The Decline of Benzodiazepine Prescribing
Among which group has benzodiazepine prescribing declined the most: those enrolled in Medicare, commercial insurance, or the VA? Donovan Maust, MD, answers.
Motivational Interviewing
Is motivational interviewing being integrated enough in the mental health care field? Ravi Prasad, PhD, answers.
Suicide Screening Tools for Teenagers
Psy-Q: How can screening techniques be improved to help prevent teen suicides? Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD, answers.
Discussing Antidepressants and Weight Gain
Psy-Q: How can antidepressant prescribers address weight gain concerns in adolescents? Lea Lis, MD, answers.
Phobias and Exposure Therapy
Psy-Q: Can unconscious exposure to a phobia reduce phobia symptoms? Bradley S. Petersen, MD, answers, using arachnophobia as an example.
Stimulant Use Disorder in Youth, ADHD Prescribing
Psy-Q: Given the rise in stimulant use disorder, should psychiatrists be concerned about prescribing stimulants to children and adolescents with ADHD? Addiction Specialist Aaron Weiner, PhD, answers.
Trauma-Informed Care
Psy-Q: Can yoga be an effective therapeutic tool for survivors of trauma? Paula A. Madrid, PsyD, answers.
Dissociation
Psy Q: What’s the difference between regular, or occasional, dissociation and chronic dissociation? Kyle Zrenchik, PhD, ACS, LMFT, answers.
Comorbid PTSD and Depression
Psy-Q: Should clinicians be concerned about mortality when a patient presents with comorbid PTSD and depression? Harvard Senior Research Scientist Andrea L. Roberts answers.
Depression or Burnout?
Psy-Q: What is the difference between depression and burnout? Renzo Bianchi, PhD, answers.
Religion in the Therapy Room
Psy-Q: Should therapists bring up spirituality with clients? Gabrielle Juliano-Villani, LCSW, answers.
Pornography and Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
Psy-Q: Can sex or viewing pornography provide a mental health boost (if there’s no addiction)? Yale Psychiatrist Marc Potenza, PhD, MD, answers.
Short-Term Addiction Treatment
Psy-Q: Is Short-Term Addiction Treatment Possible? NIAAA Director George F. Koob answers.
Psychedelics
Psy-Q: Does psilocybin have the potential to move individuals with major depressive disorder into remission? Roland Griffiths, PhD, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, answers.
Benzodiazepines & The Rolling Stones
Psy-Q: What 1966 rock song described the use and dangers of benzodiazepines? Brigham and Women’s Hospital Sumit Agarwal, MD, answers.
Teletherapy
Psy-Q: We know you’ve increased your teletherapy sessions since the start of the pandemic, but is there a way to up your telemedicine skillset as well?
ADHD & Insomnia
Psy-Q: How can co-screening for ADHD and insomnia help with diagnosis and long-term quality of life? MindPath Care Center’s E. Elise Herman, MD, answers.
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