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PCC
Letter to the Editor

February 9, 2017

Find out what led this veteran to consider suicide when he received a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. See the importance of communication, because even seemingly small or simple...
Piyush Das
PCC
Letter to the Editor

February 2, 2017

In this case of cannabis-induced psychosis, the patient experienced worsening psychosis the more he was treated with antipsychotics. And then seizures? Read how the cycle was ended.
Tarique Perera, Ryan Webler
PCC
Letter to the Editor

January 26, 2017

Meige syndrome is a focal oral facial dystonia involving symmetrical blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. The typical symptom of the disorder is difficulty keeping the eyelids open. This report highlights...
João Gama Marques
JCP
Letter to the Editor

January 25, 2017

Dawn F. Ionescu, Cristina Cusin
JCP
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January 25, 2017

Sanne Y. Apeldoorn, Marrit K. de Boer, Robert A. Schoevers
PCC
Letter to the Editor

January 12, 2017

The US Food and Drug Administration released a safety announcement regarding aripiprazole and the induction of impulse-control disorders. Read the case of a man with schizophrenia who experienced pathological...
Rohan Dhillon, Tarun Bastiampillai, Claudia Z. Cao, et al
PCC
Letter to the Editor

January 12, 2017

When your patient presents with sudden-onset first-episode psychosis, would you think to check thyroid function? Read how the clinicians treated the magnitude of morbidity caused by this patient's persecutory...
Arun Gupta, Tarun Bastiampillai, Tasnia I. Disha, et al
PCC
Letter to the Editor

January 5, 2017

Is there a need for a clozapine rechallenge case file or local registries? Read this case report and discussion to find out more about this topic.
J. Daniel Kanofsky, Mary E. Woesner
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 29, 2016

Stimulants are a first-line treatment modality in the ADHD pharmacotherapy guidelines; yet, many subjects in clinical trials show an inadequate response. Read the case of a 14-year-old boy with...
Ahmed Naguy
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 29, 2016

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning regarding impulse-control behaviors in patients taking aripiprazole. Here, read about a patient with bipolar disorder who developed hypersexuality following aripiprazole...
Andrea Bulbena-Cabré, Antonio Bulbena
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 29, 2016

Sometimes, psychiatric manifestations are the only presenting symptoms of a brain tumor. With mixed new-onset neurologic symptoms, an MMSE score of 15, and first-time obsessions and other bizarre behaviors,...
Sahil Munjal, Silky Pahlajani, Ami Baxi, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 28, 2016

Wakako Ishii, Shihoko Komine-Aizawa, Satoshi Hayakawa
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 28, 2016

Olanzapine is associated with glucoregulatory abnormalities, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Guina et al looked at oral glucose tolerance test performance in 35 patients treated with olanzapine to...
Jeffrey Guina, Ankur Gupta, Daniel D. Langleben, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 28, 2016

Juliana Belo Diniz, Roseli Gedanke Shavitt, Eurípides Constantino Miguel, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 28, 2016

JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 28, 2016

Ido Lurie, Yu-Xiao Yang, Kevin Haynes, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 28, 2016

This letter comments on the CDC's recent "Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain" and delineates several reasons why clinicians should carefully consider risk factors for suicidal behavior when...
Emilie Olié, Philippe Courtet
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 22, 2016

The case of this woman who attempted suicide by overdosing on medications that influence GABAergic receptors was complicated by the need for dialysis to alleviate convulsions, which caused the...
Dominique C. Olthof, Geeske van Rooijen, Hiske E. Becker, et al
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 22, 2016

Does SSRI sertraline induce akathisia? Read this case of a patient who experienced akathisia symptoms while taking this medication.
Hitiekshya Nepal, Eric Black, Mukul Bhattarai
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 15, 2016

Clinical drug information does not list mania as a side effect of tramadol but acknowledges that a small percentage of patients can experience CNS stimulation. This patient with stable...
Verinder Sharma
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 8, 2016

Fear is a common denominator among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but what do you do when your patient is afraid of life-sustaining measures and opts for self-starvation instead? This...
Ali Najafian Jazi, Shady S. Shebak, Bush Kavuru
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 1, 2016

Diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis is often difficult and frequently delayed given the time taken to rule out more common psychiatric and neurologic conditions. Here, read about a complex case...
Gagan Singh, Deepak Prabhakar
PCC
Letter to the Editor

December 1, 2016

Could treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors trigger reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome? Read about 2 patients who experienced symptoms of the syndrome while taking these medications.
Busra DurmuÅŸ, Robert Jan Osse, Bart Emmer, et al
PCC
Letter to the Editor

November 24, 2016

Naltrexone, approved in the United States for opioid addiction or dependence and alcohol dependence, was the culprit in this patient's acute pancreatitis. See how his presenting symptom of epigastric...
Rajanshu Verma

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