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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

June 22, 2016

Can the amount of movement a depressed patient makes determine the type of depression? Read this short study to see what a mere 24 hours can show a clinician…
Karoline Krane-Gartiser, Arne E. Vaaler, Ole Bernt Fasmer, et al
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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

June 22, 2016

Psychosis is one of the most serious among the adverse effects associated with cannabis use. In Part 1, Dr Andrade provided a summary of general risks and benefits of…
Chittaranjan Andrade
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Commentary

June 22, 2016

This commentary by John H. Shale, MD, JD, and Abril S. Atherton, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, discusses the article “Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes of Military Service: National Linkage Study of…
John H. Shale, Abril S. Atherton
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Article

June 22, 2016

How can we improve the way we characterize suicidal behavior? The authors of this Online First article uncovered significant differences between suicide attempters and classified over 1,000 hospitalized patients…
Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Erika Nogue, Sebastien Guillaume, et al
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Original Research

June 22, 2016

What is the best cognitive remediation method to use as an adjunct with lurasidone to help your patients with schizophrenia? These researchers compared auditory processing cognitive remediation against videogames….
Joshua T. Kantrowitz, Zafar Sharif, Alice Medalia, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

June 22, 2016

The NeuroStar TMS Therapy device was FDA approved in 2008, and the Magstim Rapid Therapy System in 2015. Both produce similar electrical field distributions on the brain’s surface. Read…
Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, Ana-Lucia Garcia-Guarniz, Antigoni Sinanis, et al
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Original Research

June 22, 2016

It’s no surprise—schizophrenia comes with a heavy economic burden. In fact, this Online First study found that schizophrenia is costing the US over $100 billion in unemployment, productivity loss…
Martin Cloutier, Myrlene Sanon Aigbogun, Annie Guerin, et al
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Commentary

June 22, 2016

Apps are ubiquitous, and their use in health care is expanding. But how do we determine which ones are worth using? In this commentary, John Torous and colleagues introduce…
John B. Torous, Steven R. Chan, Peter M. Yellowlees, et al
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Original Research

June 22, 2016

Proper diagnosis can present a moving target for  patients presenting with first-episode nonaffective psychosis. Find out how missing the mark can affect your patients’ long-term outcome.
Mauricio Tohen, Hari-Mandir K. Khalsa, Paola Salvatore, et al
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Article

June 22, 2016

Section Editor Maria A. Oquendo, MD, discusses this month’s 6 Focus on Suicide selections.
Maria A. Oquendo
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Article

June 22, 2016

When your treatment-resistant depressed patients are thinking about suicide, what else can you as a clinician do to pull them from the brink of these ideations? Consider whether adjunctive…
Dawn F. Ionescu, Michaela B. Swee, Kara J. Pavone, et al
JCP
Article

June 22, 2016

Sleep problems have been linked to suicidal thoughts and attempts, but most studies have investigated suicide risk only over long periods of time. Read this article to learn what…
Elizabeth D. Ballard, Jennifer L. Vande Voort, Rebecca A. Bernert, et al

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