Evidence-Based Reviews
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Evidence-Based Reviews
Assessing imminent suicide risk: What about future planning?
A close look at the characteristics of the patient’s plans should be part of the evaluation.
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Evidence-Based Reviews
Borderline personality disorder: 6 studies of psychosocial interventions
Evidence suggests benefits from several forms of psychoeducation and psychotherapy.
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Evidence-Based Reviews
Psychiatric partial hospitalization programs: What you need to know
PHPs can serve as a useful, cost-effective transition from inpatient to outpatient care.
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Evidence-Based Reviews
Honor thy parents? Understanding parricide and associated spree killings
Knowing which factors are common among perpetrators could assist in prevention.
From the Editor
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From the Editor
It’s time for moonshot thinking in psychiatry
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him...
Savvy Psychopharmacology
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Savvy Psychopharmacology
Antipsychotic-induced priapism: Mitigating the risk
Mr. J, age 35, is brought to the hospital from prison due to priapism that does not improve with treatment. He says he has had priapism 5 t...
Cases That Test Your Skills
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Cases That Test Your Skills
Depressed and awkward: Is it more than that?
Ms. P, age 21, presents to the clinic with worsening depression. Her diagnoses are treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and schizoid...
Pearls
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Pearls
The skill of administering IM medications: 3 questions to consider
The intramuscular (IM) route is commonly used to administer medication in various clinical settings.
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Pearls
Intermittent fasting: What to tell patients
Intermittent fasting is the purposeful, restricted intake of food (and sometimes water), usually for health or religious reasons.
Commentary
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Commentary
Comments & Controversies
A broken system
I was relieved to see your article “I have a dream … for psychiatry” (From the Editor, Current Psychiatry, November...