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Psychopharmacology and Psychiatry Updates

Dec 28, 2021

Is it safe to use atypical antipsychotics for insomnia? Can we use benzodiazepines? This podcast features the different treatments for acute and chronic insomnia. It also addresses the differential diagnoses and some treatment options for insomnia and comorbid depressive disorders.

Guest: Charles Reynolds...


Dec 23, 2021

When it comes to drug use while breastfeeding, what really matters is not the infant dose but the effect on the infant. This episode discusses drug use in breastfeeding, common adverse reactions, and their relationship to maternal dosing.

Faculty: Lauren Osborne, M.D.
Hosts: Jessica Diaz, M.D.; Lorena Rodríguez M.D.


Dec 18, 2021

A novel medication approach for borderline personality disorder is discussed. In this meta-analysis of fish oil for borderline personality disorder, the effect size relative to placebo was 0.54 (substantial) and for affective dysregulation was 0.74 (clinically very relevant).

Faculty: Jim Phelps, M.D.
Hosts: Jessica...


Dec 13, 2021

This episode discusses drug use in breastfeeding and how to estimate infant exposure with the milk-to-plasma ratio and the relative infant dose. Learn when these calculations can be helpful.

Faculty: Lauren Osborne, M.D.
Hosts: Jessica Diaz, M.D.; Lorena Rodríguez M.D.


Dec 8, 2021

When tapering antipsychotics, conceptualize the process as "finding a new minimum effective dose." This could take months, likely years. This episode features some dose examples.

Faculty: Jim Phelps, M.D.
Hosts: Jessica Diaz, M.D., Flavio Guzman, M.D.