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Clozapine: Its Use and Monitoring
Rounds in the General Hospital

July 30, 2024

The authors provide the latest information on clozapine use, including when your patients should receive or avoid taking it, what laboratory tests are required before and during administration, and…
Desta S. Lissanu, Chirag M. Vyas, Carol S. Lim, et al
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Pharmacologic Management of TBI
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July 16, 2024

Cognitive complaints, including difficulties with attention, concentration, and memory, are common in patients post-TBI; however, many medications have been studied in the treatment of cognition after TBI. Read on…
Sofia E. Matta, Christina LaCroix, Kaloyan Tanev, et al
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Evaluation and Management of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia
Rounds in the General Hospital

July 2, 2024

If you have ever been uncertain about how to evaluate patients with a chronic psychotic illness or struggled over how best to manage treatment-resistant schizophrenia, then this case vignette…
Carol S. Lim, Abigail L. Donovan, Chirag M. Vyas, et al
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Neuropsychiatric Complications of Hypervitaminosis D
Rounds in the General Hospital

June 13, 2024

A 28-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe agitation, insomnia, weakness, constipation, and muscle jerks after nonsuicidal overdosing of vitamin D.
James K. Rustad, Adam Z. Spitz, Brandon C. Wilson, et al
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Impact of Disability on Medical Care
Rounds in the General Hospital

June 6, 2024

Given that many people have disabilities, physicians should develop skills that assess the level of disability, the functional consequence of illness, and the social and physical environments of patients…
Mirza Baig, Andrew S. Chun, Ashika Bains, et al
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Management of Rumination and Obsessions in Primary Care
Rounds in the General Hospital

May 30, 2024

Difficult-to-control negative repetitive thoughts can manifest as ruminations or obsessions. Appropriate early identification and intervention can positively affect the course and prevent an episode of psychiatric illness.
Sharmin Ghaznavi, Charlotte Schiewe, Theodore A. Stern

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August 23, 2017

Patients experiencing delirium and the atypical personality displays that go with it often remember their actions after recovering from their delirious state. This unique study looks at patients’ lingering…
Seon-Young Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Kim, et al
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

Could better medication adherence contribute to a reduction in homicidal violence? To investigate this intriguing question, the authors linked a Swedish nationwide registry of dispensed prescriptions with a forensic-toxicological…
Jonatan Hedlund, Jonas Forsman, Joakim Sturup, et al
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Article

August 23, 2017

Adults ≥ 65 years old experience more major depressive episodes with longer durations of depressive symptoms than younger cohorts, yet their symptoms often go untreated. This secondary analysis of…
Alexander J. Steiner, Jennifer Recacho, Brigitte Vanle, et al
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

The estrogen protection hypothesis of schizophrenia was introduced in the late 1980s to explain  gender-related differences in epidemiology and clinical features. This study examines whether raloxifene, an estrogen agonist,…
Mark Weiser, Linda Levi, Shimon Burshtein, et al
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

Read the results on whether a longer half-life is associated with longer time to relapse after antipsychotic discontinuation, even among LAI formulations.
Peter J. Weiden, Edward Kim, Jason Bermak, et al
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Letter to the Editor

August 23, 2017

Antonios Dakanalis, Massimo Clerici
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

In this study of adolescents exposed to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China, Fan et al investigate the relationships between disturbed sleep and the development of depression and PTSD….
Fang Fan, Ya Zhou, Xianchen Liu
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

Adolescence carries a high risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. This study aimed to identify patterns of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in college students with a prior history of…
Philippe Mortier, Glenn Kiekens, Randy P. Auerbach, et al
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Commentary

August 23, 2017

This commentary discusses Kozloff and Sommer’s study on the effects of the Affordable Care Act extension of private health insurance coverage to individuals up to age 26 under their…
Maria A. Oquendo
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

Cognitive dysfunction greatly affects functional outcome in patients with major depressive disorder, but existing tools to measure cognition in depression are inadequate. Read this article to see if the…
Roger S. McIntyre, Michael W. Best, Christopher R. Bowie, et al
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Original Research

August 23, 2017

Is vitamin D supplementation beneficial in treating cognitive impairments in psychotic disorders? Read this cross-sectional study to discover which cognitive deficits were associated with vitamin D deficiency.
Mari Nerhus, Akiah O. Berg, Carmen Simonsen, et al
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Original Research

August 22, 2017

Is bone mineral density related to severity of current symptoms of depression? Read this article to learn if this hitherto-unresolved connection exists.
Rocco D. Hlis, Roger S. McIntyre, Naim M. Maalouf, et al

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