CPCP: PTSD in ICU Survivors by Dr. Victoria Linares
The outstanding Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentations are coming thick and fast, so much I can hardly keep up with them! This one is on Postraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)...
View ArticleCPCP: Opiate Withdrawal by Jenny Preinitz Pharm.D.
I’m proud to announce this new Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) on managing detoxification from opiates and more from jenny Preinitz, PharmD. I gotta tell you I’m not used to having...
View ArticleCPCP: Alcohol Withdrawal by Medical Student Jaclyn Keller
Hey, it’s been a big week on the psychiatry consultation service and the medical students are working hard. Senior medical student Jaclyn Keller, who plans to enter residency in Dermatology, delivered...
View ArticleCPCP: Catatonia by Medical Student Tyler Mouw
Coming at you with another fine Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation, this one on catatonia, by medical student Tyler Mouw. He’s planning to do his residency in surgery....
View ArticleCPCP: Mortality in Patients with Dementia Treated with Antipsychotics by Dr....
So this is the latest in a flurry of Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentations, this one by Family Medicine resident, Dr. Neel Patel, MD. He reported on the much talked about...
View ArticleCPCP: Psychiatric Emergency Medications for Agitated Patients by Dr. Matt...
We had a big day on the consult service with Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentations yesterday including medical student Amy Walz’s on obesity and antidepressants and...
View ArticleCPCP: Potential Antidepressant Overtreatment by Dr. Diana Flint, MD
Coming at you with another outstanding Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation, this one on the issue of potential antidepressant overtreatment given by Family Medicine...
View ArticleMining for Fool’s Gold
My wife found an interesting news item the other day about robots getting smarter than humans. I got a kick out of it because I thought of it as just another sort of below-the-fold or even back page...
View ArticleCPCP: Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia by Dr. Ashley Stillwell, DO
The last CPCP for the year 2014 is about a poorly understood phenomenon, Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia (OIH). It’s an excellent review by one of our talented Family Medicine-Psychiatry residents, Dr....
View ArticleCPCP: Factitious Disorder by Dr. Garrett Wilcox MD
Here’s a great review of Factitious Disorder presented today by Family Medicine resident Dr. Garrett Wilcox, MD. It’s a poorly understood form of simulated illness which is distinct from somatic...
View ArticleCPCP: Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures by the Medical Students
Another very interesting Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation coming your way by 3rd year medical students Aeen Asghar and Karl Loth. Aeen is going into surgery and Karl is...
View ArticleCPCP: Pseudobulbar Affect From Resident Drs. Morse and Segraves
This is a superb Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP0 on pseudobulbar affect put together by a couple of outstanding junior residents in our department, Dr. Emily Morse, DO and Dr....
View ArticleCPCP: Vocal Cord Paralysis and Anxiety, by Medical Students
Here’s a very interesting Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation on the association between vocal cord paralysis and anxiety, about which consulting psychiatrists occasionally...
View ArticleCPCP: Zonisamide and Psychosis by Resident Drs. Michele Morais and Nudrat...
Coming at you with another killer Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP), this time on Zonisamide (Zonegran) and psychiatric side effects with special emphasis on psychosis including manic...
View ArticleWhat Else Do I Do Besides Work?
The other day one of the medical students asked me what I do when I’m not on duty. Believe it or not, I can’t remember ever getting a question like that from a medical student. My first answer was that...
View ArticlePecha Kucha: Can I Say What I Need to Say in 400 Seconds?
OK, I know I’m a geezer but why have I not heard about Pecha Kucha until today? Pecha Kucha is japanese, literally means “chit chat” and I gather it’s the antidote to those death by powerpoint talks...
View ArticleCPCP: Antidepressants in Short Bowel Syndrome by Medical Students
Hey, coming at you with a truly outstanding Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation on antidepressants in the setting of short bowel syndrome. The medical students really...
View ArticleCPCP: Protracted Benzodiazepine Withdrawal by Dr. Matt Klein
So here’s another great CPCP, this time on protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal from resident psychiatrist, Dr. Matt Klein, DO, a repeat performer whom you’ll recall from his excellent previous...
View ArticleCPCP: Suicide Risk Assessment by Resident Psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Segraves
Coming at you with another well-done Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) this one by psychiatry resident Dr. Andrew Segraves, DO on suicide risk assessment. Arguably this is the most...
View ArticleIf Only We Knew Then What We Know Now
I left a comment on the March 17, 2015 Psychiatric Times article “ABIM Finally Gets It Right” by Sidney Weissman, MD, and it should make us all wonder what is the real worth of board certification, let...
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