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This month's Web audio:
The cocaine vaccine: How will it be used?
Dr. Anthenelli and Somoza discuss adherence to the TA-CD vaccine, and more

Child/adolescent psychiatry
Adolescents who self-harm: How to protect them from themselves
Dr. John Peterson provides an update on assessing and treating self-harming adolescents

Bipolar disorder
Borderline or bipolar? Don't skimp on the life story
Dr. Jess G. Fiedorowicz explains why a thorough and rigorous psychiatric history is essential to distinguish borderline personality disorder from bipolar disorder.

Controversies in bipolar disorder: Trust evidence or experience?
Dr. Gary Miller discusses how to avoid misdiagnosing "soft" variants of bipolar disorder.

Soft bipolarity: How to recognize and treat bipolar II disorder
Dr. Daniel Smith offers clinical tips to to differentiate bipolar II disorder and borderline personality disorder.

Borderline personality disorder
BPD: A "good prognosis diagnosis"
Dr. John Gunderson discusses implications of recent studies that showed many BPD patients undergo remission and rarely relapse.

Helping suicidal BPD patients
Dr. Michele Berk offers clinical tips for managing safety in suicidal patients with borderline personality disorder.

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
Herb/drug interactions: What you need to know
Dr. George Grossberg describes common interactions between drugs and herbs or natural supplements and the importance of asking patients about everything they take.

Discussing CAM options with your patients
Dr. Crystal Manuel explains how to negotiate CAM use with patients

Depression
Treating depression in pregnant women
Dr. Natalie Rasgon discusses the importance of collaborating with a depressed pregnant woman's primary care provider or obstetrician/gynecologist.

Exercise prescription:
A practical, effective therapy for depression
Dr. Kanwaldeep S. Sidhu offers advice on talking to patients about exercise.

Documentation
How to reduce malpractice risk with better documentation
Dr. Douglas Mossman discusses techniques for improving your documentation.

Fibromyalgia
Is fibromyalgia a somatoform disorder?
Dr. Sharon B. (Shay) Stanford discusses this controversy and provides clinical tips.

Forensic psychiatry
Are you ready to testify in civil commitment proceedings?
Dr. Douglas Mossman explains steps psychiatrists can take to ensure they provide accurate, truthful, and relevant testimony.

Prescribing
The virtues of restraint when prescribing
Dr. Nicholas Kontos and Dr. Oliver Freudenreich challenge 4 myths of prescribing psychiatric medications

Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia "In her own voice" podcast series
Lisa Halpern, MPP, describes her cognitive breakdown while a graduate student at Harvard University and the psychiatric treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation that helped her recover.

Clozapine for schizophrenia: Life-threatening or life-saving treatment?
Dr. Leslie Citrome provides clinical advice on when clozapine may be right for your patient, and how to initiate therapy.

Substance abuse
Adding anticonvulsants to benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal
Dr. David R. Speigel describes when adjunctive anticonvulsants might work best

How to talk to older patients about substance abuse
Dr. Louis A. Trevisan and Dr. Shannon M. Drew discuss screening for medication and alcohol misuse in elderly patients

Recognizing at-risk drinkers
Dr. Mark Willenbring presents the 1 question you can ask to identify patients who are at risk of developing an alcohol disorder

Emerging clues: Is this teen at risk for substance abuse?
Dr. Duncan B. Clark discusses how the idea of psychological dysregulation may help identify at-risk children before they start experimenting.

Quick screening and interventions to help patients
with drug or alcohol abuse
Dr. Varinder S. Rathore discusses new ways to quickly screen for substance abuse and motivational interviewing techniques to help patients seek treatment.

Suicide
Examining excess mortality in patients with mood disorders.
Dr. Jess G. Fiedorowicz discusses the two primary causes of excess deaths in patients with mood disorders: suicide and vascular disease.

Beyond suicide ideation
Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin explains how to identify patients who are at highest risk for suicide.

Life after near death:
What interventions works for a suicide survivor?
Dr. J. Michael Bostwick explains how the "script" of your patient's suicide attempt can help you plan effective treatment

Therapeutic relationship
The advantages of 'plussing'
Dr. John Battaglia explains how and why it pays to genuinely praise a difficult patient.

Clinical guide to countertransference:
Help medical colleagues deal with 'difficult' patients
Dr. Philip R. Muskin discusses the patient-physician dynamic and what to do when a patient makes you angry.

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