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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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Original Research

October 26, 2016

Pharmacotherapy is widely available for patients with MDD, but as many as 40% have a delayed response or fail to respond to treatment. In this RCT, see how the…
J. Todd Arnedt, Leslie M. Swanson, Richard R. Dopp, et al
JCP
Original Research

October 26, 2016

Since 2008, significant changes in federal policies have been designed to increase access to mental health treatment. Have these changes been effective in influencing treatment-seeking patterns? Han and colleagues…
Beth Han, Wilson M. Compton, Ramin Mojtabai, et al
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Educational Activity

October 26, 2016

Roger S. McIntyre
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Original Research

October 25, 2016

The “C” word is frightening to patients with serious mental illness as much as to anyone, but whether these patients’ survival is equal to those without an SMI is…
Daniel W. Bradford, Joseph Goulet, Marcia Hunt, et al
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DELETE Evaluating the Evidence

September 30, 2016

Read the recommendations of experts on the use of long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications in patients with schizophrenia.
Christoph U. Correll, Leslie Citrome, Peter M. Haddad, et al
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Original Research

September 28, 2016

SSRIs, as well as depression itself, have been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. To discover more about this link, Noordam et al looked at the…
Raymond Noordam, Nikkie Aarts, Robin P. Peeters, et al
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Letter to the Editor

September 28, 2016

Ali Doruk
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Letter to the Editor

September 28, 2016

Keith Fluegge
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Original Research

September 28, 2016

What can you do when chronic pain is a problem for your trauma patients for whom opioids may lead to a substance use disorder? This study investigates whether buprenorphine,…
Karen H. Seal, Shira Maguen, Daniel Bertenthal, et al
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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

September 28, 2016

Patients with schizophrenia have increased rates of many cardiometabolic risk factors. Chittaranjan Andrade, MD, takes a look at the impact of pharmacological interventions, such as metformin, topiramate, and aripiprazole,…
Chittaranjan Andrade
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Case Report

September 28, 2016

In olfactory reference syndrome, concerns about perceived body odor cause distress and may impair functioning. This case report by Zantvoord and colleagues describes the successful use of cognitive behavioral…
Jasper B. Zantvoord, Nienke Vulink, Damiaan Denys
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Letter to the Editor

September 28, 2016

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