Marcia J. Kaplan, MD

Article

Treating chronic insomnia: An alternating medication strategy

Author:: Marcia J. Kaplan, MD

Publish date: October 1, 2023

Alternating between 2 agents from different classes can help avoid tolerance/tachyphylaxis.

Opinion

Reassessing benzodiazepines: What role should this medication class play in psychiatry?

Author:: Marcia J. Kaplan, MD

Publish date: August 4, 2022

Benzodiazepines are appropriate and helpful in situations that cause transient anxiety and with patients who have done poorly with other options.

Article

COVID-19 and the psychiatrist/psychoanalyst: My experience

Author:: Marcia J. Kaplan, MD

Publish date: April 1, 2022

COVID-19 affected all aspects of psychiatric care. As a psychiatrist who is also a psychoanalyst, I faced some unique challenges to caring for my p...