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The Carlat Psychiatry Report CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBDr. Aiken is the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report; director of the Mood Treatment Cente r in North Carolina, where he maintains a private practice combining medication and therapy along with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments; and Assistant Professor NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. He has …

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An Antidepressant Diet 2019-05-08 CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBWe have a decade of observational evidence linking the quality of people’s diets to their risk for depression. Those findings were pretty consistent across countries, cultures, and age groups: A healthy diet is associated with an approximately 30% reduction in the risk for depression and a 40% improvement in cognition.

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Nutritional Psychiatry in Practice 2021-11-05 CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBNutritional Psychiatry in Practice. Drew Ramsey, MD. Drew Ramsey, MD. Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, founder of the Brain Food Clinic, and the author of four books on nutrition and mental health, including 2021’s Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety (HarperWave). Dr.

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Using DBT Skills in Everyday Clinical Practice: An In-Depth …

WEBTable: DBT Skills for Therapists. Category. Skill examples. Key points. Clinical applications. Core mindfulness. Wise mind. This involves synthesizing the emotional mind (the part of the mind that reacts emotionally) with the logical mind (the part that thinks rationally) to find a wise middle ground.

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EmPATH Units: An Innovative Approach to Mental Health Crises

WEBDr. Nordstrom: EmPATH stands for “Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, & Healing unit.”. EmPATH units provide prompt, empathetic care to patients in psychiatric crises. Their goal is to help patients improve quickly, and they have the added benefit of reducing emergency department (ED) boarding and overcrowding.

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Micronutrients in Mental Health 2019-11-15 CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBDr. Rucklidge: Yes, there is one on EnLyte, a branded micronutrient that has been cleared by the FDA as a medical food. EnLyte contains zinc, methylfolate, and B vitamins. In that study, it was the depressive symptoms themselves that improved, and the effect size was large (0.9).

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Introducing The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report

WEBIntroducing The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. March 8, 2021. To all my devoted readers: Welcome to the inaugural issue of the CHPR. This is my fourth CME newsletter, and I wanted to share with you why we’re launching this product. Some of you know that over the past couple of years I have been working full time as the director of

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Reduced Life Expectancy in ADHD 2020-02-11 CARLAT …

WEBCCPR: To start, tell us about how the thinking has changed in terms of health consequences from ADHD. Dr. Barkley: In the 1970s, we saw ADHD as an educational disorder with impacts on school behavior and academic achievement.Around that same time, there was a parallel path recognizing ADHD as a social problem in …

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Using Self-Help Skills for Recovery: The WRAP Approach

WEBCPTR: As a person who worked with a group of people who experienced mental health issues to develop the now evidence-based Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), how would you describe WRAP? Dr. Copeland: WRAP is a wellness self-management program. Specially trained facilitators who are usually, but not necessarily, …

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Using Stories to Color the Stark Lines of Evidence-Based Medicine: …

WEBUsing Stories to Color the Stark Lines of Evidence-Based Medicine: Elyn R. Saks. Emily E. Whisler, DO and Edmund S. Higgins, MD. Dr. Whisler is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Higgins is Affiliate Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of …

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Should We Allow Smartphones on the Psych Unit

WEBSeptember 25, 2019. It’s a bit of dogma that goes rarely challenged in inpatient psychiatry—patients can’t use smartphones. There are multiple reasons for this, ranging from privacy issues (patients might Instagram other patients), clinical issues (patients might isolate themselves and not go to groups), safety issues (they might break

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Navigating the Sea of Mental Health Apps CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBThe learning objectives are to understand the risks and benefits of apps, specifically mental health; to lead a patient through informed decision-making, around picking apps; and finally, to spot red flags in any potential safety issues around using apps or related digital mental health tools and technologies. To get started, the first question

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Responding to Sexual Activity on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

WEBWe know sexual attraction occurs among individuals staying together in a psychiatric inpatient unit. The prevalence of sexual activity on acute units is as high as 5%—and up to 70% among chronically ill patients in long-term residence in state hospitals (Ford E et al, Psychiatr Serv 2003;54(3):346–350; Wright ER et al, Journal of Ethics in …

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An Antidepressant Diet 2021-11-29 CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBAn Antidepressant Diet. November 29, 2021. An interview with Drew Ramsey on nutritional psychiatry. Chris Aiken, MD, Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, and Drew Ramsey, MD, have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity. Published On: 11/29/2021.

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Tarasoff: Making Sense of the Duty to Warn or Protect

WEBThis is a concept known as the “duty to warn.”. In Tarasoff II, a rehearing of the case, the court added the concept of “duty to protect.”. This duty requires providers to take whatever steps are necessary to protect the intended victim. You can warn them, but you can also protect the intended victim by, for example, placing the patient

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Typical Insurance Reimbursement to Providers for TMS

WEBFrom the Article: “TMS Treatment for Depression: An Update” by Adam Strassberg, MD The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 19, Number 3, March 2021 www.thecarlatreport.com A CARLAT PSYCHIATRY REFERENCE TABLE Typical Insurance Reimbursement to Providers for TMS

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How to Prescribe Omega-3 Fatty Acids

WEBOmega-3s are “essential fatty acids,” meaning we cannot produce them on our own and must obtain them from our diet. In the brain, they coat nerve cell membranes and have neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects. Most modern diets are deficient in omega-3s, and serum omega-3 levels are particularly low in people with psychiatric …

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The New Billing Codes 2022-01-04 CARLAT PUBLISHING

WEBNew patient visits. E/M codes can also be used for new patients, although most clinicians prefer to bill the 90792 code for this (psychiatric diagnosis with medical services). For new patients, the E/M codes and corresponding time spent are: 99202 (15–29 minutes), 99203 (30–44 minutes), 99204 (45–59 minutes), and (99205 ≥ 60 …

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