What the medical review board does
Every guide, comparison, drug-class overview, medication page, and how-to on PsychiatryRx is reviewed by a board-certified psychiatrist before publication. Medical review covers clinical accuracy, alignment with FDA labeling and recognized clinical guidelines, and the appropriateness of plain-language explanations for a general reader. The reviewer is responsible for the final wording.
Pages are reviewed again, and their last-reviewed date updated, when labeling or guidance changes meaningfully.
Current members
Shariq Refai, MD, MBA
Medical editor and chair of the medical review board.
Dr. Refai is a board-certified psychiatrist and the founder of shrinkMD, an independent telepsychiatry practice. His full bio, training, board certification, and the editorial and financial disclosures that apply to his role are on the medical editor page and the disclosure page.
Adding reviewers
PsychiatryRx is built to grow into a multi-reviewer board over time. New reviewers will be board-certified clinicians with relevant expertise, listed on this page with their full name, credentials, and any disclosures. The current reviewer remains responsible for any page until a new reviewer is named on it.
How review is recorded
Each page on the site shows the reviewer's name and the last-reviewed date in its byline. Where a page has been newly published or substantially rewritten, the published date is also shown. Pages without a visible reviewer byline are not clinical guides.
Conflicts of interest
The medical editor's affiliations are disclosed in full on the disclosure page. Reviewers do not accept payment from drug manufacturers, device makers, or specific treatment providers in exchange for coverage on PsychiatryRx. The site runs no advertising and earns no referral or affiliate revenue from medications, providers, or telepsychiatry services.
Contact
To raise a concern about clinical accuracy, suggest a correction, or contact the medical review board, email support@psychiatryrx.org. Substantive corrections are tracked under our corrections policy.