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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
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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
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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

March 24, 2020

Cheng et al reply to the letter “Behavioral Symptoms Improve Prediction Models of Mortality in Patients With Dementia” by Modrego.
Chih-Ming Cheng, MD, Mu-Hong Chen, MD, PhD, Cheng-Hung Yang, MD, et al
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Meta-Analysis

March 24, 2020

For ADHD patients who responded to medication treatments, does discontinuing those medications affect quality of life more adversely than continuing them? This study compares the effects of continuing versus…
Noa Tsujii, Takashi Okada, Masahide Usami, et al
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Original Research

March 24, 2020

How soon is too soon to look for metabolic syndrome in your patients with schizophrenia? This randomized open-label trial investigates 7 risk factors of 5 atypical and 2 typical…
Yamin Zhang, Qiang Wang, Gavin P. Reynolds, et al
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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

March 24, 2020

The fragility index is the smallest number of subjects whose status needs to change for a significant finding to lose its significance. Read this article to learn about the…
Chittaranjan Andrade
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Educational Activity

March 24, 2020

What can you do to combat relapse in your patients with schizophrenia? Dr Lauriello discusses identifying and addressing a major contributor to relapse—nonadherence to antipsychotics.
John Lauriello
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Original Research

March 17, 2020

People with psychotic disorders are more likely to have alcohol use disorder than the general population, but how does that comorbidity affect the course of their psychosis? This analysis…
Sanjeev Pathak, Ying Jiang, Lauren DiPetrillo, et al
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Original Research

March 17, 2020

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is associated with intimate partner assault, the use of weapons to threaten others, and arrests. This behavior can be reduced through pharmacologic and psychosocial interventions….
Emil F. Coccaro, Royce J. Lee
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Original Research

March 17, 2020

Read the full study examining Adult ADHD types and symptoms not reflected in the DSM-5 or ICD-10 criteria.
Frederick W. Reimherr, Michael Roesler, Barrie K. Marchant, et al
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Educational Activity

March 17, 2020

When you are treating a patient for depression, do you regularly assess symptoms, adherence, and side effects using tools and then use that information to guide treatment decisions? Learn…
Madhukar H. Trivedi
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Educational Activity

March 17, 2020

Identification of depression is crucial, as untreated depression is linked to functional impairment and suicide. Learn from an expert about how measurement-based care provides a way to improve the…
Madhukar H. Trivedi
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Meta-Analysis

March 10, 2020

Some women experience severe affective episodes outside the postpartum period after an initial episode of postpartum psychosis, though others do not. This meta-analysis estimates the risk of recurrence after…
Janneke Gilden, Astrid M. Kamperman, Trine Munk-Olsen, et al
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Original Research

March 10, 2020

Alcohol use disorder is comorbid in 33% of US patients with schizophrenia. Testing the tolerability of olanzapine and samidorphan until the first event of exacerbation of disease symptoms is…
Mary F. Brunette, Christoph U. Correll, Stephanie S. O' Malley, et al

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