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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
PCC
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
PCC
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
PCC
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
PCC
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
PCC
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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JCP
Original Research

September 29, 2020

This analysis of data from 2 clinical trials examined the effect of benzodiazepines on outcomes in older patients with generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder, including the likelihood…
Helene Altmann, Sarah T. Stahl, Marie Anne Gebara, et al
JCP
Brief Report

September 29, 2020

Read a report on how the 1918-920 influenza pandemic in Taiwan impacted rates of suicide.
Yi-Han Chang, Shu-Sen Chang, Chia-Yueh Hsu, et al
JCP
DELETE eReport

September 29, 2020

Read an article on how to reduce Tardive dyskinesia (TD) symptoms, including the use of the FDA-approved treatment options (valbenazine and deutetrabenazine).
Joseph P. McEvoy
JCP
Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

September 22, 2020

Measures and methods used in RCTs vary, so how can we combine their findings to synthesize the evidence? Read this article to gain a better understanding of meta-analysis methodology…
Chittaranjan Andrade
JCP
Letter to the Editor

September 22, 2020

In this letter to the editor, Olié and colleagues comment on a recent JCP article by Fu et al.
Emilie Olié, Bénédicte Nobile, Philippe Courtet
JCP
Original Research

September 22, 2020

This study compared the prevalence of depression and suicidal behavior along with the use and cost of related treatment in young adults with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using commercial…
Dara E. Babinski, Kristina A. Neely, Djibril M. Ba, et al
JCP
Commentary

September 15, 2020

This commentary discusses the article by Smith et al on the benefits of scheduling post-discharge outpatient mental health appointments for patients released from the hospital and notes factors that…
Michael J. Ostacher
JCP
Original Research

September 15, 2020

Participate in a CME activity on whether scheduling an outpatient mental health appointment is an effective and low-resource discharge planning practice.
Thomas E. Smith, Morgan Haselden, Tom Corbeil, et al
JCP
Brief Report

September 15, 2020

Suicide rates are an indicator used to monitor mental health in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This study analyzed WHO and UN data from 62 countries to see if…
Chia-Yueh Hsu, Shu-Sen Chang, David Gunnell
JCP
DELETE eReport

September 15, 2020

Learn from experts about recognizing symptoms and managing dementia-related psychosis (DRP) with engaging CME activities.
Dag Aarsland
JCP
Original Research

September 8, 2020

Read a study evaluating dasotraline, a novel dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, in treating adults with binge-eating disorder (BED).
Susan L. McElroy, James I. Hudson, Carlos M. Grilo, et al
JCP
ASCP Corner

September 8, 2020

Read an article on managing treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including optimizing the dose and trial duration.
Reilly R. Kayser

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