Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
Evidence-Based Reviews
UPDATE ON ATYPICALS: Preemptive tactics to reduce weight gain
Teaching patients about appetite control before starting atypical antipsychotics can help keep excess pounds off.
Evidence-Based Reviews
How to prevent hyperprolactinemia in patients taking antipsychotics
Atypical antipsychotics elevate serum prolactin levels at least transiently, and this effect depends on each compound’s dopamine-binding...
Evidence-Based Reviews
How to prevent hyperprolactinemia in patients taking antipsychotics
Atypical antipsychotics elevate serum prolactin levels at least transiently, and this effect depends on each compound’s dopamine-binding...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Who’s at greatest risk for delirium tremens
Some patient traits show clear potential for this life-threatening complication.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Schizoaffective disorder: Which symptoms should be treated first?
Patients with schizoaffective disorder present with a complicated mix of psychotic and affective symptoms that confound rational management. All...
Pearls
Promoting compliance in schizophrenia—one month at a time
Pearls
Promoting compliance in schizophrenia—one month at a time
Evidence-Based Reviews
Late-onset schizophrenia: Make the right diagnosis when psychosis emerges after age 60
New evidence shows psychosis presents in later life more often than was once believed. Very late-onset schizophrenia remains underdiagnosed but...
Pearls
Simple face-hand test helps to diagnose schizophrenia
Pearls
Simple face-hand test helps to diagnose schizophrenia
Evidence-Based Reviews
Using atypicals for patients without psychosis: The strength of evidence varies with the diagnosis
Antipsychotics are being investigated for pediatric conditions including anxiety disorder, autism, and Tourette’s syndrome. Studies show benefit...