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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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Commentary

March 3, 2020

Read commentary on the possible reasons why placebo response rates in clinical trials for schizophrenia are increasing.
Thomas P. Laughren
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Original Research

March 3, 2020

Read a study evaluating the antipsychotic efficacy and safety of OLZ/SAM compared with placebo in patients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia.
Steven G. Potkin, Jelena Kunovac, Bernard L. Silverman, et al
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Original Research

March 3, 2020

Experiencing a first episode of schizophrenia during adolescence may influence response to cognitive training. This study compared response to cognitive training in patients with early-onset schizophrenia versus those with…
Olga Puig, Melissa Fisher, Rachel Loewy, et al
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Review Article

March 3, 2020

Efficacy trials in schizophrenia patients conducted from 1991 to 2009 showed an increasing rate of placebo response and a decline in treatment effect over time. This study explores these…
Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Hao Zhu, Tiffany R. Farchione, et al
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Original Research

February 25, 2020

Insomnia is a risk factor for suicide, and suicide risk is highest at night. Read this report to learn if this nocturnal risk is affected by other variables such…
Andrew S. Tubbs, Michael L. Perlis, Mathias Basner, et al
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Meta-Analysis

February 25, 2020

Varenicline reduces smoking. Since alcohol use and tobacco use disorders are often comorbid, does the effectiveness of varenicline in reducing tobacco use translate to a similar effectiveness for alcohol-related…
Kriti D. Gandhi, Meghna P. Mansukhani, Victor M. Karpyak, et al
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Original Research

February 18, 2020

This study sought to clarify how reward deficits and striatal circuitry are involved in acute episodes as well as remission of major depressive disorder—and how the findings may help…
Li Wang, Feng Li, Philip B. Mitchell, et al
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Academic Highlights

February 18, 2020

What should you rule out to diagnose tardive dyskinesia (TD)? How do treatment options differ? In this journal CME activity, Drs Citrome and Saklad team up to review the…
Leslie L. Citrome, Stephen R. Saklad
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Letter to the Editor

February 11, 2020

Dr Mota and colleagues reply to the letter “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Binge-Eating Disorder: Further Context and Additional Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in the United…
Natalie Mota, Joel Braun, Robert H. Pietrzak, et al
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Original Research

February 11, 2020

Can overall response to antipsychotics be predicted by early improvements in individual symptoms among Alzheimer’s disease patients? The current report analyzes the CATIE-AD phase 1 dataset in an attempt…
Tomoyuki Nagata, Shunichiro Shinagawa, Kazunari Yoshida, et al
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Original Research

February 11, 2020

Read a study considering whether hopelessness an essential precondition for suicidal ideation in patients with depressive disorder.
Ilya Baryshnikov, Tom Rosenström, Pekka Jylhä, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

February 11, 2020

In this letter to the editor, Drs Grilo and Udo discuss a recent study that examined links between trauma, PTSD, and binge-eating symptoms; their perspective is set in the…
Carlos M. Grilo, Tomoko Udo

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