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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

March 6, 2018

Cigarette smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to use cannabis, and cannabis users are cigarette smokers more often than are nonusers. Read this article to learn how cannabis use…
Andrea H. Weinberger, Jonathan Platt, Jan Copeland, et al
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ASCP Corner

March 6, 2018

This ASCP Corner article focuses on ways clinicians can help overcome poorer treatment engagement among underserved populations, particularly among members of racial/ethnic minority groups.
Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Angela A. Coombs, Iván C. Balán, et al
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Original Research

February 27, 2018

Although electroconvulsive therapy is the most robust acute treatment for MDD, nearly one-third of patients don’ t respond to it—but why? This study investigated C-reactive protein and interleukin-6, both…
Jennifer L. Kruse, Eliza Congdon, Richard Olmstead, et al
JCP
Original Research

February 27, 2018

Even though methylphenidate is the most commonly prescribed medication for ADHD, not all ADHD patients respond to this agent equally. Can sluggish cognitive tempo—sluggishness, sleepiness, and/or “daydreaminess”—affect methylphenidate response?…
Tanya E. Froehlich, Stephen P. Becker, Todd G. Nick, et al
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Original Research

February 27, 2018

Clinical heterogeneity is a key challenge to understanding suicidal risk, as different pathways to suicidal behavior exist. Discover the latent classes of late-life depression in this longitudinal study examining…
Katalin Szanto, Hanga Galfalvy, Polina M. Vanyukov, et al
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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

February 21, 2018

ADHD medication use during pregnancy has increased in recent years. In this article, Dr Andrade reviews recent evidence on whether amphetamines, methylphenidate, and atomoxetine exposure in early and late…
Chittaranjan Andrade
JCP
Letter to the Editor

February 21, 2018

Aron Tendler, Roman Gersner
JCP
Letter to the Editor

February 21, 2018

JCP
Letter to the Editor

February 21, 2018

Read a study investigating the effects of rapastinel administration on 7 patients with OCD.
Omer Linkovski, Hanyang Shen, Jordana Zwerling, et al
JCP
Letter to the Editor

February 21, 2018

This letter discusses recent Department of Defense data on military suicides and considers the findings in the context of current and future prevention efforts.
Mark A. Reger, Larry D. Pruitt, Derek J. Smolenski
JCP
Letter to the Editor

February 21, 2018

Shawn M. McClintock, Irving M. Reti, Linda L. Carpenter, et al
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Letter to the Editor

February 21, 2018

Shawn M. McClintock, Irving M. Reti, Linda L. Carpenter, et al

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