Psychopharmacology

Medication-Induced Postural Tremor

A clinical reference on drug-induced postural tremor: offending agents, mechanism, assessment, and stepwise management for psychiatry trainees.

Tardive Dyskinesia: Recognition, Mechanism, and Management

A clinical reference on tardive dyskinesia: DSM-5-TR placement, risk factors, AIMS-based assessment, and VMAT2 inhibitor first-line treatment.

Medication-Induced Acute Akathisia

A practical guide to recognizing, differentiating, and treating acute drug-induced akathisia, with emphasis on antipsychotic-related presentations.

Extrapyramidal Symptoms

Medication-Induced Acute Dystonia: Recognition, Mechanism, and Bedside Management

Acute dystonia is a dramatic, painful, and treatable extrapyramidal reaction to dopamine-blocking agents — recognize it fast, reverse it faster.

Extrapyramidal Symptoms

Neuroleptic-Induced Parkinsonism: Diagnosis, Mechanism, and Management

A clinical reference on drug-induced parkinsonism from antipsychotics — risk factors, differential diagnosis from Parkinson disease, and evidence-based management.

Medication-Induced Movement Disorders and Other Adverse Effects of Medication

A clinical reference to antipsychotic and psychotropic movement disorders — dystonia, akathisia, parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia, NMS, and serotonin syndrome.

Binge-Eating Disorder: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Evidence-Based Treatment

A clinical reference on binge-eating disorder covering DSM-5-TR criteria, differential diagnosis, evidence-based pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, and exam-ready pearls.

May 11, 2026

Dissociative Disorders

Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder: Clinical Recognition, Differential Diagnosis, and Management

A clinical reference on depersonalization/derealization disorder, covering DSM-5-TR criteria, assessment, differential diagnosis, and evidence-based management.

May 11, 2026

Kleptomania: Clinical Features, Differential Diagnosis, and Evidence-Based Treatment

A clinical reference on kleptomania covering DSM-5-TR criteria, comorbidity, differential diagnosis, and pharmacologic and behavioral treatment.

Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Diagnosis, Neurobiology, and Evidence-Based Management

A clinical reference on intermittent explosive disorder covering DSM-5-TR criteria, neurobiology, differential, and the evidence base for SSRI and CBT treatment.

Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder

A clinical reference on substance- and medication-induced depressive disorder — diagnosis, common culprits, work-up, and management.

Persistent Depressive Disorder: Diagnosis, Course, and Evidence-Based Management

A clinical reference on persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) covering DSM-5-TR criteria, double depression, evidence-based treatment, and exam-relevant pearls.

Substance/Medication-Induced Bipolar and Related Disorder

A clinical reference on the diagnosis, workup, and management of mania or hypomania attributable to a substance, medication, or toxin.

Bipolar II Disorder: Diagnosis, Differential, and Evidence-Based Management

Recurrent major depression with at least one hypomanic episode — under-recognized, often misdiagnosed as unipolar depression, and managed differently.

Bipolar and Related Disorders: Diagnosis, Course, and Evidence-Based Management

A clinical reference on bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder, and related variants — diagnosis, neurobiology, and contemporary treatment.

Anxiety Disorders

Substance/Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety or panic symptoms arising during or shortly after intoxication, withdrawal, or medication exposure — diagnosed when the substance is the proximate cause.

Anxiety Disorders

Selective Mutism: Diagnosis, Differential, and Evidence-Based Treatment

A clinical reference on selective mutism — DSM-5-TR criteria, anxiety-spectrum framing, assessment, and graded behavioral and pharmacologic treatment.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Diagnosis, Neurobiology, and Evidence-Based Treatment

A clinical reference on PTSD covering DSM-5-TR criteria, neurobiology, differential diagnosis, assessment, and first-line trauma-focused and pharmacologic treatment.