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Successfully Prescribing MAOIs for Depression

Psychiatric Times

1 “Ms Wendy” is a 58-year-old, self-employed woman who presents for consultation for a long-standing unresponsive depressive illness. There is no personal or family history of bipolar disorder. You must have an account to evaluate and request credit for this activity.

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The 6 Steps to Catalyze CBT and DBT With Young Patients

Psychiatric Times

13 Chain analyses allow patients to confront distressing emotions while staying grounded in self-compassion and radical acceptance of their current realities. Practice What You Preach Therapists’ self-care is central to DBT and CBT. Our supervisory experiences tell us that one of the best ways to learn CBT is self-practice.

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PTSD In Review: Treatment Insights

Psychiatric Times

PTSD diagnosis requires nuanced understanding, as symptoms often overlap with other psychiatric disorders, complicating discernment. Resiliency and posttraumatic growth are vital for recovery, promoting positive psychological changes and self-awareness.

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Sleep-Related Eating Disorder: A Distressing But Treatable Complex Parasomnia

Psychiatric Times

Schenck, MD , Ranji Varghese, MD Key Takeaways SRED is a parasomnia involving involuntary nocturnal eating, often with limited awareness and recall, and can coexist with other parasomnias. Triggers include stress, medication, and medical conditions, with a higher prevalence in women and significant diagnostic delays.

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Levels, Labs, and Lessons

Psychiatric Times

After 8 months she abruptly self-discontinued the risperidone due to muscle rigidity, cognitive fog, and akathisia. Unsurprisingly, various psychiatric disorders respond to different dosages of sertraline. Four months later her psychotic symptoms recurred, interfering with her ability to live independently.

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Will the Benzodiazepine Wars Ever End?

Psychiatric Times

On one side, we have our puritan heritage: The sense that we should be serious, well-educated and hard-working people, coupled with the fear that indulging ourselves will lead to a slippery slope of self-deception and self-destruction. Sociologists have sometimes labeled this strain of culture “utilitarian individualism.”

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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

Effective communication strategies, such as using "I" statements and fostering patient self-reflection, can help address microaggressions without escalating tensions. You have been seeing Max for a few months for medication management of his generalized anxiety disorder, and he is nearly in remission.