Category Archives: Doctor Tips

Dr.Deborah Hales

Dr.Deborah Hales Deborah Hales, M.D., director of the Division of Education at the American Psychiatric Association, explains how APA is helpng members with maintenance of certification requirements and attain recertification. John W. Newcomer, M.D. is Leonard M. Miller Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University […]

Black Box in Psychiatry- Henry Nassrallah

            Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder from dichotomy to continuum, clinical, genetic, Neuroimaging and pharmacotherapuetic overlap. Some hints of the lecture given in AAPA annual congress in Chicago, 2013. Professor Henry Nassrallah concluded that there is evidence to be a continuum rather than dichotomized.           A brief  […]

Hedonia and Dopamine

Professor Pierre Blier MD, PhD Anhedonia neurobiology Professor Pierre Blier MD, PhD graduated from the University of Montreal Medical School where he received his masters, and medical degrees as well as his PhD in neuroscience. Dr Blier is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, at the University of […]

Emotional blunting and SSRIs

Prof. Sidney H Kennedy Sidney H. Kennedy is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at University Health Network, University of Toronto. Dr. Kennedy obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He trained in Psychiatry in the United Kingdom and in Canada. He is a clinician, researcher and educator at the University of Toronto. […]

Anhedonia Neurobiology

Professor Pierre Blier MD, PhD Anhedonia neurobiology Professor Pierre Blier MD, PhD graduated from the University of Montreal Medical School where he received his masters, and medical degrees as well as his PhD in neuroscience. Dr Blier is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, at the University of Ottawa […]

subtyping of schizophrenia & concept of Psychosis

Professor Ahmed Okasha, gives a hint , about subtyping of schizophrenia, and why undifferniated schizophrenia is a weak diagnosis! Ahmed Okasha M.D., PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, FACP(Hon.) is an Egyptian psychiatrist. He is a professor of psychiatry at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He wrote many books and articles about psychiatry and mental disorders. He is […]

Possible Sedating effect & weight gain of quetiapine

Professor Tarek assad, explains the paradox sedating effect of quetiapine , Dec. 2012 professor of psychiatry & director of psycho-physiology & sleep lab unit in Ain Shams University, Cairo,Egypt. Explanation of the calming and sedating effect of quetiapine The possibilty of weight gain is less with quetiapine XR

Hints in Schizophrenia meaning and managment

Professor Ahmed Okasha, gives a hint , the meaning of schizophrenia Ahmed Okasha M.D., PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, FACP(Hon.) is an Egyptian psychiatrist. He is a professor of psychiatry at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He wrote many books and articles about psychiatry and mental disorders. He is the first Arab-Muslim to be president of World […]

stahl 3 Q&A psychopharmacology lecture

Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry University of California San Diego, School of Medicine Dr. Stephen M. Stahl received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University in Chicago, as a member of the honors program in Medical Education and his Ph.D. degree in pharmacology and physiology from the University of Chicago. […]

William M Sauve,MD craving for drugs

William M. Sauvé, MD Division Officer, Inpatient Mental Health, Naval Medical Center, San Diego                  Dr. Sauvé is the Military Clinical Director. He received his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md., and completed his residency at the National Capitol Consortium Psychiatry Residency in Washington, […]