Evidence-Based Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence: How and when to use disulfiram and naltrexone
Both agents have been shown to be effective. Understanding the mechanism of action, benefits, and risks of these two medications can help you...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence: How and when to use disulfiram and naltrexone
Both agents have been shown to be effective. Understanding the mechanism of action, benefits, and risks of these two medications can help you...
Evidence-Based Reviews
When is ECT indicated in psychiatric disorders?
Electroconvulsive therapy is still one of the most powerful psychiatric treatments available. Deciding when to use it for patients who are...
Evidence-Based Reviews
When is ECT indicated in psychiatric disorders?
Electroconvulsive therapy is still one of the most powerful psychiatric treatments available. Deciding when to use it for patients who are...
Evidence-Based Reviews
How to recognize and treat the pathological gambler
Here are guidelines on recognizing pathological gambling, an algorithm on how to treat the gambler with medication, and clues for overcoming...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Innovative and practical treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder
How can you differentiate obsessive-compulsive disorder from psychosis? And once the diagnosis is made, how do you determine a course of treatment...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Innovative and practical treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder
How can you differentiate obsessive-compulsive disorder from psychosis? And once the diagnosis is made, how do you determine a course of treatment...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Treatment-resistant depression: Newer alternatives
What is your next move after treatment helps a depressed patient but remission is incomplete? Augment the SSRI or combine it with something else?...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Treatment-resistant depression: Newer alternatives
What is your next move after treatment helps a depressed patient but remission is incomplete? Augment the SSRI or combine it with something else?...
Evidence-Based Reviews
‘I’m as ugly as the elephant man’: How to recognize and treat body dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder is a common and severe psychiatric malady that often masquerades as other disorders and is usually missed in clinical...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antiepileptic drugs for bipolar disorder: Are there any clear winners?
Carbamazepine and valproate are effective in treating various aspects of bipolar disorder. Now seven more antiepileptics present possible...