Mauricio Tohen, MD

Dr Tohen is a university distinguished professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center, in Albuquerque NM.

Articles by Mauricio Tohen, MD

Beyond Deprescribing: A Formula for Excellent Clinical Care

ByJoseph F. Goldberg, MD,Anita H. Clayton, MD,Leslie L. Citrome, MD, MPH,David W. Goodman, MD,Rajnish Mago, MD,Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC,Holly A. Swartz, MD,Mauricio Tohen, MD,John J. Miller, MD,Psychiatric Times Editors

July 13th 2026

A panel of expert psychiatrists define deprescribing as ongoing medication review, guiding safer, personalized psychopharmacology amid polypharmacy, misdiagnosis, and fragmented care.

Podcast: Deprescribing Insights From an ASCP Panel of Psychiatric Experts

ByJoseph F. Goldberg, MD,Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC,Rajnish Mago, MD,Anita H. Clayton, MD,Holly A. Swartz, MD,David W. Goodman, MD ,Leslie L. Citrome, MD, MPH,Mauricio Tohen, MD

July 3rd 2026

ASCP panel offers deprescribing guidance to curb psychiatric overprescribing, simplify polypharmacy, and improve outcomes with tapering and

Brain Trust: The First Panel of Psychiatric Experts Weighs in on Deprescribing at ASCP 2026

ByJoseph F. Goldberg, MD,Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC,Rajnish Mago, MD,Anita H. Clayton, MD,Holly A. Swartz, MD,David W. Goodman, MD ,Leslie L. Citrome, MD, MPH,Mauricio Tohen, MD

May 28th 2026

Expert psychiatrists share new ASCP deprescribing guidance, tackling overprescribing, primary-care challenges, and practical tapering strategies to improve safer, patient-centered mental health care.

Comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder

ByDoron Sagman, MD,Mauricio Tohen, MD

March 23rd 2009

The central tenet of clinical comorbidity, the occurrence of 2 syndromes in the same patient, presupposes that they are distinct categorical entities.