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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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Peer-Led Psychotherapy: The Time Is Now
Letter to the Editor

April 27, 2022

Tomfohr-Madsen et al respond to O’Hara’s recent commentary on peer-delivered psychotherapy for postpartum depression.
Lianne M. Tomfohr-Madsen, Leslie E. Roos, Joshua W. Madsen, et al
JCP
Economic Burden of PTSD in the US
Original Research

April 25, 2022

Studies on the economic burden of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) mostly focus on military populations and/or direct health care costs. This study estimated the economic burden of PTSD in…
Lori L. Davis, Jeff Schein, Martin Cloutier, et al
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Transdiagnostic PRS Prediction of Mood Disorders
Original Research

April 20, 2022

Mood disorders often co-occur with behavior disorders in children and adolescents. This study explored if polygenic risk scores based on external genome-wide association studies of these disorders could improve…
Eric J. Barnett, Joseph Biederman, Alysa E. Doyle, et al
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Co-Occurring Depression and Response During OUD Treatment
Original Research

April 18, 2022

This study looked at the relationship between opioid use disorder treatment and depression, and whether remission of depression is associated with lower relapse risk.
Peter J. Na, Jennifer Scodes, Marc Fishman, et al
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Twelve-Month Outcomes for Remitters Following ECT for Depression
Letter to the Editor

April 18, 2022

Jelovac and McLoughlin respond to Dr Andrade’s recent Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology article commenting on their study of maintenance ECT.
Ana Jelovac, Declan M. McLoughlin
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Research Design and Overfitting: Reply to Jelovac and McLoughlin
Letter to the Editor

April 18, 2022

Dr Andrade responds to a comment from the authors of a study mentioned in his recent article on maintenance ECT.
Chittaranjan Andrade
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ECT and Death by Suicide
Original Research

April 13, 2022

It is unclear if a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with a decreased risk of death by suicide. This study examined the association of adequate exposure to…
Bradley V. Watts, Talya Peltzman, Brian Shiner
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What Is the Role of Digital Medicine for Adherence Monitoring in Patients With SMI?
Commentary

April 11, 2022

This commentary looks at the benefits and limitations of digital medicine systems and discusses a recent trial in schizophrenia patients by Cohen et al.
Oliver Freudenreich
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Effects of a Digital Medicine System on Psychiatric Hospitalization Rates for Adults With Schizophrenia
Original Research

April 11, 2022

This clinical trial investigated whether hospitalization rates improved when patients with schizophrenia were treated via a digital medicine system (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) versus oral standard-of-care therapy.
Elan A. Cohen, Taisa Skubiak, Dusica Hadzi Boskovic, et al
JCP
Smartphone-Based Mental Health Screening in Adolescents and Young Adults
Original Research

April 6, 2022

This study used smartphone-based screening to explore depression, anxiety, well-being, and suicidality in young people in Mexico City.
Ismael Martínez-Nicolás, Pavel E. Arenas Castañeda, Cristian Antonio Molina-Pizarro, et al
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Economic Burden of MDD and Suicidality
Original Research

April 4, 2022

Acute suicidal ideation or behavior (SIB) that accompanies major depressive disorder (MDD) may produce a substantial economic burden. This study evaluated health care resource utilization and costs of commercially…
Dominic Pilon, Cheryl Neslusan, Maryia Zhdanava, et al
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SSRI Use and Postpartum Hemorrhage Risk
Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

April 4, 2022

Recent studies linked SSRI use in pregnancy to risk of postpartum hemorrhage. But are the findings what they seem, and should they change clinical practice?
Chittaranjan Andrade

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