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Treating Complicated Grief: Grief-Focused Psychotherapy Is More Effective Than Citalopram

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report,

Topics: Depressive Disorder | DSM | Psychopharmacology Tips | Research Updates

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Topics: Addiction | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Psychotherapy | Substance Abuse

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As a clinical psychologist with a specialty in chronic pain management, I am often referred patients with both chronic pain and psychiatric issues. Many of these patients see a psychiatrist and a therapist, and are taking with both psychotropic and pain medications. The referral is often made because there is a sense that psychological issues are compli

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Probuphine: Promises and Problems

From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Addiction in Health Care Professionals

Topics: Addiction | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips

Ever wish you could improve treatment compliance among your patients who receive buprenorphine? Ever wish you could offer them the benefit of sublingual buprenorphine while avoiding the risk of diversion and abuse? Well, now you can—maybe. In May of this year, the FDA approved Probuphine, an implantable form of buprenorphine that lasts up to six month

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Evaluating and Treating Pain in Psychiatric Patients

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Pain Management

Topics: Addiction | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Psychotherapy | Substance Abuse

TCPR: Dr. Clark, recently a local pain clinic asked me if I wanted to do some psychiatric consultation there. I ended up declining, partly because I really didn’t know what I was supposed to do as a psychiatrist working in a pain clinic. Can you provide some insight? Dr. Clark: I think psychiatrists are being underutilized in chronic pain managemen

Research Update

Vilazodone Not Effective for Cannabis Dependence

From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Addiction in Health Care Professionals

Topics: Addiction | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Research Updates | Substance Abuse

Research Update

Treating Complicated Grief: Grief-Focused Psychotherapy Is More Effective Than Citalopram

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Pain Management

Topics: Depressive Disorder | DSM | Psychopharmacology Tips | Research Update

Review of: Shear M et al, JAMA Psychiatry, 2016;73:685–694; Study type: Randomized placebo-controlled trial Complicated grief (CG) is a relatively common response in those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. In DSM-5, it is listed in the section on conditions for further study, and it is called “persistent complex bereavement disorder.”

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Topics: Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Research Updates

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Topics: Pharmaceutical Industry | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Women's Issues in Psychiatry

We’ve been hearing for some time now about the FDA’s plans to revise the long-standing categories A, B, C, D, and X designations for risk of using medications in pregnancy. The new rule (referred to as PLLR for Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule) was proposed in 2008, finalized in 2014, and implementation began during the summer of 2015.

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What’s New with the FDA Labeling for Pregnancy and Lactation?

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Medication in Pregnancy

Topics: Pharmaceutical Industry | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Women's Issues in Psychiatry

We’ve been hearing for some time now about the FDA’s plans to revise the long-standing categories A, B, C, D, and X designations for risk of using medications in pregnancy. The new rule (referred to as PLLR for Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule) was proposed in 2008, finalized in 2014, and implementation began during the summer of 2015. What

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How to Evaluate and Treat Mood Disorders in Pregnancy

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Medication in Pregnancy

Topics: Mood Stabilizers | Pharmaceutical Industry | Practice Tools and Tips | Psychopharmacology Tips | Women's Issues in Psychiatry

Research Update

Extended-Release Guanfacine Improves ADHD Symptoms in Autism

From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report, Mood Dysregulation in Children and Adolescents

Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder | Child Psychiatry | Psychopharmacology Tips

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Topics: Antipsychotics | Psychopharmacology Tips | Research Updates

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If you are interested in part-time correctional work, the best place to start is often the local jail—as opposed to a prison. What’s the difference between the two? A jail is a criminal justice facility operated by a city or county. It houses people who are awaiting trial or who have received short sentences, typically one year or less. In c

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Psychopharmacology in Jails: An Introduction

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Correctional Psychiatry

If you are interested in part-time correctional work, the best place to start is often the local jail—as opposed to a prison. What’s the difference between the two? A jail is a criminal justice facility operated by a city or county. It houses people who are awaiting trial or who have received short sentences, typically one year or less. In contrast,

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Medication Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Substance Abusers

From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Benzodiazepines

Topics: Addiction | Anxiety Disorder | Benzodiazepines | Psychopharmacology Tips

Among substance abusers, anxiety seems to be more the rule than the exception. Studies show that up to 50% of patients with alcohol dependence or drug dependence have some type of anxiety disorder (Lai HM et al, Drug Alcohol Depend 2015;154:1–13). But anxiety comes in many flavors other than official DSM disorders. In any given substance-abusing

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Benzodiazepines: Dependence, Tolerance, and Addiction

From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, Benzodiazepines

Topics: Addiction | Anxiety Disorder | Benzodiazepines | Psychopharmacology Tips

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The Experience of Correctional Psychiatry

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Correctional Psychiatry

TCPR: Dr. Gariety, please tell us a bit about your background. Dr. Gariety: I’ve been in practice for 23 years, starting out in community mental health, followed by 13 years in the federal bureau of prisons. Currently I work for a large regional medical group in the private sector. TCPR: Tell me a bit more about the correctional setting. D