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Dr Moukaddam shares factors to consider when approaching the treatment of bipolar disorder.

Nidal Moukaddam, MD, PhD, presents the case of a 30-year-old male diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder and shares her initial impressions on diagnosis.

"...we came in peace for all mankind. Then returned to continue the war."

Free speech should enhance mental health, not decrease it.

"To what purpose, April, do you return again?"

The mask mandate has been lifted in the wake of the million death milestone for COVID-19.

"When I was nineteen and still had time, I worked college breaks in my father’s factory, and let sweet leather’s smell soak into my skin..."

Religious holidays seem to have psychological meaning in terms of processing internal and external oppression.

"You know, now that anything can happen, it’s hard to know what will, and what will you do now that you know?"

How is this new drug going to help in the treatment of agitation in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder?

It is a privilege to get to know patients.

What 3 emotional stressors may be impacting your patient's sex drive?

"The clock just ticked minute 41, and Annie, just as you predict, my attention is wandering, even if I haven’t hit Step 3: Make the reader feel something is at stake, which I’ll have to focus on in my revision."

Female leadership could make a difference...

These 5 foods can help improve quantity and quality of sleep.

"...My mother like a distantly spilled perfume."

ECT played an important role in this patient's journey to recovery.

The panel concludes our discussion with the role healthcare providers play today in the treatment of opioid overdose and what needs to change for the future.

Our experts provide their expertise on Patient Case 2 and how they would proceed with treatment.

Dr Torrington moves on to Patient Case 2, a 49-year-old man found semi-responsive with a suspected opioid overdose.

Take a look at the 4 primary movement disorders commonnly encountered in psychiatry when antipsychotics are prescribed.

"I am her book of poems and it is I."

Do these events of the past contain echoes of things to come?

The group discusses Patient Case 1 and how they would treat in this scenario.

Matthew A. Torrington, MD, introduces our first patient case, a 27-year-old man presenting with injuries from a car accident.

How can you empower the patient to be part of the discussion surrounding their treatment?

"Always the light falls. Softly down on the hair of my belovèd."

Are women better leaders?

A group of specialists discuss overdoses and treatment with naloxone so family and caregivers are prepared for the future and for treatment.

Dr Kosten describes how to deal with a fentanyl overdose.