Grocery store employees are likely to be at heightened risk of COVID-19 infection, with those in customer-facing roles 5 times…
Audio Interview: A New Monoclonal Antibody for Covid-19
The continuing spread of SARS-CoV-2 remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What physicians need to know about transmission,…
Developing Safe and Effective Covid Vaccines — Operation Warp Speed’s Strategy and Approach
Announced on May 15, Operation Warp Speed (OWS) — a partnership of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…
Benzodiazepines and hypnotics
Insomnia can result in impaired daytime functioning and reduced quality of life. Effective treatment is important to reduce suffering. Drug…
Antipsychotics
Antipsychotic medicines are the mainstay of treatment of patients with psychosis. They are also used in the acute and long-term…
Drugs for alcohol dependence
There is good evidence for the use of pharmacological treatments to improve outcomes in patients with alcohol dependence. The management…
Psychiatric aspects of chronic physical disease
Nearly one-third of people with a long-term physical condition have a co-morbid mental disorder such as depression or anxiety. Co-morbidity…
Neurostimulatory, neuromodulatory and neurosurgical treatments in psychiatry
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment for severe depression, with a remission rate of 45–70%. It is recommended…
General principles of psychological therapies
Psychological therapies have been significantly developing in terms of theory and evidence over the past 30 years. They can be…