Sleep disorders can pose impairments beyond cognition (eg, difficulty processing, unclear thinking). Here, Dr Karl Doghramji discusses a number of impairments associated with insomnia.

Bullying prevention programs are popular but not very effective. Here, nationally recognized experts discuss an alternate system that focuses on children who are being bullied and not the perpetrators.

The demands on physicians keep growing—they are not only responsible for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, they are subject to all manner of related administrative and practice responsibilities. Not surprisingly, physicians are susceptible to burnout.

Medical colleagues routinely monitor patients with sphygmomanometers, peak flow meters, and glucometers. Similarly, psychiatrists can and should incorporate the use of screening tools to help with diagnosis and treatment management.

Is your patient using synthetic drugs of abuse? Spice, Bath Salts, and Salvia are emerging drugs of abuse, with patients increasingly turning to these agents. Since their legal status varies and they can be difficult to detect on standard drug tests, their popularity may be increasing.

Your patient walks in with signs of traumatic injury, or intellectual or developmental disability. What special considerations are necessary in assessing and treating this patient? Here, Dr Alya Reeve explains.

Treating women with bipolar disorder requires some special considerations. Not only is it possible for the hormonal changes to impact mood, but the hormones can also impact pharmacokinetics of the mood stabilizing medications.

The demands on physicians keep growing—they are not only responsible for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, they are subject to all manner of related administrative and practice responsibilities. It’s no wonder that they are too busy to step back and periodically assess themselves and what they are doing.

In this 2-part video, psychiatrist and pain management specialist, Steven King, MD, discusses various causes of cancer pain and then focuses on role that psychiatrists can play in helping patients cope.

Dr Douglas L. Noordsy sheds light on the pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies to treat and manage comorbid schizophrenia and addiction as well as strategies to help improve functional outcomes.