Topics: Computers in Psychiatric Practice

Telepsychiatry is a sub-field of telemedicine that refers to the use of videoconferencing to treat patients in other locations. This used to be an expensive proposition, requiring special videoconferencing equipment, but now anybody with a modern laptop computer and a webcam can videoconference...

Topics: Computers in Psychiatric Practice

Do you know what comes up when you enter your name into an online search engine? Go ahead, try it.

Topics: Computers in Psychiatric Practice

Tired of telling patients to go to WebMD.com or…yawn…NIMH.nih.gov for their Internet information needs? Here are some alternatives that will probably keep your patients a little more engaged, and as a result, more educated.

Topics: Computers in Psychiatric Practice

Dr. Luo, there are so many forms of electronic communication out there now—from email to blogs to Twitter. What do psychiatrists need to know about using technology to communicate with our patients?

Topics: Antidepressants | Depressive Disorder

Scopolamine is an anticholinergic most often used in patch form to prevent sea-sickness or post-surgical nausea. A recent double-blind, placebo-controlled trial looked at intravenous scopolamine’s effects as a treatment for unipolar depression.

Topics: Bipolar Disorder

We have often heard that bipolar disorder is frequently underdiagnosed, leading to inappropriate treatments. This idea has been confirmed in several studies, but the plot has thickened—research also suggests that bipolar disorder is being overdiagnosed in some settings.

In June 2009, TCPR devoted an entire issue to generic medications. We concluded that ...