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Psychiatry Weekly is the first weekly psychiatric news, information, and education service in the country for clinicians providing mental health services. The service includes a weekly poster distributed to hospitals nationwide, a weekly e-letter, and this website, which is consistently updated with features, CME content, and breaking news. Psychiatry Weekly is a joint venture between MBL Communications, Inc., publishers of Primary Psychiatry and CNS Spectrums, and Physician’s Weekly, LLC, the leading medical news service for acute care hospitals for over 22 years.

 

Adapting Traditional Care Models for Telepsychiatry

Donald M. Hilty, MD

The ongoing development of newer, clinical models of telepsychiatry, and the rapid expansion of cheap, relevant technology, is turning this once obscure novelty into a viable option for initiating and maintaining many forms of psychiatric treatment and follow-up.
 

Intermittent Antipsychotic Therapy may be Effective, Reduce Risk of Tardive Dyskinesia

Norman Sussman, MD, DFAPA

The conventional approach to the treatment of schizophrenia is to prescribe medication on a chronic basis, often for years. Now, however, a group of prominent Canadian researchers suggest that there may actually be benefits in using antipsychotic drugs on a transient, rather than continuous, basis.