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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

November 20, 2018

A suicide expert shares in her interview on suicide prevention that she had been in suicidal crisis at one point in her life. Do you think subjects in this…
Benedikt Till, Florian Arendt, Sebastian Scherr, et al
JCP
Original Research

November 20, 2018

In your patients with MDD, cognitive deficits may have a greater impact than you realize. This study used the THINC-it assessment to determine the extent to which impaired cognition…
Matthew J. Knight, Célia Fourrier, Ellen Lyrtzis, et al
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Original Research

November 13, 2018

Depression is strongly associated with functional impairment. Some hypothesize that cognitive dysfunction, which is also often associated with depression, might mediate the impact of depression on functioning. This study…
Hélène Vulser, Emmanuel Wiernik, Nicolas Hoertel, et al
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Original Research

November 13, 2018

Frailty is associated with negative health outcomes in dementia patients, but could it also predict more psychological symptoms and greater caregiver burden? This study of 1,193 Alzheimer’s disease patients…
Taiki Sugimoto, Rei Ono, Ai Kimura, et al
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Original Research

November 6, 2018

Emergency departments are often the first point of care for youth with psychosis. Timely follow-up care is crucial, but how often is it received? This retrospective study looks at…
Nicole Kozloff, Binu Jacob, Aristotle N. Voineskos, et al
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Original Research

November 6, 2018

Do you know the method preferred by your suicidal patients when they attempt suicide? Among nearly 28,000 suicide attempters, a third used a psychotropic medication. Find out which populations…
Talia L. Brown, Peter M. Gutierrez, Gary K. Grunwald, et al
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Original Research

October 30, 2018

Regular cannabis use during adolescence has been linked to cognitive impairments. To what degree does abstaining from cannabis lead to cognitive improvements in adolescents and young adults who otherwise…
Randi Melissa Schuster, Jodi Gilman, David Schoenfeld, et al
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ASCP Corner

October 30, 2018

Both undertreatment and futile overtreatment can be disastrous. How can clinicians find the right balance? This ASCP Corner article discusses related ethical and practical issues and then delineates the…
Joseph F. Goldberg
JCP
Supplement Article

October 26, 2018

Are you familiar with diagnostic criteria for Parkinson disease psychosis (PDP)? Do you know which psychotic symptoms occur in the majority of patients with PD? Read this CME supplement…
Rajesh Pahwa, Daniel E. Kremens
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Letter to the Editor

October 24, 2018

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Original Research

October 23, 2018

Could cerebrovascular disease be a factor in your elderly patient’s depression? This article investigated the association of white matter hyperintensities and cerebral blood flow with late-life depressive symptoms and…
Wenjing Wei, Helmet T. Karim, Chemin Lin, et al
JCP
Original Research

October 23, 2018

Are heavy drinkers more likely to die by suicide at a particular time of the day? This study used a large database to examine circadian peaks and nadirs in…
Subhajit Chakravorty, Rachel V. Smith, Michael L. Perlis, et al

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