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Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)

Practice Guidelines

Available Practice Guidelines for Mental Disorders

Tips on using practice guidelines: When to use them. Where to find them. How to use them efficiently

Biostatistics

Clinicians’ guide to screening tests in mental health

Why cut-off scores on screening tests matter to clinicians

The Mood Disorders Questionnaire is being used inappropriately

Don’t use screening questionnaires for bipolar disorder

What is a p value? (video)

“No significant difference”: Not different, but not the same

Non-inferiority comparisons

What is Effect Size and how should it be interpreted?

Recommended books about EBM

BEST books on Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) (Free)

BEST book on statistics for clinicians (Free)

Rating Scales

Forms, Checklists, and Rating Scales for mental health clinicians

Scientific Literature Evaluation

How to judge the quality of a journal

Journal Impact Factor

What is a failed study?

Expert Interviews

Audio

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Tips on neuroimaging to evaluate persons with dementia-Interview with Vimal Aga, MD on May 16, 2016

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Is tardive dyskinesia still a problem: Stanley Caroff, MD

Do second generation antipsychotics have a lower risk of tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

More on whether second generation antipsychotics have a lower risk of tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

Tips on how to identify tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

What to do about the antipsychotic if the patient develops tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

What to do about anticholinergics if tardive dyskinesia occurs: Stanley Caroff, MD

Valbenazine and deutrabenazine for tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

Tips on managing akathisia: Stanley Caroff, MD

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Sexual dysfunction Part 1-Assessment: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction Part 2-Flibanserin: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction Part 3-Flibanserin & Bremelanotide: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction part 4-PDE-5 inhibitors & testosterone: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction part 5-Cyproheptadine & Yohimbine: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction part 6-CAM: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction part 7-How to identify it: Anita Clayton, MD

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Tips on assessing and managing suicidality: Interview with Jack Krasuski, MD on November 4, 2016

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14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 1: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 2: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 3: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 4: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 5; Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 6: Rajnish Mago, MD

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Tips on writing a letter at termination of treatment-Rajnish Mago, MD

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How to teach a powerful Relaxation Practice: Rajnish Mago, MD

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Part 1 of Psychodynamic psychopharmacology: Interview with David Mintz, MD on August 4, 2016

Part 2 of Psychodynamic psychopharmacology: Interview with David Mintz, MD on August 4, 2016

Part 3 of psychodynamic psychopharmacology: Interview with David Mintz, MD on August 4, 2016

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Interview with John O’Reardon, MD on September 10, 2016

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Bipolar disorder: Interview with Gary Sachs, MD on September 29, 2016

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Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 1-Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 2-Suicide Assessment-Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 3-Validity Techniques-Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 4-Interviewing paranaoid patients-Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 5-Medication Interest Model-Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 6-About the book-Shawn Shea, MD

Video

Anita Clayton, MD

Management of sexual dysfunction

Donna Sudak, MD

CBT for brief sessions

Shawn Christopher Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing

Joseph Goldberg, MD

Management of bipolar depression

Gary Sachs, MD

How to get better outcomes in bipolar disorder

David Sheehan, MD

Suicide: A New Conceptualization, A Neglected Question, and Specific Medications

Jack Krasuski, MD

Quick tips in suicide assessment

John O’Reardon, MD

Tips on referring patients for TMS

David Mintz, MD

Dealing with treatment-resistance

Vimal Aga, MD

When and how to order neuroimaging in dementia?

General Topics

Tips on managing perimenopausal symptoms

Complementary and alternative medicines: Resources

BEST books about doing presentations

Recommended plays for patients, their families, clinicians, or trainees

How to lose weight

How to judge the quality of a journal

YouTube and psychiatry

Tips for foreign medical graduates (FMGs)

Tips for residents and medical students on call for psychiatry

Some mnemonics for mental health clinicians

Productivity Tips

Tips on getting the most out of attending live meetings (conferences, congresses)

How to make a poster

How to make a poster for less than 10 dollars

Famous people who had a mental disorder

Information about medications

Interviewing Patients

A simple but powerful technique to improve rapport with your patients

Psychiatric Interviewing: Interview with Shawn Christopher Shea, MD

The Three Step Ladder: A better, easier way to start to ask about suicidal ideation

Quick tips in suicide assessment: Interview with Jack Krasuski, MD

How NOT to talk about suicide

What’s in a name? Unconventional suggestions for what to call the persons we are helping

You May be Using the Box of Tissues All Wrong!

Three no-no’s in the waiting room

How to EFFECTIVELY screen patients for possible bipolar disorder

Tips for interviewing: Patients with dementia

Psychiatric Interviewing: The Art of Understanding (Book Review)

BEST books on psychiatric interviewing (Free)

YouTube videos about psychiatric evaluation

Psychopathology and Disorders (Link to YouTube)

Psychiatric Interviews for Teaching: Psychosis (Link to YouTube)

Psychiatric Interviews for Teaching: Depression (Link to YouTube)

Psychiatric Interviews for Teaching: Anxiety (Link to YouTube)

Psychiatric Interviews for Teaching: Mania (Link to YouTube)

Acute dystonic reaction to an antipsychotic (Link to YouTube)

Patient education

FDA medication guides

Patient handouts

What is the ONE website that is BEST for all your patient education needs?

Practice management

CPT billing code for administration of injections

E-fax services

Golden Rules for Difficult-to-Treat-Patients

Letter at the termination of treatment

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)

Reduce inappropriate phone calls

Risk management in mental health practice

Risk management tips from Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS)

Quizzes

365 Advanced Topics Quizzes

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 1

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 2

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 3

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 7

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 8

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 9

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 10

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 11

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 12

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 13

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 14

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 15

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 16

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 17

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 18

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 19

365 Advanced Topics in Psychopharmacology: Quiz 20

Other Quizzes

Psychopharmacology Quiz A

Psychopharmacology Quiz A: Answers and Comments

Psychopharmacology Quiz B

Psychopharmacology Quiz: Newer Antidepressants

Psychopharmacology Quiz: Cardiovascular adverse effects

Quotes

Quotes

Quotes – psychiatry, psychiatrists, mental health

Quotes about anxiety

Quotes about failure

Quotes about habits

Quotes about practicality

Quotes about simplicity

Recommended Books

For clinicians

“The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, The medicines of the soul.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Below are links to the BEST books on different topics–for mental health clinicians.

BEST Books on Psychiatric Interviewing

BEST books for clinicians about evaluating and treating personality disorders

BEST Books on Learning Psychotherapy

BEST books about doing presentations

BEST Books on Statistics for Clinicians

BEST books on Evidence-Based Medicine

BEST Articles for Psychiatry Residents

Note: Buying from Amazon.com using links on this website helps to support this website at no additional cost to the purchaser.

For patients and their families

We should *routinely* recommend to patients (and their loved ones) very *specific* book(s) about their illness because this allows patients to educate themselves. Two rules about this that I follow are:

1) Only one or two of the best books for that purpose, NOT a list of twenty. Listing twenty usually guarantees that the person will read none.

2) Only books that will be USEFUL, not those that are just “interesting.” Some of the best ones are listed on this website under the different conditions — depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD.

BEST books about improving social skills

BEST books about how to lose weight

BEST books on how to change habits

BEST books on adult ADHD: For clinicians

BEST books on adult ADHD: For patients and families

Best Book on Mindfulness Meditation

Book review: Mindfulness prescription for Adult ADHD

Book review: ADHD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life

BEST books on bipolar disorder: For patients and families

BEST books on depressive disorders: For patients and families

BEST books on Adult Asperger’s Syndrome

How to choose a rehab (recommended book for persons with substance use disorders and their families)

BEST book on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Best books on OCD for patients

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Referrals

How to choose a rehab

How to find a CBT therapist

Private facilities for treatment of  substance use disorders

Private psychiatric hospitals

Symptoms and Signs

Commonly misunderstood terms in symptoms and signs

Articles by Dr. Mago (Published Elsewhere)

Help your patients keep appointments

12 best Web sites for clinical needs

Tips for telling your patients good-bye

7 steps to a successful antipsychotic switch

Ending a physician/patient relationship: 8 tips for writing a termination letter

Suicide risk assessment

Lamotrigine for Major Depressive Disorder Is Inappropriate

Antidepressants and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

Bupropion After Nonresponse or Partial Response to an SSRI or SNRI?

Using a ‘MAP’ to navigate follow-up visits

Reducing CYP450 drug interactions caused by antidepressants

Efficacy of Drugs in Bipolar Depression: What the Data Show

Practical Implications of a Study on Treating Chronic Insomnia

Comments

  1. JAMA. this month had interesting article on AUD. They used WHO Criteria to study risk reduction and medication. Can you comment on any differences in the criteria and also on the issue of harm reduction versus abstention strategies? Thanks

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  3. What is best clinical evidence to provide patients requesting medical approval for plasma donation ? I have been denying these requests. First d/t protein bound drugs that will be disrupted and second, the donation centers ask for excessive details pertaining to the patients mental health information: diagnosis, treatments, all medications, safety profile. The forms are long and cumbersome.

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  5. What do you recommend to patients with occasional migraines (head or gut) that are prescribed sumatriptan for intermittent use, while on an SSRI or SNRI? I have a patient prescribed an injectable 0.5 mg subcutaneous for cyclic vomiting syndrome, while on 75 mg BID of Effexor ER.She has been told Risks/Benefits and Alternatives and has been told about the signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome. The question is, how do you know how much serotonin is too much serotonin before your patient is in trouble?

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