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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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The Carlat Report Newsletters are launching a bi-monthly email newsletter that will contain concise, practical advice for busy clinicia...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Hating on Antipsychotics: Are We Going Too Far?

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Antipsychotics are not perfect. No drugs are. They can cause weight gain and weird movement side effects and sleepiness. But they have the...
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

We're Diagnosing Like It's 1799

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The fact that psychiatry lags far behind the rest of medicine scientifically is no great news flash. The leaders of our field have long a...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Ecstasy for PTSD: Some Background

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You may have heard that the Food and Drug Administration has given the drug ecstasy (MDMA) its "breakthrough designation" for th...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Antidepressant News: Just the Right Amount of Opiate?

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In the early 1950s, opium was considered an effective treatment for depression, but gradually it fell out of favor as its addiction risk bec...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Have Companies Stopped Ghostwriting? BMJ Article Says "No"

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A new article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) by Alastair Matheson takes a fresh look at ghostwriting in medical research. Apparently,...
Monday, October 5, 2015

Boston Globe Article about Genetic Testing in Psychiatry

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It would be fantastic to have a lab test to help us decide which drugs to prescribe in psychiatry. See Sunday's  great Boston Globe...
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