Marcela Almeida, MD

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  • 2019–2021Active
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Marcela Almeida, MD is affiliated with Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Marcela Almeida has authored or co-authored 3 peer-reviewed articles published across the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and the Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders between 2019 and 2021. Their work focuses on Catatonia, Neurodevelopmental, Neurology, and Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective Disorders.

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Case Series

Dexmedetomidine for Agitation With Excited Catatonia

October 7, 2021

The α2-receptor agonist dexmedetomidine is generally used for short-term analgesia and sedation. This report describes several cases in which dexmedetomidine was used to treat agitation that accompanied excited catatonia.
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Brief Report

Stroke, Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, and Depression

April 9, 2020

This report describes an unusual case of severe depression that developed as a result of a series of neurologic insults, starting with a stroke that was followed by a...
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Case Report

Lurasidone-Induced Mania

July 11, 2019

Can lurasidone induce mania? Read about a patient who presented in a depressive episode with psychotic features who became acutely manic after starting lurasidone monotherapy.
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