Topics: CME Post-Test

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits.

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Free Articles | Practice Tools and Tips

Informed consent is a foundation for good clinical practice and can provide legal protection. But informed consent is more than defensive medicine. It is a vehicle for framing good care. How often do people use the consent process?

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Practice Tools and Tips

What do you do when your teen patient declines an offer of medication yet the parents insist on it? How about if the teen is coming to you for medication and the parents are opposed to the idea?

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Pharmacology Tips

How do you approach using psychotropic medications for children and adolescents? Most parents do not want to start medications. I empathize with them, which then makes it possible to move together toward medications when indicated.

Topics: Antipsychotics | Child Psychiatry | Pharmacology Tips

Metformin has been used off-label for weight loss in psychiatry for many years, much of it for help with adult weight gain as a side effect of atypical antipsychotics. However, most trials of metformin for weight loss were actually conducted on the child and adolescent population. This article will look at the quality of the data in our pediatric population of 3 studies, and then come up with some recommendations for your practice.

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Pharmacology Tips

Good practice using psychotropic medications with children and adolescents requires a psychiatrist to pay attention to a number of elements.

Topics: Antidepressants | Child Psychiatry | Psychopharmacology Tips

Over the last decade, several published studies have reported an increased risk of type 2 diabetes associated with antidepressant use in adults. But does the same hold true for children and adolescents?