Somatic Disorders
News
Antidepressants highly effective against binge-eating disorder
Antidepressants, in addition to other drugs and therapies, can be an effective way to combat binge-eating and loss-of-control disorders.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Malignant catatonia and aphasia follow multiple-drug overdose
Two weeks after an overdose, Ms. M, age 37, develops malignant catatonia. Although her catatonic symptoms resolve with ECT, she shows word-finding...
Commentary
Antidepressants for functional dyspepsia
Podcasts
Coronary artery disease and mental illness
Medicolegal Issues
Your significant role in modifying risk factors for coronary artery disease and managing problems subsequently
Be familiar with patients’ medical problems, routine cardiac meds, and drug−drug interactions
Cases That Test Your Skills
Malnourished and psychotic, and found incompetent to stand trial
Mr. N, age 48, is arrested for cocaine possession but is declared incompetent to stand trial. He has chronic mental illness and is homeless. How...
News
CBT improves depression but not self-care in heart failure patients
Cognitive behavior therapy significantly improved major depression but not self-care among patients with heart failure.
Podcasts
Assessing head pain
Cases That Test Your Skills
A medication change, then involuntary lip smacking and tongue rolling
Ms. X, age 65, requests to change her antipsychotic to one her insurance covers. Within a few weeks, she experiences involuntary lip smacking and...
Med/Psych Update
Head pain and psychiatric illness: Applying the biopsychosocial model to care
Integrating neurologic, cognitive, and psychological aspects of this condition enhances clinical assessment
Commentary
Rx: Treating chronic medical vulnerability in the mentally ill
As a physician who specializes in psychiatry, internal medicine, and pain medicine, I work with patients to treat such common disorders as...