*NEW* MANAGING SIDE EFFECTS
A-Z SERIES
PRIMUM NON NOCERE
"First, do no harm."
Ethical and professional responsibilities, providing options, and basing the doctor-patient alliance on education and informed consent.
Ethical and professional responsibilities, providing options, and basing the doctor-patient alliance on education and informed consent.
TO MEDICATE, OR NOT TO MEDICATE?
Indications for pharmacotherapy: a target-symptom-based approach. avoiding polypharmacy.
TREATING TARGET SYMPTOMS
A PRAGMATIC, FAIL-SAFE APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE BY THEIR NATURE INVARIABLY SYNDROMAL
*NEW* UNDERSTANDING
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY SERIES
IN-DEPTH, COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SYMPTOMS YOU MAY BE HAVING, EXPLAINED IN A WAY YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD BEFORE
ADULT ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER
Diagnosing and treating ADD in adult patients.
TREATING INSOMNIA
How best to take prescription sleep aides. Good sleep hygiene. Avoiding tolerance and preserving efficacy.
THE OVER-DIAGNOSIS OF BIPOLAR DISORDER
The ineffectiveness and hazards of misidentifying symptoms and treating a diagnostic label that is usually misapplied.
THE ACTIONS OF SEROTONIN
Irritability, tearfulness, obsessions, compulsions and all forms of anxiety, including interpersonal and panic.
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIS):
the prozac family
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROZAC, ZOLOFT, PAXIL, CELEXA, & LEXAPRO, AND WHY HAS NO ONE EVER HEARD OF LUVOX?
Aug 2009 Blog post
Aug 2009 Blog post
FREQUENCY OF OFFICE VISITS
How often patients are expected to return to clinic.
PRIVACY PRACTICES
Confidentiality of Protected Health Information. U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
"DO NOT TAKE ON AN EMPTY MIND"
Information and advice on psychotropic medications from an expert psychopharmacologist (2009 Blog)
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RESOURCES FOR CLINICIANS-IN-TRAINING:
pharmacodynamic underpinnings of psychotropic medications
recommended QUICK-REFERENCE TREATMENT GUIDEs and excellent study aides:
recommended QUICK-REFERENCE TREATMENT GUIDEs and excellent study aides:
APA'S DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL
