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AAP & AHA Clarify Statement on Cardiovascular Screening in ADHD
Which children and adolescents with ADHD should undergo cardiovascular screening? Dr. Robert Findling discusses the revised guidelines in his videoblog.
Commentary, June 2008
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Pharmacologic Options for Treatment-Resistant Depression: An Expert Interview With Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
Although many depressed patients respond at least partially to antidepressant treatment, these responders often remain symptomatic. When should you consider augmenting treatment?
Expert Interview, June 2008
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Newly Published Guidelines for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Pediatric patients meet the same symptomatic diagnostic criteria as adults in bipolar disorder and suffer similar significant impairment.
Commentary, May 2008
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New Research on the Use of Effectiveness Studies in Treating Bipolar Patients: An Expert Interview With Terrence Ketter, MD
What's the buzz on effectiveness studies and the importance of 'mixity' episodes in treating bipolar patients over the long term. Read this intriguing perspective on the latest research.
Expert Interview, January 2008
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Assessing Suicide Risk in Patients With Bipolar Disorder: An Expert Interview With Jan A. Fawcett, MD
Preventing suicide in bipolar patients presents many challenges. What risk factors should you look for and what treatments are effective? The man who devoted his life to this question answers it.
Expert Interview, January 2008
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Is Telepsychiatry Equivalent to Face-to-Face Psychiatry? Results From a Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial
Videoconferencing for psychiatric consultation may be equivalent to face-to-face encounters in improvement of clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction; plus, telepsychiatry costs less.
Commentary, November 2007
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Is Self-injurious Behavior Related to Suicide in Young Adults?
What did researchers discover in a study published in the June 2007 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine?
Commentary, October 2007
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ADHD and African American Parents
A study in the May-June 2007 issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics looks at community attitudes toward the treatment of ADHD.
Commentary, October 2007
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Observations on the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Why do only 34% of clinicians use treatment guidelines? How do psychosocial treatments compare in reducing relapse? Who reports the greatest burden as caregiver?
Expert Interview, September 2007
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Smoking and Schizophrenia
What evidence-based treatment improves insight? In what phase of the illness is such intervention best? What undesirable clinical effects can insight have?
Ask the Expert, August 2007
