(Note: portions of this review were recently published in an article in Clinical Psychiatry News) While it is known that stimulant medications used to treat ADHD might occasionally to lead to psychotic symptoms, this side effect is considered to be rare and usually associated with either medication abuse or very high dosages. A report just released today […]
Melatonin: What Do We Really Know?
It is probably safe to say that melatonin has become the go-to agent for the treatment of children who struggle to fall asleep. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, melatonin is now a 260 million dollar market in this country where it is sold over the counter, unlike some European countries where […]
Tags: Sleep
Primary Care – Got Child Psychiatry Consult?
The Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families at FAHC/UVM, in partnership with VCHIP, is entering our fourth year of the Child Psychiatric Phone and Email Consultation Program. The goal of this program is to provide healthcare providers with free curbside phone and email consultation to assist in the management of emotional and behavioral problems […]
Tags: child psychiatrist
Study Explores Humans’ “Natural” Sleep Patterns
Despite the fact the we spend nearly a third of our life asleep, many fundamental questions, such as how much sleep we really need, remain debated. One popular view is that most of us living in modern cultures are chronically sleep deprived and this may be one of the causes of many health problems, […]
Tags: Sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep requirement