Going Beyond ‘Doing the Meds’
Betsy Bates
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2010 (Vol. 38, Issue 2, Page 44)
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Combo Therapy Is the Rule in Pediatric Bipolar
Betsy Bates
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2010 (Vol. 38, Issue 1, Page 52)
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Treat PTSD, Substance Abuse at Same Time
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 12, Page 18)
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Try Combined Therapy to Treat Anxiety: Starting with an SSRI and adding CBT later gives practitioners time to assess patient response.
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 11, Page 41)
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Go Easy on SSRIs
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 10, Page 56)
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Assess for Comorbidities in Chronic Pain
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 9, Page 26)
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Atypical Antipsychotics and Metabolic Testing
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 8, Page 8)
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Treating ADHD When Stimulants Don't Work
ROBERT L. FINDLING, Timothy E. Wilens
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 7, Page 16)
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Polypharmacy for Bipolar Ever More Complex
TERENCE KETTER
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 5, Pages 24-25)
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Antipsychotics: Prescribe One at a Time
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 2, Page 9)
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Medication for PTSD: A Leap of Faith?
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 1, Page 38)
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Atypicals for Resistant Depression: Patients ‘have to go in with their eyes wide open’ about the risks and benefits of this treatment.
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 11, Page 12)
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Balance Efficacy, Safety in Bipolar Depression
Sherry Boschert
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 10, Page 21)
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Lithium Still Has a Place in Bipolar Treatment: Mood stabilizer is effective for most patients at low levels, but side effects give U.S. clinicians pause.
Sherry Boschert
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 9, Page 19)
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Double Trouble: Mixed Bipolar Episodes
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 8, Page 16)
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Drug Therapy for Alcohol Dependence
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 7, Page 37)
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Options Limited in Resistant Schizophrenia: Trial of clozapine is considered standard approach, but optimal results could take more than 6 weeks.
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 6, Page 12)
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Treating Intellectually Disabled Patients
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 5, Page 9)
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Antidepressant Therapy After STAR*D
Clinical Psychiatry News
April 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 4, Page 29)
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Take Active Approach Against Weight Gain
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 3, Page 24)
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Risks Special, Benefits Uncertain in Bipolar Anxiety
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 2, Page 14)
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Pharmacogenetics Inform Drug Choice, Dosage
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2008 (Vol. 36, Issue 1, Page 14)
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Treat Substance Use/ADHD With Due Caution: Although complete abstinence is elusive, substance use should be controlled before addressing ADHD.
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 12, Page 27)
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Uncertainties Prevail on Psychotic Depression
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 11, Page 18)
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Insomnia in Elderly: Medicate With Care: Many clinicians prefer nonbenzodiazepines over benzodiazepines because they carry less risk of falls.
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 10, Page 27)
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Pharmacotherapy Is ‘Powerful Tool’ in Palliative Care
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 9, Page 14)
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First Psychotic Episode Merits Special Approach
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 8, Page 20)
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For Anxiety, Look Beyond Status Quo Drugs: Augmentation most commonly involves atypicals; benzodiazepines or buspirone; and anticonvulsants.
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 7, Page 20)
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Starting, Ending Antidepressants: Educating patients about what to expect in the course of antidepressant therapy is critical.
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 6, Page 14)
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Treating Autism-Related Behavioral Problems
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 5, Page 40)
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Diabetes Complicates Depression and Anxiety Therapy: Increased use of atypical antipsychotics brings weight, glucose metabolism, and lipid liabilities.
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 3, Page 14)
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Treating Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder: Mood chart covering 6 months or a year provides a view of the illness that can clarify drug choice.
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 2, Page 18)
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Schizophrenia, Substance Use Need Integrated Tx: Take into account the possible synergistic effects between antipsychotics and drugs of abuse.
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2007 (Vol. 35, Issue 1, Page 15)
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Mood, Anxiety Disorders Complicate ADHD Tx
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 12, Page 23)
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Herbal Use May Affect Psychotropic Response: Serotonin syndrome has been reported in patients who used both St. John's Wort and an SSRI.
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 11, Page 23)
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Make Smoking Cessation a Priority: Prevalence is high among psychiatric patients, but less than 2% get counseling from their psychiatrists.
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 10, Page 50)
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Weighing Atypicals for Depression, Anxiety: Don't overlook class warnings on tardive dyskinesia, hyperglycemia, diabetes, and other consequences.
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 9, Page 12)
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‘Sequential’ Approach to Combo Tx Can Work: Augmenting medication with psychotherapy ‘ties in with the growing emphasis on remission.’
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 8, Page 27)
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Perimenopause Complicates Treatment
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 7, Page 20)
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Ask About Pain in Initial Evaluations
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 6, Page 58)
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Tailor Treatment to Meet Athletes' Needs: Physiologic performance demands and maintaining competitive edge top this population's concerns.
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 5, Page 34)
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Antidepressants Often Just a First Step in PTSD: Following initial SSRIs, adrenergic antagonists, anticonvulsants, atypical antipsychotics often used.
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
April 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 4, Page 25)
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The Wonders of Cognitive Restructuring
ROBERT T. LONDON
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 3, Page 73)
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Sleeping Problems in Mood, Anxiety Disorders: Make sure that primary antidepressant prescribed does not aggravate patient's sleep problems.
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 2, Page 58)
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Medications ‘Ancillary’ in Eating Disorder Tx
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2006 (Vol. 34, Issue 1, Page 64)
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Necessity Drives Schizophrenia Polypharmacy
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 12, Page 33)
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Treatment-Resistant OCD
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 11, Page 37)
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Anxiety in Bipolar Disorder: Data on cotreatment are lacking, but anecdotally, antimanics and antipsychotics have proven useful.
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 10, Page 36)
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Modify Depression Treatment for Older Patients: Comorbidities are common, so the initial dosage of any agent should be low and titration cautious.
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 9, Page 54)
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Factor Ethnicity Into Drug Treatment—Part 2: Patients with slow or 'superfast’ metabolism of drugs are more common in certain ethnic groups.
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 8, Page 42)
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Factor Ethnicity Into Drug Treatment—Part 1: Flexibility needed to temper standard criteria with an appreciation of the diverse ‘idioms of distress.’
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 7, Page 31)
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Adult ADHD: Drug Choice Includes Timing Issues
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 6, Page 22)
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Treating Depression in Schizophrenia
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 5, Page 44)
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Bipolar II Treatment Requires Finesse, Flexibility
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
April 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 4, Page 25)
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Late-Life Anxiety Requires Modified Approach: Lower profile for drug interactions makes citalopram, escitalopram, and sertraline attractive.
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 3, Page 40)
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In Medicating Anger, Consider Comorbidities
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 2, Page 23)
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Fundamentals of Malpractice Risk Reduction
CARL SHERMAN
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2005 (Vol. 33, Issue 1, Page 27)
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Treating Sexual Dysfunction: Antidepressant-associated SD tends to be dose related, but a dosage reduction can prove risky
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 12, Page 26)
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Treating Depression in the Medically Ill: These patients are sensitive to side effects, may be taking drugs that can interact with antidepressants
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 11, Page 23)
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Alcohol Complicates, Compromises Anxiety Tx: Treatment of choice is usually an SRI; benzodiazepines should be used with caution
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 10, Page 26)
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Adjunctive Use of Anticonvulsants in Psychosis
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 9, Pages 17-18)
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GAD Patients Often Require Combined Therapy
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 8, Pages 12-13)
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Depression and Suicide
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 7, Pages 16-17)
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Adherence Problems Persist in Schizophrenia
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 6, Pages 12-13)
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Solutions to Fatigue
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 5, Page 23)
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Cognitive Deficits and Schizophrenia
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
April 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 4, Page 16)
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Assessing Obesity Drugs
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 3, Page 19)
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SSRI Augmentation and PTSD
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 2, Page 11)
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SSRIs Favored as Adjunctive Tx for BPD
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2004 (Vol. 32, Issue 1, Page 20)
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Treating Panic Disorder
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 12, Page 16)
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Target Sleep Problems in Psychiatric Patients
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 11, Page 13)
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Treating Bipolar Depression
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 10, Page 14)
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Approaching Tx-Resistant OCD
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 9, Pages 14-15)
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Balance Risks, Benefits in Treating Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 8, Page 33)
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Diverse Strategies Helpful In Pathological Gambling
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 7, Page 25)
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Treating Comorbid Bipolar Disorder and ADHD
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 6, Page 18)
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Anxiety in Schizophrenia
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 5, Page 28)
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Atypical Antipsychotics
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
April 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 4, Page 20)
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Atypical Depression
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 3, Page 16)
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Treating Women With Schizophrenia
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 2, Page 25)
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Lithium Remains Key in Bipolar Treatment
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2003 (Vol. 31, Issue 1, Page 9)
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Medical Context Key in Depression
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
December 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 12, Page 13)
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Human Factors Affect Medication
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
November 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 11, Page 18)
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Remission Should Be Goal of GAD Treatment
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
October 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 10, Page 25)
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Drug Treatment for Impulsive Aggression
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
September 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 9, Page 13)
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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
August 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 8, Page 10)
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Anticonvulsants for Bipolar Disorder
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
July 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 7, Page 18)
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Medical Illness Can Complicate Anxiety Management
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
June 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 6, Page 10)
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Alcohol Hampers Depression Tx
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
May 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 5, Page 10)
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Psychosocial Approaches Complement Medication in Schizophrenia Treatment
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
April 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 4, Page 23)
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Nonstimulants Important Alternatives, Adjuncts in ADHD
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
March 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 3, Page 12)
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Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
February 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 2, Page 12)
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Adjunctive Meds for Eating Disorders
Carl Sherman
Clinical Psychiatry News
January 2002 (Vol. 30, Issue 1, Page 12)
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