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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
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

July 16, 2019

When are your depressed patients having suicidal thoughts during antidepressant treatment and are their ideations persistent? Identifying which 1 of the 5 distinct trajectory classes each patient is in…
Trine Madsen, Henriette N. Buttensch׸n, Rudolf Uher, et al
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Review Article

July 16, 2019

Transdermal delivery is an alternative to oral routes of drug administration. This delivery route has several innate advantages that may benefit patients with CNS disorders—read this Expert Commentary to…
Leslie Citrome, Courtney M. Zeni, Christoph U. Correll
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Meta-Analysis

July 9, 2019

Is prenatal benzodiazepine use associated with an increased risk of congenital malformations? What about concurrent use of a benzodiazepine and an antidepressant? Does the trimester have an effect? See…
Sophie Grigoriadis, Lisa Graves, Miki Peer, et al
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ASCP Corner

July 9, 2019

Most agree that a “healthy diet” confers health benefits, but defining “healthy” foods and specific benefits is increasingly confusing. This ASCP Corner article considers the evidence base for dietary…
Christopher M. Palmer
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Original Research

July 9, 2019

Opioids and benzodiazepines are commonly coprescribed, but the risk of death associated with this practice is unknown. This study compared mortality among patients coprescribed these agents with those prescribed…
Eric J. Hawkins, Simon B. Goldberg, Carol A. Malte, et al
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Original Research

July 2, 2019

Compared to men, women have higher sensitivity to cannabinoids. Does this sex difference extend to synthetic cannabinoids as well? Read the findings of this retrospective chart review to learn…
Anahita Bassir Nia, Claire L. Mann, Sharron Spriggs, et al
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ASCP Corner

June 25, 2019

Inflammation is associated with depression severity, and targeting it may be a promising avenue for developing new antidepressants. This ASCP Corner article reviews the existing data on anti-inflammatory treatments…
Manish Kumar Jha
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Educational Activity

June 25, 2019

Meaningful benefits can be derived from the evaluation of cognition in older adults when there is possible cognitive impairment and dementia. Here, experts explain how brief cognitive assessment tools…
Lynn Shaughnessy, Simon Sheard, Danielle Goldfarb, et al
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Letter to the Editor

June 18, 2019

In this letter to the editor, Martínez-Alés and colleagues comment on the recent article “Combining Postcards, Crisis Cards, and Telephone Contact Into a Decision-Making Algorithm to Reduce Suicide Reattempt”…
Gonzalo Martínez-Alés, Katherine M. Keyes, Enrique Baca-García
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Letter to the Editor

June 18, 2019

Berrouiguet and colleagues reply to the letter “Beyond Statistical Significance: An Underrated Suicide Prevention Intervention” by Martínez-Alés et al.
Sofian Berrouiguet, Michel Walter, Guillaume Vaiva
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Original Research

June 18, 2019

Women who take mood stabilizers have a greater risk of placenta-mediated pregnancy complications. But are the mood stabilizers themselves responsible for this higher risk? This study explores that question.
Jacqueline M. Cohen, Krista F. Huybrechts, Elisabetta Patorno, et al
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Original Research

June 11, 2019

Using an 11-year follow-up of a population-based retrospective cohort, a risk score model identified 11 acute and chronic factors to predict mortality for dementia patients. A suitable care plan…
Chih-Ming Cheng, Wen-Han Chang, Yu-Chuan Chiu, et al

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