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The following is a transcript of a podcast by Dr James Lake.

What routine screening for alcohol abuse is recommended to avoid alcohol-related psychiatric emergencies in older adults? How will the presence of additional staff members affect an agitated patient in a psychiatric emergency? These and more in this week's quiz.

On the morning of September 28, sophomore math major Colton Tooley donned a mask, grabbed an AK-47, and began a shooting spree on the University of Texas campus.

For some, creating art may be a displacement of issues and conflicts that we encounter in our work and personal lives. It can express things that can't be formulated in verbal content, as has been shown in art therapy with patients.

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Of the more than 250 million prescriptions written for psychiatric drugs in 2009 in this country, Xanax is the by far most popular. Nearly 50 million prescriptions were written for this benzodiazepine or its generic form last year.

Clearly, we all share the goals of respecting-not “medicalizing”-ordinary grief; as well as recognizing and treating clinically significant depression. We differ with Dr Frances in how to achieve these goals, while remaining faithful to the best available scientific data.

Are a history of complicated pneumonia and possible obstructive sleep apnea part of the DSM-IV exclusionary criteria for potential participants in anesthesia-assisted opioid withdrawal? How many alcoholic drinks a week does it take for a woman to be considered an at-risk drinker? These and more in this week's quiz.