Psychopharmref

Psychopharmref

Psychopharmacology and psychiatry

New approvals, mechanisms of action, and psychiatric research methods

Jun 19, 2026

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5 min read

New approvals, mechanisms of action, and psychiatric research methods

What cleared regulatory review, how the agents work at a receptor level, and how psychiatric science builds its evidence base.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
FDA policy shifts, adverse-event profiles, and legal history in psychiatry

Jun 12, 2026

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FDA policy shifts, adverse-event profiles, and legal history in psychiatry

Regulatory updates, a close look at tolerability data, and the legal precedents that shaped current practice.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Drug supply disruptions, rating scale utility, and psychiatric research methodology

Jun 5, 2026

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6 min read

Drug supply disruptions, rating scale utility, and psychiatric research methodology

Where generic shortages stand, how to apply common rating scales at the bedside, and what shapes the evidence psychiatry relies on.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Psychiatric pipeline agents, mechanisms of action, and drug discovery history

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

Psychiatric pipeline agents, mechanisms of action, and drug discovery history

What is advancing toward approval, how the pharmacology works, and the path that brought a key compound to clinic.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
What got approved this cycle, how the comparators stack up, and how the diagnostic category came to be

May 22, 2026

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5 min read

What got approved this cycle, how the comparators stack up, and how the diagnostic category came to be

New FDA approvals, antipsychotic comparisons, and diagnostic history

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
Generic shortages, mechanism deep-dive, and a legal history worth knowing

May 16, 2026

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6 min read

Generic shortages, mechanism deep-dive, and a legal history worth knowing

From supply chain gaps to receptor-level pharmacology and the courtroom decisions behind current prescribing law.

Jerad Shoemaker MD
Jerad Shoemaker MD
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