Concepts in Psychiatry

Today’s episode is part of my Medication Minute series. As previously described, these shorter episodes feature information regarding a specific subset of psychiatric medication management. On today’s episode, I want to discuss a newer medication called suvorexant, or trade name Belsomra, an orexin antagonist that was FDA-approved for treatment of insomnia. References Bonnet, MH PhD, […]

On today’s episode, we will discuss the second part of our 2-part discussion on neurocognitive disorders according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In our previous discussion on neurocognitive disorders, we reviewed the evaluation of a patient with suspected delirium or neurocognitive disorder, the diagnosis and management of […]

On today’s episode, we will be discussing options for augmentation strategies in the treatment of unipolar depression. For many patients suffering from unipolar major depression, they can continue to suffer from symptoms despite treatment with multiple adequate trials of antidepressants. The decision to add an augmentation agent is one that is most often made in […]

On today’s episode, we will be discussing treatment of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction. This is a topic that is incredibly important in terms of medication management in our patients and the side effects from some of those medications, and it is a topic that is often overlooked. It can be embarrassing and anxiety-provoking for medical students, […]

On today’s episode, we will discuss the first part of a 2-part discussion on neurocognitive disorders according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Neurocognitive disorders involve acquired disruptions in one or more of the domains of cognition, which include Memory Language, Orientation, Judgment, Conductance of interpersonal relationships, Performing […]

Today’s episode is the first in my new Medication Minute series of this podcast. These shorter episodes will feature information regarding a specific subset of psychiatric medication management; anything from a new drug that is available to important side effects of a medication. On today’s episode, I want to discuss a new medication called valbenazine […]

On today’s episode, our topic of discussion is the assessment of patient safety in an emergency setting. This is a topic that I think is a good review at any stage in our training, as safety of our patient’s while in a crisis should be our foremost concern. This will be a good review for […]

On today’s episode we will be discussing sleep-wake disorders. We will first discuss a quick overview of normal sleep architecture, as well as the tools available for evaluation of sleep. We will then delve into the specifics of the various sleep-wake disorders, as classified by the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of […]

On today’s episode, we will be discussing medication-induced movement disorders. This is a broad topic, in which we find that many of the medications we use to help our patients not only in the mental health field, but in the general medical field as well, are capable of causing abnormal movements that range from embarrassing […]