5/18/2020 Question: I am a psychiatrist in private practice. A common situation I find myself in is this - a patient (usually, but not always, a young woman...

One way of understanding brain laterality and mood is that when one side is disabled, the other side becomes more active. In general, activity of the right b...

The classic diagnostic validators in psychiatry are symptoms, course of illness, genetics, and biological markers. Treatment response or pathophysiology ofte...

Question: A 33 year old male patient with autism spectrum disorder has developed mild gynecomastia (without galactorrhea, but with slightly elevated prolacti...

Question: A colleague told me that lithium only prevents suicide in bipolar illness, while clozapine prevents suicide in schizophrenia. Is that true? PL: Lit...

Question: A patient in his early 60s who is a university professional had depression, anxiety and associated irritable bowel syndrome. As you can see, he did...