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Successfully Prescribing MAOIs for Depression

Psychiatric Times

daniiD/AdobeStock CATEGORY 1 CME Premiere Date: July 20, 2025 Expiration Date: January 20, 2027 This activity offers CE credits for: 1. SHOW MORE In this CME article, discover effective strategies for prescribing MAOIs in treating major depressive disorder. Physicians (CME) 2.

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

For instance: “Imagine neurotransmitter particles traversing a synaptic cleft and binding to postsynaptic receptors like boats in the water that then either purposefully or indiscriminately land at one dock versus another. Follow the age-old axiom of “say what you’re going to say, say it, and then say what you said.”

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Nonstimulant Therapies for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

ADHD in Elementary School Age Child: Patient Case 1 EP: 3. Atomoxetine and viloxazine function as norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, targeting neurotransmitter systems involved in attention, distractibility, and response inhibition. Overview of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder EP: 2. ADHD Diagnosis Criteria EP: 4.

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You Asked: Can Zuranolone Be Used to Treat Postpartum Depression in a Mother with Bipolar Disorder?

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

July 29, 2025 You Asked: Can Zuranolone Be Used to Treat Postpartum Depression in a Mother with Bipolar Disorder? MGH Center for Womens Mental Health On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration convened an expert panel to discuss the use and safety of selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy.

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New Study: Cognitive Aerobic Exercise Boosts Working Memory

ADDitude

February 27, 2025 Cognitive-aerobic exercise improves working memory more than aerobic exercise alone in children and adolescents with ADHD, according to a new study 1 published in Frontiers in Psychology. Previous research has shown that exercise relieves ADHD symptoms by increasing endorphins and neurotransmitters in the brain.

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Testosterone and ADHD in Men: Is There a Link?

ADDitude

It plays a key role in modulating neurotransmitters, increasing dopamine and serotonin, which leads to elevated mood and focus. While testosterone levels fluctuate slightly throughout the course of the day, their levels remain stable from the end of adolescence until roughly age 40.

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Are Psychiatrists More Mad Than Their Patients?

Mad in America

2 Or you are told you have a lack of insight into your disease, which is a symptom of your mental illness, a catch-22 situation from which there is no escape. In 2014, the Danish Ministry of Health issued a licence to kill. Depression and antidepressants in Australia and beyond: a critical public health analysis (PhD thesis).