Chris Aiken

Difficult to Treat Depression (eBook, ePUB)

A Carlat Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When Your Clinical Expertise Meets Complex Cases

Treatment-resistant depression challenges even the most experienced clinicians. When patients don't respond to first- and second-line treatments, the path forward requires sophisticated clinical reasoning, familiarity with advanced interventions, and a systematic approach to complex case management. This 348-page practical resource bridges the gap between research literature and clinical application, offering experienced psychiatrists a structured approach to patients who haven't responded to conventional treatments. Effective tools for your most challenging cases.

Inside this book, you'll find:

¿ A comprehensive framework for evaluating and defining treatment resistance, including diagnostic reconsideration and comorbidity assessment

¿ Evidence-based strategies for optimizing pharmacotherapy: augmentation, combination, and switching protocols backed by current research

¿ Practical guidance on advanced somatic treatments including ECT, TMS, ketamine/ esketamine, and emerging neuromodulation therapies

¿ Integration of psychotherapeutic approaches for treatment-resistant populations

¿ How to identify and address contributing factors: medical comorbidities, substance use, trauma, and medication interactions

¿ Pharmacogenomic testing and personalized medicine approaches: when to use them and how to interpret results

¿ Case studies illustrating decision-making in complex clinical scenarios

¿ Strategies for maintaining therapeutic alliance and managing patient and family expectations through prolonged treatment courses

¿ Updates on pipeline treatments and future directions in the field

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Carlat Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798989326464
• Artikelnr.: 75842828

Autorenporträt

Dr. Aiken is the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report; director of the Mood Treatment Center in North Carolina, where he maintains a private practice combining medication and therapy along with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments; and Assistant Professor NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. He has worked as a research assistant at the NIMH and a sub-investigator on clinical trials, and conducts research on a shoestring budget out of his private practice.