Preferred Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia?
A study confirms this psychiatric therapy as a core treatment modality for adolescent anorexia nervosa. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Understanding the Brain
Dr Jeffrey Lieberman discusses our ongoing attempt to understand the brain and thereby improve psychiatric care. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - September 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Antidepressants in Pregnancy and Congenital Cardiac Defects
A study provides some reassuring data about the link between antidepressant use and congenital heart disease in offspring. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - September 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Robin Williams' Suicide Had Nothing to Do With Demons
In the wake of actor Robin Williams' tragic suicide, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses how we can better recognize and treat factors that predispose to suicidality. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - September 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Two Tasks That Expose Impaired Cognition in Older Adults
Asking about these 2 tasks of daily life can help to screen older adults for mild cognitive impairment. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - September 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Antidepressants and Psychological Therapies in IBS
Is it time to consider psychological approaches to irritable bowel syndrome an important component of care? (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - August 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Adverse Events Caused by a Drug Warning?
Did the FDA's warning about suicidal behavior and antidepressant use in young people do more harm than good? (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - July 31, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Controlled Emotions, Inflammation, and Disease
The missing link between cognitive control of negative emotions and heart/cerebrovascular disease is our old friend, inflammation. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - July 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Discontinuing Long-term Benzodiazepines
A large randomized trial compares methods of helping patients discontinue long-term benzodiazepine use. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - July 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Opioids: Proper Prescribing and Treating Addiction
Two recent initiatives provide clinicians with guidance on opioid prescribing and addressing opioid dependence and addiction. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - July 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Help for Children of Parents With Serious Mental Illness
An evidence synthesis finds a surprising lack of evidence on how best to help these vulnerable children. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - June 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Next-Step Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Three strategies for next-step therapy in patients who remain symptomatic with social anxiety disorder are compared, but the 'winner' has its own problems. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - May 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Is It Right for Doctors to Sell Nutritional Supplements?
A percentage of doctors have begun selling vitamins and nutritional supplements as an ancillary service that they offer. Bioethicist Art Caplan says this is not necessarily a good move. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - April 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Cognitive Enhancers for Mild Cognitive Impairment
What does the research say about using cholinesterase inhibitors or memantine to improve cognition or function? (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - April 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Augmenting SSRIs in Treatment-Resistant Depression
A review considers the question of which of 2 agents provides the most benefit, and best value, when single-agent therapy of depression is insufficient. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - February 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
