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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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Original Research

January 15, 2019

Research has shown success in identifying borderline personality disorder (BPD) using the single criterion of affective instability. But can this screening method be used to recognize BPD in individuals…
Mark Zimmerman, Caroline Balling, Kristy Dalrymple, et al
JCP
Viewpoints

January 15, 2019

In this Viewpoint article, Torrey et al call for the National Institute of Mental Health to expand funding for schizophrenia treatment beyond trials that focus on identified biological targets….
E. Fuller Torrey, Robert H. Yolken, H. Richard Lamb
JCP
Viewpoints

January 15, 2019

In this Viewpoint article, Dr Joshua Gordon, Director of the NIMH, responds to points raised by Torrey et al regarding the decrease in the number of medication trials for…
Joshua A. Gordon
JCP
Editorial

January 15, 2019

With gratitude, our Editor in Chief honors JCP’s peer reviewers.
Marlene P. Freeman
JCP
Original Research

January 15, 2019

Psychotic features within major depressive disorder (MDD) are associated with poor treatment outcome. This article explores whether sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of and pharmacologic treatments received by patients with…
Markus Dold, Lucie Bartova, Alexander Kautzky, et al
JCP
Publisher’s Note

January 8, 2019

John S. Shelton, Publisher, takes a look back at 80 years of JCP and a look forward toward its future.
John S. Shelton
JCP
Article

January 8, 2019

Extrapyramidal side effects have been identified as frequent side effects of antipsychotics in RCTs with highly selected subjects, but how common are they in nonselected samples? This national multicenter…
David Misdrahi, Arnaud Tessier, Antoine Daubigney, et al
JCP
Editorial

January 8, 2019

On the occasion of JCP’s 80th anniversary, Editor in Chief Marlene P. Freeman reflects on the keys to its past and future success.
Marlene P. Freeman
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Original Research

January 8, 2019

When treating patients with schizophrenia, achieving stable, long-term remission is an important step toward the goal of functional recovery. This study evaluated the effect of cariprazine on several measures…
Christoph U. Correll, Steven G. Potkin, Yan Zhong, et al
JCP
Original Research

December 18, 2018

Aripiprazole is commonly prescribed as a next-step pharmacotherapy for treatment-resistant depression, but its cost-effectiveness as an adjunct to antidepressants is unknown. Read this article to learn how the cost-effectiveness…
Jean Yoon, Sidney Zisook, Angel Park, et al
JCP
Original Research

December 18, 2018

Could valbenazine help your patients who experience antipsychotic-induced abnormal movements? This follow-up analysis of a phase 3 study provides further insights into the efficacy of valbenazine for tardive dyskinesia…
Christoph U. Correll, Andrew J. Cutler, John M. Kane, et al
JCP
Original Research

December 11, 2018

When sleep escapes you, it’s hard to escape the pervasive feelings that accompany exhaustion. If improving sleep hygiene doesn’ t work, can resetting one’s qi help? This sham-controlled trial…
Wei Huang, Theodore M. Johnson, II, Nancy G. Kutner, et al

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