Home-Visit Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence
Can home-visit interventions reduce the occurrence of this all too common problem? (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - August 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Psychedelic Drugs Redux: Don't Leapfrog the Research
Research trials of psychedelic drugs were truncated by the politics of the 1960s. Dr Lieberman explains why we need to begin studying them again, before public opinion gets ahead of what we know. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - July 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Can Lifestyle Changes Really Reduce Cognitive Decline?
A recent 2-year, randomized controlled trial, says Dr Yellowlees, suggests ways to decrease cognitive decline in the elderly. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - May 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
The Value of the Mini-Mental State Exam
Dr Yellowlees discusses findings of a Cochrane Review that checks the value of the Mini-Mental State Examination for predicting which patients will advance to dementia. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - May 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Prescribing Antidepressants in Primary Care
An extensive review of randomized trials evaluated the evidence for prescribing antidepressants in the primary care setting. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - May 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Behavioral Therapy for Agitation in Dementia
A review of 30 RCTs reveals which nonpharmacologic interventions are and are not effective in reducing agitation. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - May 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Simpler Depression Therapies?
Evidence suggests that psychological treatments for depression in primary care can include less resource-intensive types of therapy. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - May 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
A Guide to Managing Bipolar Disorder
In his first Medscape video commentary, Dr Stephen Strakowski discusses the programmatic management of bipolar disorder. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - April 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
What Does the New York Times Have Against Psychiatry?
Dr Jeffrey Lieberman's not-so-pleased reaction to a recent New York Times article on mental illness. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - February 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Ketamine in Psychiatry: Take Care
Dr Lieberman discusses the experience with ketamine and its promise for patients with refractory psychiatric conditions but cautions that it be used carefully and in a professional and rigorous way. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - February 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
A Better Job of Job Support for the Mentally Ill
Work is good for mental health, but it can be difficult for severely mentally ill individuals to find and hold jobs. Can we do a better job of helping them? (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - January 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
