of elevated risk.
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Universal depression screening for adolescents not without controversy
Some favor the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new guidelines; others wonder whether they are ambivalent.
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Experts explore issues, controversies around medical marijuana use
Dr. Dinah Miller looks for answers at the APA after a patient asked her about using the drug for chronic pain.
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Why isn’t smart gun technology on Parkland activists’ agenda?
Dr. Dinah Miller says she was pleased not to hear links between mental illness and gun ownership at the March For Our Lives rally on March 24.
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Trauma surgeon shares story of involuntary commitment, redemption
Dr. Dinah Miller says Dr. Michael Weinstein wants to help others break free from the stigma of silent shame and let them know that help is...
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Medication pricing: So this is how it works
Dr. Dinah Miller interviews the cofounder of GoodRx, a company that offers deep discounts on some medications.