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In this CME article, learn more about recent developments with lithium as they relate to renal issues.

Demystifying Lithium Therapy—A Primer for Clinicians: Renal Issues, Part 1

is a child psychiatrist, family psychotherapist, and philosopher in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he is professor of psychiatry & addiction medicine at the University of Montreal. He is also clinical professor of psychiatry & behavioral health at The George Washington University and president of the World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP). Dr Di Nicola has received numerous national and international awards, honorary professorships, and fellowships. Of note, Dr Di Nicola was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS), given the Distinguished Service Award of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and is a Fellow-Elect of the American College of Psychiatrists (FACPsych). His work straddles psychiatry and psychotherapy on one side and philosophy and poetry on the other. Dr Di Nicola’s work includes:

 A Stranger in the Family: Culture, Families and Therapy 

 (Atropos Press, 2011, winner of a prize from the Quebec Psychiatric Association),

Psychiatry in Crisis: At the Crossroads of Social Sciences, the Humanities, and Neuroscience 

(with D. Stoyanov; Springer Nature, 2021). 

Everything You Wanted to Know About Crazy (But Forgot to Ask Your DJ): Deconstructing Crazy Part II

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Patients with treatment resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression may now experience some relief using focused ultrasound. 

Focused Ultrasound For Treatment Resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Showing Promise

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