Evidence-Based Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Pastoral counseling: What is it, and when can it help?
Certified pastoral counselors can be particularly helpful for patients experiencing loss, terminal illness, or conflicts regarding religious...
Evidence-Based Reviews
One AA meeting doesn’t fit all: 6 keys to prescribing 12-step programs
Not all Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12-step meetings are alike. Use these 6 keys to match your patients with programs where they feel...
Evidence-Based Reviews
One AA meeting doesn’t fit all: 6 keys to prescribing 12-step programs
Not all Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12-step meetings are alike. Use these 6 keys to match your patients with programs where they feel...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Adult ADHD: Less hyperactivity, but lingering inattention and distress
Adults with undiagnosed ADHD are probably in your office, bringing their hyperactive children to you for treatment. Now you can improve adults’...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Adult ADHD: Less hyperactivity, but lingering inattention and distress
Adults with undiagnosed ADHD are probably in your office, bringing their hyperactive children to you for treatment. Now you can improve adults’...
Evidence-Based Reviews
New uses for atypicals in pediatric patients: How to offer the benefits while minimizing side effects
Using antipsychotics in children can improve intractable symptoms, but the drugs’ long-term health effects are unknown. These authors scour the...
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From a trickle to a flood: Pipelines fill with psychotropics for children
Pediatric prescribing stands to gain as pharmaceutical companies develop new indications and drugs for younger patients.
Evidence-Based Reviews
From a trickle to a flood: Pipelines fill with psychotropics for children
Pediatric prescribing stands to gain as pharmaceutical companies develop new indications and drugs for younger patients.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Using atypicals for patients without psychosis: The strength of evidence varies with the diagnosis
Antipsychotics are being investigated for pediatric conditions including anxiety disorder, autism, and Tourette’s syndrome. Studies show benefit...
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In a virtual world, games can be therapeutic
Starting this month, Current Psychiatry’s Web site (http://www.currentpsychiatry.com) will feature “Psyber Psychiatry,” a monthly column by John...
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EEGs and epilepsy: When seizures mimic psychiatric illness
If a patient with psychiatric illness has seizure-like episodes, an abnormal EEG may help confirm the diagnosis. This neurologist offers five case...