Dr. Paul Putman | Psychiatrist & Author 14/26

Psychiatrist and Author of Encountering Treatment Resistance, Rational Psychopharmacology & Rollercoaster

Encountering Treatment Resistance

Solutions Through Reconceptualization

Recent studies suggest that anywhere from 20% to as much as 60% of psychiatric diagnoses are eventually labeled as treatment resistant...

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3/26/25

APA Annual Meeting Course Available

I'm directing the course " Treatment Failure in Psychiatric Practice: Clinical Reasoning and Management at the American Psychiatric...

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9/28/24

Don’t Psychiatrists Always Prescribe Medicine? Common Misperceptions about Mental Health and Mental Illness

“What’s the difference between psychiatrists and psychologists?” Most in the know will respond that psychiatrists prescribe medicine....

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May 30, 2023

Participation in Public Discourse over Controversial Topics

Some clinicians wish to find ways to disseminate or support evidence-based information that can affect the health of their patients, but that may be mired in misinformation or heated controversy. Dr. Putman discusses suggestions from some experts.