Psychiatry

General Primary Care   

Questions discussed in this category



For your recommended medication, are you doing a scheduled set dose, or is it primarily symptom-driven? 

How do you approach shared decision-making when patients express hesitancy about medication exposure in utero? What is your approach when a patient is...

What monitoring strategies (e.g., sodium checks, fluid restriction, dose adjustments) have you found most practical in these cases? In what situations...

How do you educate patients about the role exercise may play in depression treatment? What type, frequency, and intensity of exercise do you recommend...

How do you critically assess the evidence base for functional medicine approaches? How do you respond when patients specifically request functional me...

What strategies do you use to counsel patients on continuing an antidepressant until therapeutic doses versus switching agents if they perceive a lack...


Papers discussed in this category


Neuropsychopharmacology reports, 2025 Mar

Drug and alcohol dependence, 2024 Sep 07

JAMA psychiatry, 2025 Apr 01

Journal of addiction medicine, 2020 May/Jun

Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2014-06

American journal of preventive medicine, 2015-10

Cureus, 2023 Jun 07

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2006-07-19

Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2010 Feb 01

Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 2023 Jun 20

Ochsner journal, 2013 Winter