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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

December 21, 2021

Studies of antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) tend to exclude the perspective of patients and how they experience treatment. This study examined satisfaction with pharmacologic treatment in patients who received APP…
Martijn J. Kikkert, Liselotte de Mooij, Mariken de Koning, et al
JCP
Brief Report

December 21, 2021

Women are reported to be more likely than men to develop disorders such as MDD and PTSD as a result of stress. To investigate why this is true, these…
Sarah R. Lowe, Rachel Hennein, Jordyn H. Feingold, et al
JCP
Original Research

December 21, 2021

This study evaluated national trends in prescribing varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy to Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries before and after US Food and Drug Administration warnings for varenicline.
Lauren B. Gerlach, Tony Van, Hyungjin Myra Kim, et al
JCP
Systematic Review

December 14, 2021

Clozapine is the only agent with proven efficacy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but is it safe for pregnant women? This article synthesizes the existing evidence.
Marieke M. Beex-Oosterhuis, Arthur R. Van Gool, Eibert R. Heerdink, et al
JCP
Original Research

December 14, 2021

Physical assaults are a persistent problem in hospital psychiatry. This study evaluated the relationship between medications used to treat acute agitation and subsequent assault incidence in the psychiatric emergency…
Y. Nina Gao, Matthew Oberhardt, David Vawdrey, et al
JCP
Meta-Analysis

December 14, 2021

Increased screening for hepatitis C virus among people with serious mental illness is key to achieving global eradication of the virus.
Michael Rudi Braude, Timothy Phan, Anouk Dev, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 7, 2021

Lambrichts and colleagues respond to Dr Andrade’s recent Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology article commenting on their study of maintenance ECT.
Simon Lambrichts, Kristof Vansteelandt, Jasmien Obbels, et al
JCP
Systematic Review

December 7, 2021

Lack of social integration and inclusion may be an important determinant of incidence of psychosis. This systematic review explores the relationship between psychosis and area-level social fragmentation.
Benson S. Ku, Michael T. Compton, Elaine F. Walker, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

December 7, 2021

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

November 30, 2021

This study used 2 insurance databases to estimate the prevalence of treatment-resistant depression among US patients with pharmaceutically treated depression.
Xinyue Liu, Yuki Mukai, Christine I. Furtek, et al
JCP
ASCP Corner

November 30, 2021

This ASCP Corner article discusses how to identify treatment-resistant patients who would benefit from clozapine and then offers tips on how to start the treatment conversation with these patients.
Jose M. Rubio, John M. Kane
JCP
Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

November 30, 2021

This article outlines the scientific evidence for ginger in reducing migraine pain and associated nausea and considers its potential use as a home remedy.
Chittaranjan Andrade

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