Inpatient Treatment

Author: Daniel Carlat M.D.Last Updated: 4/1/20 Violence is common on inpatient units, with one survey showing that 68% of inpatient staff reported having been assaulted in some way by patients—usually ...
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Author: Daniel Carlat M.D.Last Updated: 4/1/20 Medicating Manic Episodes My Usual Approach The three key medications we use to treat mania in the inpatient setting are antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and ...
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Author: Daniel Carlat M.D.Last Updated: 4/1/20 Diagnosis Depression is the most common presenting symptom in most inpatient units. Inpatient depression tends to be very severe, and you’ll see certain variations ...
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Author: Daniel Carlat M.D.Last Updated: 4/1/20 If a patient has failed at least two adequate trials of antipsychotics, consider a trial of clozapine. It is FDA approved for both treatment ...
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Authors: Julie Gentile, M.D., and David Dixon, D.O. (Originally published in The Carlat Psychiatry Report, September 2017) Anne, a 23-year-old woman with moderate intellectual disability, comes into your office accompanied ...
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Author: Daniel Carlat M.D.Last Updated: 4/1/20 L was a 79 yo woman who was in general a social and quite capable woman who had suffered several episodes of depression over ...
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