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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
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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

August 28, 2018

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may be a precursor to oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. Could better adherence to medication treatment for ADHD lower the chance that youths will later develop…
Liang-Jen Wang, Sheng-Yu Lee, Miao-Chun Chou, et al
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Original Research

August 28, 2018

Telehealth, or treating patients remotely via communications technology, is demonstrably effective and is an appealing option for many reasons, but is it cost-effective? This study of older veterans compared…
Leonard E. Egede, Clara E. Dismuke, Rebekah J. Walker, et al
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Original Research

August 28, 2018

Older people with major depressive disorder often don’ t respond to antidepressants and may experience greater cognitive dysfunction. Could nicotine patches help? This 12-week open study in 15 nonsmoking…
Jason A. Gandelman, Hakmook Kang, Ashleigh Antal, et al
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Review Article

August 21, 2018

Many barriers to face-to-face depression treatment exist, including geographic factors and cost. This evidence map looked at data from 161 RCTs to evaluate how technology is being used to…
Eric A. Apaydin, Alicia Ruelaz Maher, Laura Raaen, et al
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Original Research

August 21, 2018

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) treatment has been shown to be efficacious in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Can VNS treatment lead to improvements in quality of life in patients with TRD…
Charles R. Conway, Arun Kumar, Willa Xiong, et al
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Original Research

August 14, 2018

Each year in the US, millions of people misuse prescription opioids. To combat this, it’s important to understand the motivations. This analysis of data from the National Survey on…
Beth Han, Wilson M. Compton, Carlos Blanco, et al
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Original Research

August 14, 2018

Although smoking prevalence in the US has declined overall, is it declining among those with mental illness and substance use problems? These authors drew from the National Survey on…
Andrea H. Weinberger, Joanna M. Streck, Lauren R. Pacek, et al
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Original Research

August 7, 2018

As you probably know, sexual dysfunction is a common side effect of antidepressants and antipsychotics. This secondary analysis of an RCT examines whether the atypical antipsychotic lurasidone was linked…
Anita H. Clayton, Joyce Tsai, Yongcai Mao, et al
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Original Research

August 7, 2018

ADHD symptoms tend to emerge over time, meaning that some children will manifest subsyndromal symptoms of ADHD before they meet full diagnostic criteria. Read this article to learn how…
Joseph Biederman, Maura Fitzgerald, Anna-Mariya Kirova, et al
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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

July 31, 2018

Besides congenital malformation, what other risks might be associated with antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy? In this article, Dr Andrade discusses the results of a recent network meta-analysis evaluating outcomes…
Chittaranjan Andrade
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Original Research

July 31, 2018

Many individual factors influence risk of suicide attempt. How can these disparate factors be understood in light of each other? Read this article to learn about a comprehensive model…
Nicolas Hoertel, Carlos Blanco, Mark Olfson, et al
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Meta-Analysis

July 31, 2018

Read a meta-analysis explores the prevalence of MDD in all causes of dementia and diagnostic criteria when finding these disorders.
M. Selim Asmer, Julia Kirkham, Hailey Newton, et al

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