Evidence-Based Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antipsychotics in dementia: Beyond ‘black-box’ warnings
What now? Evidence and clinical wisdom support a 5-step evaluation of psychosis and aggression.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Double jeopardy: How to treat kids with comorbid anxiety and ADHD
Medication and CBT usually are necessary for these highly impaired children.
Evidence-Based Reviews
5-step plan to treat constipation in psychiatric patients
Algorithm can individualize treatment when drugs or other factors are binding.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Dissociative disorders unclear? Think ‘rainbows from pain blows’
Visual metaphor answers the question, “What’s ‘dissociated’ in dissociative disorders?”
Evidence-Based Reviews
Postpartum depression: What to tell patients who breast-feed
Evidence suggests most—but not all—SSRIs, tricyclics are reasonable choices.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Insomnia in patients with addictions: A safer way to break the cycle
Fight relapse by improving sleep with nonaddictive agents and behavior therapy.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Outpatient commitment: When it improves patient outcomes
1 year after Virginia Tech, many states’ statutes remain ambiguous and ineffective.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Mild cognitive impairment: How can you be sure?
Use evidence-based cognitive and functional tests to differentiate MCI from dementia and normal healthy aging.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Watch for nonpsychotropics causing psychiatric side effects
Look behind the scenes for drugs that play a supporting role in new mood symptoms
Evidence-Based Reviews
Drug eruptions: 6 dangerous rashes
When to stop the drug immediately and hospitalize your patient
Evidence-Based Reviews
Deposition dos and don’ts: How to answer 8 tricky questions
You must tell the truth, but you can answer honestly without hurting your case.