Tipsheets

Few circumstances confront the psychiatrist with more complex, painful, and potentially problematic clinical dilemmas and challenges than the treatment of the incest victim. Here are some factors that may lead to memory of a trauma becoming inaccessible or withheld by a patient.

Awareness about hoarding is sparking an outpouring of concern for its effect on families—especially children. Here are sample questions to ask children if you suspect he or she lives with a hoarder.

Tips on managing agitated patients from Project BETA.

Here we list important points to keep in mind when assessing and treating patients who self harm.

This Tipsheet is a quick reference for child and adolescent clinicians who work in diverse populations, adapted from an article by Toby Measham, MD, and colleagues.

This Tipsheet serves as a general description of psychodermatological disorders, adapted from an article by Mohammad Jafferany, MD.

Essentials to keep in mind in assessing the signs of agitation in a patient and determining what action to take in a clinical setting.

You snooze, you definitely don't lose.