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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
Rounds in the General Hospital

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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Letter to the Editor

March 29, 2017

This letter describes a post hoc analysis of a study of intravenous ketamine treatment in 13 patients with treatment-resistant depression. Find out if outcomes differed between those who were…
C. Sophia Albott, Paulo R. Shiroma, Kathryn R. Cullen, et al
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Original Research

March 29, 2017

Internet addiction is associated with psychosocial maladjustment in adolescents. This study drew on large, representative samples of German adolescents to characterize the prevalence of internet addiction, its psychopathological correlates,…
Kai W. Müller, Michael Dreier, Eva Duven, et al
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Article

March 29, 2017

The risk of a first episode of depression increases during perimenopause and early postmenopause. What is the role of childhood adversity in the onset of major depressive disorder during…
C. Neill Epperson, Mary D. Sammel, Tracy L. Bale, et al
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Letter to the Editor

March 29, 2017

Marianne Goodman, Erin A. Hazlett
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ASCP Corner

March 29, 2017

This month’s ASCP Corner discusses the significant problem of untreated psychosis. The authors review the factors that contribute to a longer time to treatment, the impact of untreated psychosis,…
Jose M. Rubio, Christoph U. Correll
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Letter to the Editor

March 29, 2017

Read this article to find out what is dialectical behavior therapy, and how it is used in psychiatry today.
David Kronemyer
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Publisher’s Note

March 29, 2017

John S. Shelton
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Article

March 29, 2017

Adolescents with bipolar disorder are at an elevated risk for premature atherosclerosis. This study looked at BDNF and inflammatory markers in 60 adolescents with bipolar disorder and 20 healthy…
Jessica K. Hatch, Gustavo Scola, Omodele Olowoyeye, et al
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Original Research

March 29, 2017

Can a common product be used to minimize mental health problems in adolescents? Read this cross-sectional survey to see if symptoms of depression and aggression changed in adolescents who…
Shuntaro Ando, Shinsuke Koike, Shinji Shimodera, et al
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Article

March 29, 2017

The increasing overlap of mood disorders and antipsychotic use in youth is a growing area of concern. This meta-analysis examined the current findings on the frequency of mood disorders…
Chiara Cervesi, Su Young Park, Britta Galling, et al
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Original Research

March 29, 2017

Adding an SNRI may improve impaired cognition and fatigue, and hence improve the overall depression outcome in patients with partial response to an SSRI. This analysis of trials of…
Virginia L. Stauffer, Peng Liu, Celine Goldberger, et al
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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

March 29, 2017

Both untreated depression and prenatal exposure to antidepressants have been associated with adverse outcomes. In this month’s column, Dr Andrade describes possible study design’ ’related contributors that are important…
Chittaranjan Andrade

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