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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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Patient Functioning and Life Engagement: Treatment Goals in Schizophrenia
Insight videos

August 17, 2022

Many people with schizophrenia feel isolated and disengaged from their own lives even when symptoms are under control. Here, experts discuss assessment of life engagement and treatment strategies that…
Christoph U. Correll, Zahinoor Ismail, Roger S. McIntyre, et al
JCP
Patient Functioning, Life Engagement, and Treatment Goals in Schizophrenia
Academic Highlights

August 17, 2022

Many people with schizophrenia feel isolated and disengaged from their own lives even when symptoms are under control. Here, experts discuss assessment of life engagement and treatment strategies that…
Christoph U. Correll, Zahinoor Ismail, Roger S. McIntyre, et al
JCP
Thyroid Hormone Use in Mood Disorders
ASCP Corner

August 15, 2022

This ASCP Corner article reviews the potential benefits and harms of thyroid hormone therapy in the management of unipolar and bipolar depression.
Balwinder Singh, Vishnu Sundaresh
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Intravenous Scopolamine Versus Active Placebo in MDD
Original Research

August 15, 2022

Scopolamine, an agent commonly used for motion sickness, has shown promise in treating depression. This study measured its efficacy in major depressive disorder versus an active placebo comparator.
Joseph C. C. Chen, Rachael L. Sumner, Venkat Krishnamurthy Naga, et al
JCP
Remission of Psychotic Late-Life Depression Following ECT
Original Research

August 10, 2022

In this study, ECT was associated with a significantly higher remission rate in psychotic versus nonpsychotic late-life depression.
Margot J. Wagenmakers, Mardien L. Oudega, Filip Bouckaert, et al
JCP
Patient Functioning and Life Engagement: Unmet Needs in MDD and Schizophrenia
Insight videos

August 8, 2022

Besides achieving symptom relief and improved functioning, many patients with serious mental illness wish to connect more with others and feel engaged with their lives. Five experts discuss life…
Christoph U. Correll, Zahinoor Ismail, Roger S. McIntyre, et al
JCP
Faces Scales to Measure Anxiety and Anger
Original Research

August 8, 2022

Faces scales are used worldwide to assess pain. This study aimed to develop and evaluate measurement properties of faces scales to monitor the mental health symptoms of anxiety and…
Lisa Grossman Liu, David Russell, Meghan Reading Turchioe, et al
JCP
Very Low-Level Transcranial Photobiomodulation for MDD
Original Research

August 8, 2022

Transcranial photobiomodulation may be efficacious for major depressive disorder, but the optimal dose is not known. Here, a very low dose was studied to establish a threshold for lack…
Dan V. Iosifescu, Richard J. Norton, Umit Tural, et al
JCP
Cannabidiol for Treatment-Resistant Anxiety
Original Research

August 3, 2022

Treatment resistance affects nearly half of all young patients experiencing moderate-to-severe anxiety. This study investigated the safety and efficacy of cannabidiol for anxiety in young people who previously failed…
Maximus Berger, Emily Li, Simon Rice, et al
JCP
Patient Functioning and Life Engagement: Unmet Needs in MDD and Schizophrenia
Academic Highlights

August 3, 2022

Besides achieving symptom relief and improved functioning, many patients with serious mental illness wish to connect more with others and feel engaged with their lives. Five experts discuss life…
Christoph U. Correll, Zahinoor Ismail, Roger S. McIntyre, et al
JCP
Tardive Dyskinesia and Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics
Original Research

August 3, 2022

This study compared spontaneous reporting of tardive dyskinesia with long-acting injectable versus oral antipsychotics.
Fuminari Misawa, Yasuo Fujii, Hiroyoshi Takeuchi
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A Mirror-Image Trial or Smoke and Mirrors? Phase 3b Study on Digital Aripiprazole
Letter to the Editor

August 3, 2022

This letter comments on methodological aspects of a recent study by Cohen et al.
Florian Naudet, André Gillibert, Barbara Mintzes, et al

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