Evidence-Based Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antidepressants for fibromyalgia: Latest word on the link to depression and anxiety
Why should fibromyalgia—an ostensible musculoskeletal disorder—be of interest to you? Because you can help relieve the depressed mood, anxiety,...
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MAO inhibitors: An option worth trying in treatment-resistant cases
Fears of hypertensive complications, drug-food interactions, and other side effects discourage many psychiatrists from prescribing MAOIs. The...
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Substance abuse: 12 principles to more effective outpatient treatment
Addiction is a complex biopsychosocial problem that requires long-term outpatient treatment. Even after extended abstinence, individuals with...
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Tricyclics: Still solid performers for the savvy psychiatrist
Tricyclics played an important therapeutic role in the past and are still valuable treatments for depression, anxiety, pain syndromes, and other...
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Tips to individualize drug therapy
What help can we offer parents of children with ADHD? Can adults hope to conquer chronic attention deficits that interfere with on-the-job and...
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Short-term cognitive therapy shows promise for dysthymia
Short-term cognitive therapy offers a potentially effective approach to treating the chronically depressed patient.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Defusing patient violence
Psychiatrists and their staffs—particularly those in emergency services—face the constant threat of patient aggression. A doctor-patient encounter...
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...