Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Nonpsychiatric indications for antidepressants and antipsychotics
Ms. A, age 45, is hospitalized for abdominal pain. She is noted to have hiccups, the onset of which she reports was >1 month ago and d...
Pearls
Differentiating pediatric schizotypal disorder from schizophrenia and autism
Schizotypal disorder is a complex condition that is characterized by cognitive-perceptual impairments, oddness, disorganization, and interpersonal...
Conference Coverage
When is your patient a candidate for ECT?
An emerging adjunct to ECT is cervical invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy, according to Dr. Mark S. George.
Conference Coverage
Top strategies for preventing tardive dyskinesia
“Inform patients and caregivers of the risk of TD and assess for incipient signs regularly,” Dr. Christoph U. Correll advised.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Psychiatric partial hospitalization programs: What you need to know
PHPs can serve as a useful, cost-effective transition from inpatient to outpatient care.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Antipsychotic-induced priapism: Mitigating the risk
Mr. J, age 35, is brought to the hospital from prison due to priapism that does not improve with treatment. He says he has had priapism 5 t...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Depressed and awkward: Is it more than that?
Ms. P, age 21, presents to the clinic with worsening depression. Her diagnoses are treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and schizoid...
Pearls
The skill of administering IM medications: 3 questions to consider
The intramuscular (IM) route is commonly used to administer medication in various clinical settings.
Latest News
Brain stimulation for improved memory?
The results suggest that human memory can be “improved by direct electrical brain stimulation at extremely low currents,” said Dr. Zulfi Haneef....
Commentary
Identifying and preventing IPV: Are clinicians doing enough?
It is incumbent upon clinicians to learn to quickly identify survivors of intimate partner violence.
From the Journals
Siblings of people with bipolar disorder have higher cancer risk
Findings may persuade clinicians to reevaluate the cancer risk among the unaffected siblings of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder...