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Risperidone-Induced Tardive Dyskinesia in an Autistic Child
December 6, 2018
The majority of reported cases of risperidone-induced tardive dyskinesia occurred within 1 year after starting the neuroleptic. However, sometimes there was no cause-and-effect relationship of risperidone and tardive dyskinesia....
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Lithium Augmentation for Clozapine Rechallenge: Discontinuation Might Be Risky
November 29, 2018
Is lithium needed long term after clozapine rechallenge? Do individuals develop neutropenia or agranulocytosis after lithium is discontinued? The authors of this report analyzed all of the available literature...
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Assessing Competency for Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Unethical
November 27, 2018
In this letter to the editor, Dr Komrad and colleagues outline their position on psychiatrists' involvement with physician-assisted suicide as a response to the recent article "Working With Decisionally...
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Repeat Ischemic Colitis in a Patient Taking Quetiapine
November 8, 2018
Some atypical antipsychotics such as clozapine and quetiapine antagonize the muscarinic receptors, which lead to anticholinergic side effects such as constipation and gastric outlet obstruction. Here read about a...
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Psoas Abscess as a Differential Diagnosis of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
November 1, 2018
Diagnosis of NMS is complicated by coexisting pathologies that have a similar clinical picture. This report describes a woman with schizoaffective disorder who presented with a psychotic episode and...
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Psychotic Symptoms and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome After Methamphetamine Abuse
November 1, 2018
This case report describes the symptom progression of a 24-year-old man who used high doses of crystal methamphetamine for 10 days and then developed superior vena cava syndrome as...
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I Have Never Used Methamphetamine, But My Urinalysis Says I Do
October 18, 2018
Urine drug screens are often followed by confirmatory gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) tests. Periodically, GC/MS tests can have false-positive results. Read this case of a man with a past...
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Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis: The Heartfelt Silent Assassin
October 11, 2018
When monitored appropriately, clozapine may be a safe and effective antipsychotic in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Read this case report and discussion about a clozapine-induced myocarditis monitoring protocol that...
