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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

Mad in America

Eli Lilly, the company behind Prozac, funded studies and published journal articles relentlessly reinforcing the message that depression was caused by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), the chemical name for serotonin. Instead, most of the research supporting it came from the labs of corporations.

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Successfully Prescribing MAOIs for Depression

Psychiatric Times

SHOW MORE In this CME article, discover effective strategies for prescribing MAOIs in treating major depressive disorder. Physicians’ Education Resource, LLC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Physicians’ Education Resource, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades. andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades. How do master educators make content sizzle and entice? Author(s): Joseph F.

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Introducing the Borderline Personality Disorder Inventory

Psychiatric Times

Developed with input from international mental health professionals, the BPD-I™ is freely available for clinical use, education, and research. Practical, Free, and Open Access The BPD-I™ is freely available for clinical use, education, and research, with appropriate attribution.

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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Ireland. Funding must prioritise supported housing, vocational programmes, nutritional education, and community engagement initiatives. Equally, education on the link between nutrition and mental health should be integrated into mental health services.

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

The resulting Impact-TD scale measures the degree of functional impact on 4 categories: social, psychological/psychiatric, physical, vocational/educational/recreational. US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; 1976:534-537. ECDEU Assessment Manual for Psychopharmacology, revised edition. J Clin Psychiatry.

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Psychology’s Small Stories and the Call of the Other: An Interview with David Goodman

Mad in America

D avidGoodman is the Director of the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics and the Dean of the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College , where he also teaches in the Department of Formative Education. Matt Clemente and I wrote an article on ethical distancing. There’s a lot of damage in that.

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