Academy Post Summary: Feb 2022

In February 2022, Psychiatry Education Forum Academy added the following 6 clinically relevant chapters. Please let me know if you found them clinically relevant.

(1) Chronic Benzodiazepine Discontinuation: Pharmacological Options

In this chapter, you will learn the five pharmacological options for the management of chronic benzodiazepine discontinuation in terms of:

  • Benzodiazepine Discontinuation
  • Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
  • Benzodiazepine Relapse
  • Anxiety Reduction

(2) Chronic Insomnia Pharmacological Treatment: Practice Guideline

This video discussion will answer the following clinically relevant questions:

  1. Medications indicated for Sleep Onset Insomnia.
  2. Medications indicated for Sleep Maintenance Insomnia.
  3. Medications indicated for both Sleep Onset & Maintenance Insomnia.
  4. Which medications should be avoided for chronic insomnia.

(3) Antidepressant use during Lactation?

This chapter will answer the following clinically relevant questions:

  1. Preferred Antidepressants with Breastfeeding?
  2. Antidepressants with Highest Infant Plasma Level?
  3. Antidepressants with undetectable Infant Plasma Level?
  4. Antidepressants with extremely low Infant Plasma Level?

(4) Journal Club 14: Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Antipsychotics for Acute Schizophrenia

This 45 min video discussion will attempt to answer the following questions:

  1. Why was this meta-analysis conducted?
  2. Impact of animal studies on the antipsychotics licensed doses ranges.
  3. Identify the maximum effective dose for each antipsychotic medication.
  4. Can the current approved licensed doses for antipsychotics be higher or lower than the maximum effective doses?
  5. Which antipsychotics may not show efficacy with an increase in doses?
  6. Which antipsychotics may show more efficacy with an increase in doses?
  7. What is the likely reason for the reduction in certain medications’ efficacy with an increase in doses?
  8. Learning the risperidone, olanzapine, and haloperidol equivalences for each antipsychotic medication.

(5) Antidepressant Induced Excessive Sweating

This chapter will summarize antidepressants-induced excessive sweating in the following sections:

  1. Common body locations for excessive sweating from antidepressants?
  2. Likely mechanism behind antidepressants causing excessive sweating?
  3. Management: six medication options.

(6) Can NAC help with Cannabis Use Disorder?

This 15 min video discussion will be summarized in the following sections:

  1. Mechanism behind NAC efficacy for addiction?
  2. NAC: Dosing and Duration of treatment for cannabis use disorder.
  3. Which population group can get more benefit from NAC treatment?
  4. Adverse events with NAC treatment for cannabis use disorder.
  5. Can NAC alone help with cannabis use disorder?

JOIN PSYCHIATRY EDUCATION FORUM ACADEMY

This is a closed membership for medical professionals only.

  • 30+ Courses/Sections: Each chapter within these sections is of direct clinical relevance for your daily practice. 
  • Journal Club: we will post the most recently published psychiatry articles relevant to your daily clinical practice.
  • Coffee Club: contain short discussions with clinical experts in the field of psychiatry.
  • Essentials of Inpatient Psychiatry Book: All chapters from this book are included in the academy sections. 
  • Discussion Forum & Community: Connect with other medical professionals and discuss your difficult-to-treat clinical cases.
  • Conference Discounts: Academy members get discounted access at our conferences. 
  • Goal: is to have all important clinically relevant topics in one place for ease of access.
 

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