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(1/2015) The question, and the bottom line Does lithium increase the risk of having a seizure? In medical […]
(1/2015) MDQ: Mood Disorders Questionnaire BSDS: Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale HCL-32: Hypomania Checklist, 32-item What’s the best screening […]
In case you needed to see it and can’t find it in your own Prescribing Information (it’s a […]
Can you trust what you see here? My name is Jim Phelps. I’m a psychiatrist. I specialize in complex […]
As you’ve probably experienced, interviewing patients is fun and also anxiety producing. If all you had to do […]
You’ll see in this rotation that psychotherapy is an extremely important treatment option for nearly everything we handle. […]
How lithium improves outcomes in primary care For treatment of depression, primary care providers using the Texas Medical […]
There’s a better screening test than than MDQ that avoids the mess below. But if you’re using the […]
First, before treatment actually starts, you and your doctor must be sure that you don’t have thyroid changes […]
(updated 2014) Medication information:Amazingly detailed information on any medication, by any name you know, or you can search. […]
There is a fantastic web resource for this at Boston University’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation : Their overview of the ADA […]
(August 2005) This project (here is their website) has been underway for more than 5 years. There are […]
(updated 2/2006) Here’s the approach I’ve evolved, after watching people get substantial side effects, yet not showing those […]
So-and-so suggests Treatment A. But you’ve heard about Treatment B. Or maybe you are just not so sure […]
Two weeks before the DSM- 5 came out, the head of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) […]
(1/11/13) Summary: Here is the DSM-5 planning committee‘s discussion of whether to incorporate, somehow, a “spectrum” way of […]
A 2005 Interview about Bipolarity This interview effectively introduces Harvard’s “Bipolarity Index“. Three excerpts below illustrate Sachs’ style, and his […]