Medscape Psychiatry Minute

Telehealth Improves Mental Health Referrals Dr Peter Yellowlees on how using an initial video referral boosts the odds that a child will actually attend their first specialist appointment.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 13, 2019
Electroconvulsive Therapy and Cardiac Events Dr Peter Yellowlees on an important new meta-analysis of one of the main proposed risks of using ECT to treat depression.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 30, 2019
Prediction Models for Suicide: Not Yet Ready Dr Peter Yellowlees on the critical concerns that a new systematic review and simulation study reveal about these models.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 24, 2019
Psychosocial Interventions for Amphetamine Addiction Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses the comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for individuals with cocaine and amphetamine addiction.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 11, 2019
Internet-Based Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies for PTSD Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses whether Internet-based cognitive and behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults are effective.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 09, 2019
Treating Cannabis Dependence? Put Away Your Prescription Pad Pharmacotherapies for cannabis use disorder have little evidence of efficacy, explains Dr Peter Yellowlees.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 16, 2019
How to Increase Initiation of Depression Treatment Dr Peter Yellowlees talks about interventions to increase depression treatment initiation in primary care patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 18, 2019
Mood Stabilizers and Stroke Risk: New Data Dr Peter Yellowlees talks about mood stabilizers and risk for stroke in bipolar disorder.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 14, 2019
New Findings on Polypharmacy in Depression Dr Peter Yellowlees talks about mirtazapine added to SSRIs or SNRIs for treatment-resistant depression in primary care.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 11, 2019
Are Web-Based Depression Interventions Cost-Effective? The cost-effectiveness of a Web-based intervention: Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses recent results for individuals with diabetes and comorbid depression.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 28, 2019
Monthly Injectable Naltrexone for Opioid Use Disorder Dr Peter Yellowlees talks about a randomized trial comparing extended-release injectable suspension and oral naltrexone for the treatment of opioid use disorder.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 27, 2019
New Data on Treating Depression in Dementia Do clinical trials support the efficacy of antidepressants in patients with dementia and depression? Dr Yellowlees reports on a new Cochrane Review.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 13, 2019
Electroconvulsive Therapy and Stroke in Affective Disorder Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses electroconvulsive therapy and later stroke in patients with affective disorders.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 08, 2019
Meds for Treating Addiction Also Reduce Crime and Suicide Dr Peter Yellowlees on how certain medications for alcohol and opioid use disorders also reduce suicide risk, accidental overdoses, and crime.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 06, 2019
Resistance Training Curtails Depressive Symptoms Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses key findings from a new meta-analysis that shows that resistance exercise training improves depression regardless of the amount prescribed.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 29, 2019
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Reduces Suicide Risk in Teens Dr Peter Yellowlees on a new RCT showing that the therapy's benefits extend to adolescents at risk for suicide and self-harm.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 02, 2019
Atypical Antipsychotics Heighten Gestational Diabetes Risk Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses a new study which shows that two antipsychotics in particular may have negative metabolic effects.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 11, 2018
Computerized CBT Used Alone Is Safe, Effective, and Well Liked Does computerized CBT work when it is used alone? Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses promising results from a randomized clinical trial.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 22, 2018
What Strategies Can We Use to Prevent Death by Suicide? Strategies for preventing death by suicide: Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses results from a recent meta-analysis.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 11, 2018
Is Computer-Assisted CBT Effective for Treating Depression? Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses the potential for improving the efficiency of psychotherapy for depression with the use of computer-assisted CBT.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 11, 2018

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