Trauma focused therapies, including prolonged exposure, EMDR, and cognitive processing therapy are the first-line treatments for PTSD because their effect sizes are larger and more durable than those of medications.
What are first-line treatments for PTSD? Read More »
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based tool to help care for, identify, and address unhealthy or high risk use in pts who use substances, esp alcohol, in primary care. BI steps include: establish rapport, raise subject, provide feedback (“your drinking is above healthy limits”), enhance motivation, negotiate (a goal), and advise.
Getting into the holiday SBIRT: how do you help patients cut back on drinking? Read More »
All society guidelines recommend CBTi as the first-line treatment for insomnia given its efficacy and durability.
When the sheep are gone, how do you treat insomnia? Read More »
