Reviews
Pearls
Use the ABCs when managing problem behaviors in autism
Use these education-based interventions to avoid problem behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Pearls
Employment contracts: What to check before you sign
Your contract is legally binding; therefore, review these clauses before you sign.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Prescribing antipsychotics in geriatric patients: Focus on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Antipsychotics are FDA-approved as a primary treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and as adjunctive therapy for major depressive...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Improving the recognition of borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder is associated with impaired psychosocial functioning,1-4 reduced health-related quality of life,5...
Out Of The Pipeline
Deutetrabenazine for tardive dyskinesia
Compared with first-generation antipsychotics, second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have a lower risk for extrapyramidal symptoms. Yet tardive...
Pearls
Self-disclosure as therapy: The benefits of expressive writing
As psychiatrists, we often provide our patients with a prescription in the hope that the medication will alleviate their symptoms. Perhaps we...
Pearls
Managing requests for gluten-, lactose-, and animal-free medications
Patients may ask their psychiatrist to prescribe gluten-, lactose-, or animal-free medications because of concerns about allergies, disease states...
Pearls
What to do after a patient assaults you
Physical assaults by patients are an occupational hazard of practicing medicine. Assaults can happen in any clinical setting, occur unexpectedly,...
Evidence-Based Reviews
The etiology of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: 5 interwoven pieces
In an age when psychiatry strives to identify the biologic causes of disease, studying endocrine-related mood disorders is particularly intriguing...
Evidence-Based Reviews
How to preserve your own well-being in a challenging medical environment
Like all physicians, psychiatrists practice in an increasingly complex health care environment, with escalating demands for productivity, rising...
Pearls
Can melatonin alleviate antipsychotic-induced weight gain?
Second-generation antipsychotics have been a remarkably effective innovation in psychotropic therapy. Unfortunately, the metabolic effects of...