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Effect of Sleep Skills Education on Sleep Quality in Patients Attending a Psychiatry Partial Hospitalization Program
February 14, 2013
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an evidenced-based treatment for insomnia; however, its use is limited due to lack of trained therapists. This study looked at the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for...
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Efficacy of Add-On Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Comorbid Alcohol Dependence and Dysthymic Disorder: Three Case Reports
February 7, 2013
The authors of this article investigated the possible anticraving efficacy of high-frequency deep transcranial magnetic stimulation of the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in 3 patients with comorbid long-term DSM-IV-TR...
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The Predictive Value of the Memory Impairment Screen in Patients With Subjective Memory Complaints: A Prospective Study
January 31, 2013
The use of biomarkers in early Alzheimer's disease detection is growing. However, it is not clear whether sophisticated biomarker testing is more efficient than neuropsychological tests focused on memory....
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Self-Disturbance in Schizophrenia: A Phenomenological Approach to Better Understand Our Patients
January 17, 2013
A phenomenological approach explains the apparently unintelligible experiences of patients with schizophrenia as a disruption of the normal self-perception. Patients with schizophrenia suffer from a decline of "me," the...
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Assessment of Falls in Older Patients Treated With Duloxetine: A Secondary Analysis of a 24-Week Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
January 3, 2013
Here, Nelson and colleagues present a post hoc analysis of the solicited fall events data from a 24-week study to better understand the incidence of falls associated with duloxetine...
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Improvement in Functional Outcomes With Adjunctive Aripiprazole Versus Placebo in Major Depressive Disorder: A Pooled Post Hoc Analysis of 3 Short-Term Studies
December 20, 2012
A potential treatment option for residual depression is to add a low-dose antipsychotic to an antidepressant regimen. In this article, Fabian and colleagues analyzed data from 3 similarly designed...
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Collaborative Care for the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care With a Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Population: Outcomes From a Community-Based Program Evaluation
December 6, 2012
This retrospective study by Sanchez and colleagues evaluated the effectiveness of a grant-funded, multidisciplinary collaborative care program in a primary care setting that serves a predominantly Hispanic, low-income patient...
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Assessing Treatment Outcomes in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Narrative Review
November 29, 2012
There is a strong need to broaden outcome assessments to encompass a multidimensional array of outcomes in patients with ADHD. Thus, the authors of this study review measures used...
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Beneficial Effects of Adjunctive Aripiprazole in Major Depressive Disorder Are Not Dependent on Antidepressant Therapy History: A Post Hoc Analysis of 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials
November 22, 2012
Patients with depression often do not respond to the initial treatment and clinicians must then adjust therapy. The objective of this study was to determine whether switching within or...
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Importance of Gender in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
November 15, 2012
The authors of this study compared male and female patients participating in e-STAR (electronic Schizophrenia Treatment Adherence Registry), an international, prospective, observational study assessing use of risperidone long-acting injection...
