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Theodore A. Stern, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont; Burlington Lakeside Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Burlington, Vermont

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November 24, 2016

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September 15, 2016

Have you ever wondered whether the presence of myoclonus helped to create or narrow your differential diagnosis? Have you ever been uncertain about whether or how to treat focal...
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July 21, 2016

Crying is prevalent in the general hospital and should not be dismissed since the potential etiologies include serious medical, neurologic, and psychiatric conditions. Empathic expressions, as well as pharmacologic...
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June 23, 2016

Have you ever been confronted by a patient who appeared angry? Have you ever feared for your safety while with a patient or wondered how you could have approached...
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February 18, 2016

Have you ever struggled to decide whether prescribing opioids for chronic pain is appropriate or wondered how likely it is that one of your patients will become dependent following...
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October 22, 2015

What makes the doctor-patient relationship so powerful? How can you strengthen it or prevent it from crumbling? What are the consequences of unsatisfactory or adversarial relationships? Read these case...
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August 27, 2015

Have you ever disliked or been repulsed by a patient whom you have just met? Did he or she seem obnoxious, pompous, or entitled? Have you been amazed or...
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May 14, 2015

In this article, the authors describe the case of Ms A, a 26-year-old woman who was admitted to a general hospital for worsening agitation, auditory hallucinations, and an inability...
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April 16, 2015

In this article, Drs Wichman and Stern review several questions that often arise in the treatment of depression during pregnancy and provide clinicians with an evidence-based framework to provide...
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February 26, 2015

Have you ever had a patient with active medical problems coupled with a problematic psychiatric disorder? If you have, then the following case vignette and discussion should prove useful...
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