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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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Relative Risk of Breast Cancer Associated With Prolactin-Increasing Antipsychotic Use
Letter to the Editor

January 22, 2024

The authors provide additional relative risk data in response to Dr Andrade’s comments on their study.
Heidi Taipale, Marco Solmi, Christoph U. Correll, et al
JCP
Suicidality Emerging From Rapid Venlafaxine Discontinuation
Case Report

January 22, 2024

This case report presents a patient with no history of suicidal crisis who experienced 2 suicidal crises within 6 months, each directly following rapid discontinuation of venlafaxine.
Milutin Kostic, Martin Plöderl, Michael Hengartner, et al
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CYP2D6 Genotyping and Adverse Drug Reactions in Depression
Original Research

January 17, 2024

Genetic testing of CYP2D6 did not show that predicted poor drug metabolism led to increased adverse drug reactions in patients with depression.
Amanda Holck, Marie Asp, Henrik Green, et al
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Enriching the Assessment of Suicidal Ideation
Commentary

January 17, 2024

The processes involved in the generation of suicidal ideation (SI) can be distinguished from those involved in the acts themselves. This commentary notes that the rise of digital health…
Philippe Courtet, Enrique Baca-García
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Efficacy and Safety of Iloperidone in Bipolar Mania
Original Research

January 15, 2024

At 4 weeks of treatment, patients receiving iloperidone showed significant improvement on the Young Mania Rating Scale versus those receiving placebo.
Rosarelis Torres, Emily L. Czeisler, Sean R. Chadwick, et al
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Testing for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Psychiatric Practice
Letter to the Editor

January 10, 2024

Dr Barry Krakow comments on Benca and colleagues’ recent review of sleep apnea in psychiatric practice and calls for clinicians to screen for sleep-disordered breathing at intake.
Barry Krakow
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Oral Anticoagulants, Atrial Fibrillation, and Mental Illness
Original Research

January 3, 2024

People with atrial fibrillation (AF) and comorbid mental illness are less often prescribed an oral anticoagulant (OAC) for AF-related stroke prevention. This study examined how mental illness interacts with…
Dina Farran, Matthew Broadbent, Aikaterini Dima, et al
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Guideline Concordance in Major Depressive Disorder
Original Research

January 3, 2024

This study created a new score to measure treatment guideline adherence and found that following guidelines resulted in lower MDD symptom severity.
Mason T. Breitzig, Fan He, Lan Kong, et al
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Outcome Predictors in Youth With Mental Disorders
Original Research

December 27, 2023

This retrospective analysis of clinical parameters in youth hospitalized for psychiatric treatment assessed magnitude and correlates of symptom response, global illness response, social functioning, out-of-home placement, and length of…
Viktor B. Nöhles, Charlotte Jaite, Kerstin Rubarth, et al
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Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Zuranolone in MDD
Original Research

December 27, 2023

Most patients with MDD achieved response after 14 days of zuranolone treatment. For patients who responded to their first treatment, the time to repeat treatment was over 4 months.
Andrew J. Cutler, Gregory W. Mattingly, Susan G. Kornstein, et al
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Metformin for SGA-Induced Weight Gain
Original Research

December 20, 2023

Pediatric patients are vulnerable to antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG). This study assessed the effectiveness of metformin on AIWG and explored whether timing of metformin initiation and premorbid obesity moderated…
Hua Chen, Ning Lyu, Chadi Calarge, et al
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A Comparison of 3 Scales for Measuring Adolescent Depression
Original Research

December 18, 2023

Three patient-reported outcomes—Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report, and Very Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report—can assess depressive symptom severity and change over time. Scores on…
Karabi Nandy, A. John Rush, Thomas Carmody, et al

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