The Carlat Psychiatry Report

The Carlat Psychiatry Report An Unbiased Monthly Covering All Things Psychiatric

A typical issue of TCPR provides: A concise review of a current topic of interest;
An evaluation of treatment options, including prescription medications, OTCs, and psychotherapies; An in-depth interview with a national expert on the issues topic; and Summaries of the most crucial research findings of the past month. As a subscriber, you will be mailed the printed newsletter each month, and you will have full access to our web site, which allows you to: Read and download the current newsletter before your printed copy arrives; Search the entire web site for topics of interest; Read and download any past issue from the archives; and
Download concise medication fact sheets with practical pearls.

12/12/2025

Podcast Episode:
๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ
How to help bipolar patients manage holiday stress, and a new drug interaction with lithium and GLP1 agonists like semaglutide (Ozempic).
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Get caught up on the latest research.๐™‹๐’”๐™ฎ๐’„๐™๐’Š๐™–๐’•๐™ง๐’š ๐‘ท๐™ง๐’‚๐™˜๐’•๐™ž๐’„๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐’๐™ค๐’”๐™ฉ๐’†๐™ง๐’”, ๐™๐’Š๐™›๐’•๐™ ๐™€๐’…๐™ž๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ฃ (2026)66 of the most clinically relevan...
12/11/2025

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๐™‹๐’”๐™ฎ๐’„๐™๐’Š๐™–๐’•๐™ง๐’š ๐‘ท๐™ง๐’‚๐™˜๐’•๐™ž๐’„๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐’๐™ค๐’”๐™ฉ๐’†๐™ง๐’”, ๐™๐’Š๐™›๐’•๐™ ๐™€๐’…๐™ž๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ฃ (2026)
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12/10/2025

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Dr. Aiken's new book is heading out to readers!๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: ๐˜ผ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š (2026)Claim one of these co...
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12/04/2025

โ€œCan we switch to something safer?โ€

Sometimes it's the patient asking.

Sometimes it's us.

Either way, itโ€™s the moment when the risks of long-term benzo use start outweighing the relief they once offered.

This is the follow-up to last week's post on starting anxiolytics.

Today: how to switch when something isnโ€™t workingโ€”or is no longer the right fit.

The most common challenge?

Not starting a benzo.

Getting off one.

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Newsletters The Carlat Psychiatry Report (TCPR), The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report (CCPR), and The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report (CATR), are eight- to twelve-page monthly print and online newsletters that provide clinically relevant, unbiased information on psychiatric practice. Subscribe to the newsletters at www.thecarlatreport.com/store.

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