Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Postpartum depression: Is there an Andrea Yates in your practice?
The tragedy of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother convicted of methodically drowning her five children in the bathtub, provides stark evidence for the...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Psychiatric illness or thyroid disease? Don’t be misled by false lab tests
Thyroid dysfunction is often in the differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. The author reviews the practical aspects of workup, diagnosis...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Strategies to prevent fatal arrhythmias in patients taking antipsychotics
Concern has grown about the cardiac effects of antipsychotics as more is learned about rare but deadly torsade de pointes. Which patients require...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Defusing patient violence
Psychiatrists and their staffs—particularly those in emergency services—face the constant threat of patient aggression. A doctor-patient encounter...
Pearls
Five red flags that rule out ADHD in children
Evidence-Based Reviews
Defusing patient violence
Psychiatrists and their staffs—particularly those in emergency services—face the constant threat of patient aggression. A doctor-patient encounter...
Pearls
Helping patients with schizophrenia control those threatening voices
Pearls
Helping patients with schizophrenia control those threatening voices
Evidence-Based Reviews
Calming agitation with words, not drugs: 10 commandments for safety
With a little practice, you can improve your skills at verbal de-escalation of the acutely agitated patient, learn how to avoid unnecessary...
Evidence-Based Reviews
New therapies can help patients who stŭťtər
Stuttering, which impairs social and occupational functioning, has been receiving more attention as a clinical psychiatric disorder. Treatment...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Does traumatic brain injury cause violence?
Suppose you are called to testify in the trial of a suspect, abused as a child, who has been charged with aggravated assault. How would you...