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Substance Use Disorder: A Brain Disease
Medication, counseling, and support—just as important in substance use disorder treatment as any other brain disease.
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Early Intervention Strategies for Bipolar Disorder: Identifying Warning Signs
What is a mood disorder and what are the early warning signs? What treatments are available?
Considering DTx and PDTs as Part of Treatment
Arwen Podesta, MD; Timothy Aungst, PharmD; and Scottle Whittle, MD, explain the considerations they think about before using or prescribing DTx and PDTs.
Understanding DTx and PDTs
A distinguished panel provides an overview of what digital therapeutics (DTx) and prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) are and how they’re used in behavioral health treatment.
Motivational Interviewing: Partnering With Patients
Here's how to listen to patients and offer selective reflections.
Exciting Developments for Difficult to Treat Depression
What are the latest treatments in difficult to treat depression?
The Hummingbird: A Seduction
"...I would take you and take you and take you deep into any kind of nest you ever wanted."
Take Us Out to the Ball Game
Psychiatry and sports may be more intertwined than you think...
"Skilcraft Visible Man Anatomy Kit, 1960"
"Lost in the anatomy of wonder, moments pass before I catch my mother’s smile while she pretends to dust her shelves..."
Disagreeing Well: The Therapeutic Potential of the Medical Student Walk-Off
Sometimes patients have to leave in order to feel better upon returning...
The Ordinary Weather of Summer
"In the ordinary weather of summer with storms rumbling from west to east like so many freight trains hauling their cargo of heat and rain..."
Remembering a Summer of Awe
Our “world” has now expanded exponentially...
Love in a Time of COVID-19
"I love you as one loves the sickest patient: terminally, between the diagnosis and the death."
Remembering An Epilogue on Bonobos
Monkey see, monkey do... how similar are we to bonobos?
Key Takeaways and the Future of Narcolepsy Treatment
An expert panel concludes the discussion by reviewing factors to consider when diagnosing and treating narcolepsy.
Goals of Therapy and Factors That Shape Narcolepsy Treatment
A group of specialists discuss treatment options for patients experiencing daytime sleepiness and anxiety.
"The Not Dead"
"...the fresh cut grass a living carpet where all of us lay down and dream death will come to everyone except me."
Clinical Impressions From Patient Case #2
Thought leaders discuss what elements to consider when distinguishing between cataplexy and pseudo cataplexy.
Patient Case #2: 27-Year-Old Woman With Cataplexy
Thomas E. Scammell, MD reviews the history and current symptoms of a patient with narcolepsy.
A Little Closer to the Edge
"O mother, O minutehand, teach me how to hold a man the way thirst holds water. Let every river envy our mouths. Let every kiss hit the body like a season."
Remembering Summertime and Living Easier (At Least for Some)
About a year ago, things seemed to be looking up. Where are we now?
New Directions in Treatment
Thought leaders consider the role of newer medications in the therapeutic landscape.
Challenges in the Management of Narcolepsy
Thomas E. Scammell, MD; Heidi Moawad, MD; Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD; and Ruth Benca, MD, PhD, discuss abuse, side effects, and other obstacles associated with traditional medications.
The Portrait
"She locked his name in her deepest cabinet and would not let him out, though I could hear him thumping..."
Gay Pride and Psychiatric Pride
Pride: an alternative to stigma and shame. Why don't we ever hear the word in psychiatry?
Pharmacological Treatment Approaches
Thomas E. Scammell, MD; Heidi Moawad, MD; Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD; and Ruth Benca, MD, PhD, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of specific drug mechanisms for the treatment of narcolepsy.
Non-Pharmacological Approaches and Counseling
A multidisciplinary panel of sleep experts reviews the role of light exposure, exercise, and other non-pharmacological methods in narcolepsy management.
Thank You
"...you are the air of the now and gone..."
The Role of Multidisciplinary Teams and Treatment Options
Thought leaders discuss clinical considerations regarding the many intersecting and complicating conditions that individuals with narcolepsy may experience.
Clinical Impressions from Patient Case #1
Heidi Moawad, MD; Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD; and Ruth Benca, MD, PhD, share details about a patient case that may impact clinical considerations and therapeutic decision-making.