June 2006 (Vol. 5, No. 6)

Evidence-Based Reviews

Beating Obesity: Help patients control binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome
Nancy L. Cloak, MD; Pauline S. Powers, MD

Is this patient competent to stand trial?
Sara West, MD; Stephen Noffsinger, MD

Corticosteroid-induced mania: Prepare for the unpredictable
Michael A. Cerullo, MD

More adolescents are gambling—with addiction
Timothy W. Fong, MD

From The Editor

Psychiatry seesaws with stars’ ups and downs
James Randolph Hillard, MD, Editor-in-Chief

Cases That Test Your Skills

When your brother becomes a ‘stranger’
Elizabeth Cerceo, MD; Jeffrey Dunn, MD; Thomas Newmark, MD

Comments & Controversies

CATIE’s uncontrolled factors

Psychodynamic causes behind bipolar disorder, schizophrenia

When anticonvulsants lead to rash

Out Of The Pipeline

Transdermal methylphenidate
Caroly Pataki, MD; Robert Suddath, MD

Malpractice Rx

Phone calls: Protect yourself when you can’t see the patient
Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH

Pearls

Defuse patient demands and other difficult behaviors
Lorraine S. Roth, MD

Set 4 ground rules at the first office visit
Stewart S. Newman, MD

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